The flight of the phoenix
Blu-ray - 2022
"A downed airplane is a motley group of men's only protection from the relentless desert sun, in this psychologically charged disaster epic, one of the all-time great survival movies. James Stewart is the veteran pilot whose Benghazi-bound plane--carrying passengers played by an unshaven ensemble of screen icons including Richard Attenborough, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Dan Duryea, Peter Finch, and George Kennedy--crash-lands in the remote Sahara. As tensions simmer among the survivors, they find themselves forced to trust a coldly logical engineer (Hardy Krüger) whose plan to get them out may just be crazy enough to work--or could kill them all. Directed with characteristic punch by Hollywood iconoclast Robert Aldrich, The Fli...ght of the Phoenix balances adventure with human drama as it conducts a surprising and complex examination of authority, honor, and camaraderie among desperate men"--Container.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Action and adventure films
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Survival films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection
2022.
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
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- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Blu-ray special edition ; Blu-ray edition
- Item Description
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
Based on the novel by Elleston Trevor.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Features: 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New conversation between filmmaker Walter Will and film scholar Alain Silver; New interview with biographer Donald Dewey on actor James Stewart and his service as a bomber pilot; Trailer. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Blu-ray, region A; uncompressed LPCM monaural.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Joseph Biroc ; art director, William Glasgow ; editor, Michael Luciano ; original music, [Frank] DeVol ; costume designer, Norma Koch.
- ISBN
- 9781681439204
