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The Flight of the Phoenix

1965 · 142 min

A sweaty, claustrophobic pressure cooker of men arguing and sweating under a merciless sun, slowly building to a scrappy, hard-won triumph.

Tagline
Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!
Overview
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • loyalty
  • obsession
  • redemption
Places
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama
Directed by
Robert Aldrich
Written by
Lukas Heller
Starring
James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand
Music
Frank De Vol
Cinematography
Joseph F. Biroc
Runtime
142 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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