A Century of Flight

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This one flies!
An outstanding classic!
Classic Movie of survival
Not to be Confused with the Remake
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The Flight of the Phoenix
Starring: James Stewart , Richard Attenborough , Peter Finch , Hardy Krüger , and Ernest Borgnine
Director: Robert Aldrich
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B00008MTVZ
Release Date: 2003-05-20

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Robert Aldrich's tense, 1965 drama about a plane crash in the Sahara is a unique psychological study of men in desperate circumstances. In this somewhat revisionist view of classic heroism, every character within the mixed lot is stretched to his limit, and individual efforts to brave the elements and hostile nomads are duly punished. What is left is collective will and ingenuity. One could call this an allegory for transcending Cold War madness, perhaps, but Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly) makes this such a gritty, immediate experience that you can feel the desert sand in your teeth. Superb performances by James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Krüger, Peter Finch, and the rest. --Tom Keogh

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James Stewart stars as the captain of a plane that has crashed in the desert and must be fixed on the double before all crew members die.

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This one flies!.......2007-05-20

Offering the last really gritty role for Stewart before he settled into his `loveable gramps' era, 1965's The Flight of the Phoenix may run some 36 minutes longer than the disappointingly tame 2004 remake, but it feels half as long thanks to an engrossing script and a take-no-prisoners attitude from director Robert Aldrich that's a million miles away from the feelgood approach the studio took second time round. Rather than pulling together, as it becomes increasingly clear that the survivors of a plane crash in the North African desert are not going to be rescued, Aldrich sets his flawed protagonists at each others throats in a hostile environment that is driving them mad, with even his nominal hero increasingly turning his guilt at crashing off-course into anger at his passengers. The result is a compelling adventure drama with the gloves off.

Stuck in a place where even nepotism can't save you - the director's son William Aldrich and son-in-law Peter Bravos don't even make it past the credits sequence - Stewart's old-school pilot who has remembered everything and learned nothing soon finds himself at odds with Hardy Kruger's aircraft designer who comes up with the idea of building a new plane out of the parts of the old one. One making virtue out of stupidity while the other makes it a science, their clash of egos becomes far more important to each man than their possible survival. That it works is largely down to the contrast between Stewart's bitterness and Hardy Kruger's superb performance as the utterly ruthless, almost Nazi-like designer who calculates who will live and who will die and who unfortunately is all the more grating a personality for always being right. As Stewart points out, he's not concerned with getting out or saving lives, merely with proving his design will fly. And even if you already know it, the big revelation about his character in the last act is still one hell of a sucker punch.

Although the two men gradually occupy center-stage, there's an impressive supporting cast, with fine performances from Richard Attenborough's co-pilot, Peter Finch's by the book British Army officer and Christian Marquand's doctor, as well as solid turns from Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy (getting in some practice for all those Airport movies), although Dan Duryea, reunited with his old Anthony Mann Western sparring partner Stewart, gets the short end of the stick as the timid accountant who names the plane (though the two men did engage on a series of escalating practical jokes on the set). Amusingly Aldrich goes where Ken Hyman and Sidney Lumet refused in The Hill and adds a hallucination of an Arab dancing girl and a memorable love theme (Senza Fine, reused by Billy Wilder in Avanti) to help sell his testosterone-heavy tale as a love story in the trailers! A terrific movie, the only downside is that stunt pilot Paul Mantz died filming the film's finale.

Boasting a good 1.85:1 widescreen transfer, the only extra is the original trailer (as well as its Spanish and Portuguese versions).

An outstanding classic!.......2007-05-09

This film, like many others made in the 60's, has enduring appeal, and doesn't seem old-fashioned the way many 50's movies do. The ensemble cast is superb, led by James Stewart, who starts out as his usual "aw, shucks" character, but gets deeper and darker as the story unfolds. My favorite is Peter Finch as a stiff-upper-lip, proper British military officer paired with a dirtball sergeant.

Stewart is the pilot of an older plane that goes down in a storm in the Sahara. The survivors must eventually decide to just wait for help, or go along with a much more audacious plan to rebuild the plane. High drama, excellent casting, and a great story with a top-notch screenplay combine to create an action/adventure movie that far outlives its era.

Classic Movie of survival.......2007-05-09

I haven't had luck opening the case as the labels are glued sooo tight that I had to destroy the casing to get to the DVD. I seen this years ago and wanted a personal copy to watch, unfortunately Hollywood @!## have to wrap the DVD box soo tight that it takes a chainsaw to open the dvd case.
Plan on having some kid open the case for you.
It is a movie of survival, teamwork and faith.

Not to be Confused with the Remake.......2007-02-04

Unfortunately the remake has the same title which may cause some to forgo this marvelous original. If they watch the remake first, I doubt that they would have an interest in this great movie. What a great cast, great story, great everything. See it if you haven't.

good movie.......2007-01-10

I enjoyed the movie. It is interesting to watch the differing styles of leadership at work. I am not a big fan of old movies but I found this one to be rather enjoyable.

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I Wake Up Screaming (Fox Film Noir)
Starring: Betty Grable , Victor Mature , Carole Landis , Laird Cregar , and William Gargan
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Kiss of the Dragon
Starring: Bridget Fonda , John Forgeham , Tchéky Karyo , Burt Kwouk , and Jet Li
Director: Chris Nahon
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ASIN: B00003CY5A
Release Date: 2002-01-22

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Let's face it: No one is usually checking a Jet Li movie for the verbal sparring. In Kiss of the Dragon, Chinese undercover agent Li chops his way through Paris after he's framed in some sketchily defined drug sting operation. The fight sequences are tough and quite brutal, and the over-the-top finale is arguably worth the price of admission, wherein an implacable Li takes on the entire Paris Police Bureau, working his way up toward police chief Tchéky Karyo's office through cops, a pair of peroxide-blond twin henchmen, and a whole class of kung fu cadets. Co-screenwriter Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita) should know by now what makes for a nifty genre piece, but the woeful dialogue is a shame, and there aren't nearly enough action sequences to get your blood boiling. Poor Bridget Fonda gives it the old school try in a thankless role as an ex-junkie prostitute from the Midwest whose young daughter is being held captive by duplicitous police chief/drug lord/pimp Karyo (who fairly inhales the scenery). Director Chris Nolan might have pushed further the strangers-in-a-strange-land camaraderie between Li and Fonda, but the script still would've sunk him. --Steve Wiecking

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Martial arts genius Jet Li explodes onto the screen with an intensity not seen since Bruce Lee. "Kiss of the Dragon" is not merely a thriller but a shocker. (San Francisco Chronicle) China's top secret agent visits Paris on a pleasure trip only to encounter government espionage at the highest level. "Li's action sequences are like an oil fire, spilling from one room into the next and lighing up in the interiors with heat and wreakage"! (The New York Times)

Flight of the Phoenix (Widescreen Edition)

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Starring: Dennis Quaid , Tyrese Gibson , Giovanni Ribisi , Miranda Otto , and Tony Curran
Director: John Moore
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ASIN: B0007KIFI2
Release Date: 2005-03-01

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As superfluous remakes go, Flight of the Phoenix could've been better, and could've been worse. It's a passable popcorn adventure, especially for those unfamiliar with the 1965 original, which starred James Stewart, made headlines for the crash-landing death of stunt-pilot Paul Mantz, and now stands as a minor classic of its era. This flashy remake stars Dennis Quaid in Stewart's role, adds a woman to the list of plane-crash survivors, and showcases Giovanni Ribisi, who gives a cleverly eccentric performance as the model-airplane designer who proposes to rebuild a crashed cargo plane into a single-engine escape from certain death in the remote Gobi desert. Both films are essentially identical, but this remake is somehow less believable (due to shortcuts in a haphazardly written screenplay) and much more spectacular, owing to the advantage of impressive special effects. Otherwise it's a routine dose of survivalist entertainment from the director of Behind Enemy Lines, never convincing enough to be genuinely compelling, but certainly never boring. --Jeff Shannon

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An action-adventure in which a group of air crash survivors - cast-offs from society who will never be missed - are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no hope of rescue. As they attempt to build a new plane from the wreckage of the old one, in hopes of flying back to civilization, they experience a rebirth of their own.

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Starring: Lucille Ball , Clifton Webb , William Bendix , Mark Stevens , and Kurt Kreuger
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ASIN: B000B8380A
Release Date: 2005-12-06

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The Dark Corner can't seriously be proposed as a great film noir, but it's one that people cherish. For one thing, it's unique in having Lucille Ball--who has absolutely no "splainin'" to do--as the smart, resourceful, devoted secretary of beleaguered private eye Mark Stevens. Lucy actually rates top billing, with Clifton up-to-his-old-Laura-tricks Webb and William vicious-brute-in-a-white-suit Bendix also getting their names above that of the hero in the credits. In this, there's a certain justice; they all deliver the goods, whereas Stevens seems a tad lightweight as the hardnose, Phil Marlowe type cracking wise and punching his way through the mean streets. His character comes burdened with more backstory than usual for movie detectives; this time, the case the private eye has to solve is his own. The intriguingly convoluted screenplay (by Jay Dratler, who co-wrote Laura, and Bernard Schoenfeld, from a story by Leo Rosten) takes hold like a vise and sustains the tension even though, by rights, its credibility should be shrinking with each passing reel. Henry Hathaway's direction is crisp, and the cinematography by Joe MacDonald (who would next shoot John Ford's My Darling Clementine) is both pungent and gorgeous. With Cathy Downs, Kurt Kreuger, and Reed Hadley, who plays a police detective here but more often supplied the voiceover on Fox's semidocumentary thrillers and Anthony Mann's T-Men. --Richard T. Jameson

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Lucille Ball has a change of pace role as the loyal secretary of a private eye in this brooding film noir about a man being set up for a murder rap. Framed by his partner years ago, hard-boiled detective Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens) served a two year stretch for manslaughter. Now trying to start over, he spends his time serving his clients and romancing his new secretary, Kathleen (Lucille Ball). But everything changes with the appearance of a sinister man in a whit suit (William Bendix) who's apparently working for Galt's ex-partner, Tony Jardine. When Jardine is killed, the police blame Galt. It's another frame, but if Galt can't prove he's innocent, this time he's headed for death row.

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Billy Graham Presents - Last Flight Out
Starring: Richard Tyson , Bobbie Phillips , Adriano González , Rene L. Moreno , and Cliff De Young
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A young female medical missionary assists villagers in South America who are being forced to work on a coca farm. Her father sends her ex-boyfriend, a pilot, to convince her to return home. But she refuses to leave until all of the villagers have been rescued from the clutches of the Narco-terrorists.

Flight of the Phoenix (Full Screen Edition)

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Thunder Birds
Starring: Gene Tierney , Preston Foster , John Sutton , Jack Holt , and Dame May Whitty
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While it certainly shows its age, Thunder Birds is still a perfectly entertaining example of the pre-war programmers that Hollywood churned out at the height of World War II. From a story conceived by Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck (under the pen name "Melville Crossman"), this Technicolor tribute to bomber and fighter-pilot training was a perfect project for director William A. Wellman, an adventurous "man's man" who specialized in aviation films (including his 1927 Oscar®-winner Wings) and took this assignment so Zanuck would agree to finance Wellman's 1943 classic, The Ox-Bow Incident. The movie opens with patriotic commentary by celebrated journalist and author John Gunther (Death Be Not Proud), singing praises for the American, Chinese, and British allied forces who diligently train for battle under the sunny skies of Thunderbird Field, Arizona, where "their job is to fight, and they play the game to win." The standard-issue romance is strictly routine, but it gives radiant star Gene Tierney a chance to shine as she juggles the affections of a seasoned pilot trainer (Preston Foster) and a British trainee (John Sutton) who must conquer his fear of heights before earning his wings. Aviation buffs will love the dazzling Technicolor footage of vintage planes in action, and for all its cornball sincerity, Thunder Birds is worth seeing as a typical example of the kind of sturdy, well-made entertainment that wartime audiences flocked to in support of troops at home and abroad. As an added bonus, this Fox DVD includes brief clips of newsreel footage, showing Tierney christening a B-25 bomber with the name "Thunder Bird" and signing her name in cement at Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, promoting her film and a war that Americans were determined to win.--Jeff Shannon

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Preston Foster gives a ?striking performance,? John Sutton ?is excellent? and Gene Tierney ?is outstanding? (The Hollywood Reporter) in this thrilling, topnotch drama directed by Oscar® winner* William A. Wellman. Highlighted by exceptional aerial sequences and suspenseful, heartfelt romance, Thunder Birds remains ?the first story of its kind the world has ever known!? (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Peter Stackhouse (Sutton) wants to overcome his fear of flying in order to earn his wings and fight for his country. He becomes fast friends with Steve Britt (Foster), a patient and understanding instructor who sees the fighting heart in Peter and vows to give him every chance. But when both men fall for the same girl (Tierney), their camaraderie is put to the highest test?even as they fight side-by-side for their beliefs!

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