Year:
2004
Studio:
20th Century Fox,
Aldrich Group,
Davis Entertainment
Company
Feature: 3/5
Extras: 3/5
Flight of the
Phoenix is a remake of the movie of the same name that was made a few
decades ago. The concept is the same, a somewhat older workhorse
airplane crashlands in the desert, hundreds of miles from civilization.
The survivors have no hope of rescue and decide to build a new airplane
out of the wreckage of the old one. Through trials and tribulations
they succeed in making the airplane and the survivors fly back to
civilization.
Dennis Quaid (as Frank Towns) and Tyrese (as AJ) play the airplane
pilot and copilot. These two guys are not leaders and as far as they're
concerned they're here to transport a bunch of losers back to
civilization. The losers have been working on getting oil from an oil
rig in Mongolia, to no avail. They are led by Kelly (Miranda Otto) and
include the mysterious extra, Elliott (Giovanni Ribisi).
It's mostly a movie about man against the elements as they have to deal
with the relentless heat and lack of water plus the sandstorms. It's
also man against himself as the survivors occasionally bicker and turn
on each other. Although there is some action it's mostly a drama shot
on location in Africa. One thing about the movie is that the scenery is
all authentic and quite stunning at times.
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Extras
Commentary with director John Moore, producers John Davis and Wyck
Godfrey, and some other guy. Not much talking about the actors. Mostly
talking about the difficulties of shooting on location in the middle of
nowhere.
The Phoenix Diaries. 41 minutes of video footage. Behind the scenes
stuff without any narration or sensical editing to give it a "you are
there" feeling.
Extended Scenes - 4 existing scenes with new material that didn't make
it.
Deleted Scenes - 2 brand new scenes (with commentary).
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