The only woman who appears (very briefly) in THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
is a mirage – but thanks to an action-packed survival-in-the-sand plot,
there isn’t much interest in dates – except the dried kind. A planeload
of men, piloted by James Stewart, crashes in the Sahara. Chances of
survival look pretty slim until one of the passengers, an arrogant young
German, announces he's an aircraft designer and can build a smaller
plane out of the wreckage. A skeptical Stewart reluctantly agrees to the
plan, and then angrily cancels it when he finds out the man actually
designs model planes! A war of egos ensues. Does the cobblecraft, dubbed
"The Phoenix," eventually rise? You bet your ashes! (Forget the 2004 remake.).
Thursday, May 30, 2013
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1966)
Fasten your seatbelts - it's going to be a bumpy desert
The only woman who appears (very briefly) in THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
is a mirage – but thanks to an action-packed survival-in-the-sand plot,
there isn’t much interest in dates – except the dried kind. A planeload
of men, piloted by James Stewart, crashes in the Sahara. Chances of
survival look pretty slim until one of the passengers, an arrogant young
German, announces he's an aircraft designer and can build a smaller
plane out of the wreckage. A skeptical Stewart reluctantly agrees to the
plan, and then angrily cancels it when he finds out the man actually
designs model planes! A war of egos ensues. Does the cobblecraft, dubbed
"The Phoenix," eventually rise? You bet your ashes! (Forget the 2004 remake.)
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