Flight of the Phoenix
Out of the ashes, hope will rise.
2004 | 113m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | John Moore |
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| Writer: | Edward Burns, Scott Frank |
| Staring: |
| When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 17, 2004 |
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| Director: | John Moore |
| Writer: | Edward Burns, Scott Frank |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Drama |
| Keywords | robbery, based on novel or book, sandstorm, affectation, pilot, gobi desert, mongolia, survival, disaster, airplane crash, struggle for survival, desert, based on movie, oil rig , desert storm, inspirational, smugglers, cargo plane, crash survivor, absurd, admiring, adoring, appreciative, awestruck, baffled |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, Aldrich Group, Optional Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $21,009,180
Budget: $45,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dennis Quaid | Frank Towns |
| Tyrese Gibson | AJ |
| Giovanni Ribisi | Elliott |
| Miranda Otto | Kelly |
| Tony Curran | Rodney |
| Sticky Fingaz | Jeremy |
| Jacob Vargas | Sammi |
| Hugh Laurie | Ian |
| Scott Michael Campbell | Liddle |
| Kevork Malikyan | Rady |
| Jared Padalecki | Davis |
| Paul Ditchfield | Dr. Gerber |
| Martin Hindy | Newman |
| Bob Brown | Kyle |
| Anthony Brandon Wong | Lead Smuggler |
| Derek Barton | Voice Actor (voice) |
| Jim Lau | Voice Actor (voice) |
| Yi-ding Wang | Smuggler #2 |
| Kee-yick Cheng | Smuggler #3 |
| Vernon Lehmann | Smuggler #4 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edward Burns | Screenplay |
| Tricia Wood | Casting |
| Bob Brown | Stunt Coordinator |
| Stan Spry | Production Secretary |
| Casey O'Neill | Stunts |
| Bill Abbott | Music Editor |
| Eliza Solesbury | Set Decoration |
| Adriana Dardas | Set Designer |
| Ciarán Barry | Camera Operator |
| Gregory W. Smith | Steadicam Operator |
| Fiona Connon | Makeup Department Head |
| Annette Keet | Makeup Artist |
| Don Zimmerman | Editor |
| Patrick Lumb | Production Design |
| Dennis McNeill | Color Timer |
| Brendan Galvin | Director of Photography |
| Alan Hook | Art Direction |
| George L. Little | Costume Design |
| Matthew Sullivan | Set Decoration |
| Kevin Morrissey | Set Designer |
| Des Whelan | Camera Operator |
| Christopher Bass | Art Direction |
| Ron Berkeley | Makeup Artist |
| Bruce Bisbey | Art Department Coordinator |
| James Bolt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mark Shoaf | CG Supervisor |
| Kelly L'Estrange | Visual Effects Producer |
| Tiffany Smith | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jerry Pooler | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Peter Belcher | Camera Operator |
| Darion Hing | Costume Supervisor |
| David Wilson | Publicist |
| Beverley House | Key Hair Stylist |
| Lance Peters | Armorer |
| Kevin Greene | Camera Technician |
| John Andrew Baker | Set Dressing Artist |
| Lonnie A. Mathes | Post Production Assistant |
| Richard Berkeley | Set Production Assistant |
| Doc D. Charbonneau | Stunts |
| Danny Green | Assistant Director |
| Anne C. Ford | Production Accountant |
| Shelly Kidney | Production Supervisor |
| Ian Voigt | Production Sound Mixer |
| Mark Chavez | 3D Artist |
| Romek Delmata | Storyboard |
| Robert Fischer | Grip |
| Dennis Rogers | Sound Recordist |
| Susan Dawes | Dialogue Editor |
| Adrienne Greshock | Costume Assistant |
| Ferdi Burger | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Jac Joel | Draughtsman |
| Michele Perrone | ADR Editor |
| David Lucarelli | ADR Recordist |
| Steve Austin | Special Effects Technician |
| Etienne Changuion | Stunt Double |
| Thomas Brown | Second Assistant Camera |
| Shahida April | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Anthony Harris | Digital Color Timer |
| Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| David Paris | Aerial Coordinator |
| Adam Cameron | Leadman |
| David B. Nowell | Helicopter Camera |
| Kelly Nelson | Hairstylist |
| Jennifer Blatt | Assistant Art Director |
| Skip Longfellow | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Eric Pender | CG Supervisor |
| Karen M. Murphy | Visual Effects Producer |
| David Goldberg | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Derek Spears | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Egon Endrényi | Still Photographer |
| Dan Zimmerman | First Assistant Editor |
| Dezi Rorich | Publicist |
| Ryan Cosgrove | Art Department Assistant |
| John Ash | Electrician |
| John Eaves | Production Illustrator |
| Brad Peterman | First Assistant Camera |
| Patrick Esposito | Post-Production Manager |
| John E. Gray | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Ric Kidney | Unit Production Manager |
| James J. Atkinson | Lighting Supervisor |
| Lynette Ely | Production Coordinator |
| Simon Firsht | Boom Operator |
| John Kurlander | Scoring Mixer |
| Judith Bell | Digital Compositors |
| Lisa Spence | Digital Producer |
| Tim Gomillion | Sound Recordist |
| Mark Auret | Property Master |
| Robert Troy | Dialogue Editor |
| Yaa Boaa Aning | Costumer |
| Vicki Routs | Set Dressing Buyer |
| Derek Casari | ADR Engineer |
| John T. Cucci | Foley Artist |
| Sean Devereaux | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Pamela Choules | Assistant Editor |
| Chris Jensen | Digital Colorist |
| Pete Anthony | Conductor |
| Willem Bezuidenhout | Animal Wrangler |
| Josh R. Jaggars | Digital Effects Producer |
| Christopher Pace | Generator Operator |
| Andrew Silvestri | Matchmove Supervisor |
| Lewis Menga | Production Assistant |
| Tilu Khalayi | Second Assistant Accountant |
| Terra Bliss | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Peter Brown | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jay Wilkinson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Steve Dellerson | Visual Effects Producer |
| Gary Nolin | Visual Effects Producer |
| Scott Gordon | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Michael McDermott | Gaffer |
| Nada Pinter | Script Supervisor |
| Geraldine Jones | Hair Department Head |
| Wallace David February | Painter |
| Matthys Boshoff | Standby Painter |
| Daniel J. Lester | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Jack Cloete | Carpenter |
| Charlie Davis | Post Production Supervisor |
| Jason Frazier | Stand In |
| Ana Alves | Video Assist Operator |
| Jennifer L. Smith | Casting Associate |
| Guy Nockels | Production Manager |
| William Boston | Orchestrator |
| Dani Leff | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Jean-Roux Viljoen | Unit Manager |
| Craig Heath | Sound Recordist |
| Sarah Trevis | Local Casting |
| Carolyn Marston | Key Costumer |
| Boris Rivett-Carnac | Assistant Property Master |
| Etienne Smit | Swing |
| Rodger Pardee | Sound Effects Designer |
| Desi Ortiz | Visual Effects Editor |
| Telfer Barnes | Focus Puller |
| Catherine Pantazopoulos | Colorist |
| Curtis Lindersmith | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Jeff Carson | Supervising Music Editor |
| Joni Jacobson | Digital Supervisor |
| Dylan Cole | Matte Painter |
| Jeff Barnes | Production Executive |
| Jim Brookshire | ADR Supervisor |
| Alison van Biljon | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| John Uribe | First Assistant Accountant |
| Philip Murphy | Key Rigging Grip |
| Rowan Miles | Pilot |
| Dan O'Connell | Foley Artist |
| John Moore | Director |
| Scott Frank | Screenplay |
| Deborah Aquila | Casting |
| Rick Findlater | Makeup Artist |
| James M. Churchman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Marco Beltrami | Original Music Composer |
| Andrew Menzies | Supervising Art Director |
| Buck Sanders | Additional Music |
| Doug Hemphill | Sound Mixer |
| Jimmy N. Roberts | Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director |
| Doc Kane | ADR Mixer |
| Philip McKeon | Assistant Camera |
| Caitlin McKenna | ADR Voice Casting |
| Jennifer Ricchiazzi | Casting Assistant |
| Deborah J. Chesebro | Assistant Accountant |
| Lukas Heller | Scenario Writer |
| Dean Zimmerman | First Assistant Editor |
| Julian Wall | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Scott Dougherty | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alex Blum | Producer |
| Ric Kidney | Executive Producer |
| William Aldrich | Producer |
| John Davis | Producer |
| Wyck Godfrey | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 22 | 34 | 17 |
| 2024 | 5 | 26 | 40 | 14 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 21 | 41 | 15 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 11 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 32 | 13 |
| 2025 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Trending Position
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| 2025 | 7 | 752 | 786 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 955 | 955 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 473 | 628 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 539 | 608 |
This could be one of those "so bad it's good" movies some day. It's a remake of the classic film about men in a hopeless situation when their small plane crashes in the desert. Hope comes back when one of the men reveals he can make an airplane, and the others believe him. In such a story, the sub ... plots and side stories make the story. Here, the subplots and side stories are cartoonish and contrived. The characters are totally without motivation. One can almost see the actors wince about being part of such a horribly written story. In fact, one almost wonders if it was written for the purpose of some day being a "so bad it's good" story. I'm not sure. There really isn't any charm to this movie, no inspiration, no motivation, and that might be too bad to even make the "so bad it's good" list.
I think to be fair to this reimagining of the story, it tries to be different from the 1965 version. They shift the location and update the dialogue and up to a point that gives it a fighting chance. A plane gets caught up in a sandstorm over the Gobi desert and crashes. It falls to the survivors to ... work out a plan before the water runs out. Sadly, though, aside from the efforts from Giovanni Ribisi as designer "Elliott" (and that's because at times he resembles Hardy Kruger) the acting is pretty woeful. Dennis Quaid ought to be commended for taking on the Jimmy Stewart role - that was never going to be easy, but he just hasn't the screen presence. The rest of the ensemble form an unremarkable bunch and John Moore's direction does little to deliver any sense of peril or desperation as their predicament gets worse and their personal relationships become more and more fraught. It looks ok, but in the end comes across as little better than an OK television movie that I questioned the necessity for.
_"The design is perfect, the only flaw is that we have to rely on you to fly it."_ I grew up always seeing the poster but never watching this. Now that I have seen it, I can see why. It is a little boring and just not that interesting. Something tells me the original must be the one that has all ... the flavor.