The flight of the phoenix
- Publication/Creation:
- [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
- Edition:
- Blu-ray special edition.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The flight of the phoenix / 20th Century Fox ; an Associates and Aldrich Company production ; screenplay by Lukas Heller ; produced and directed by Robert Aldrich
- Uniform Title:
- Flight of the Phoenix (Motion picture : 1965)
- Series Titles:
- The Criterion collection ; 1116
Criterion collection ; 1116.
- Related/Included Titles:
- Flight of the Phoenix.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983, film producer and film director
Heller, Lukas, 1930-1988, screenwriter
Stewart, James, 1908-1997, actor
Attenborough, Richard, actor
Finch, Peter, 1916-1977, actor
Krüger, Hardy, 1928-2022, actor
Borgnine, Ernest, 1917-2012, actor
Bannen, Ian, 1928-1999, actor
Fraser, Ronald, 1930-1997, actor
Marquand, Christian, 1927-2000, actor
Kennedy, George, 1925-2016, actor
Biroc, Joseph, 1903-1996, director of photography
Glasgow, William, art director
Luciano, Michael, editor of moving image work
DeVol, Frank, composer (expression)
Koch, Norma, costumer designer
Trevor, Elleston. Flight of the Phoenix
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, presenter
Associates & Aldrich Company, production company
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Survival films
Action and adventure films
Film adaptations
Feature films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Subjects:
- Airplane crash survival--Drama
Desert survival--Drama
Aircraft accidents--Drama
Airplanes--Design and construction--Drama
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- "A downed airplane is a motley group of men's only protection from the relentless desert sun, in this psychologically charged disaster epic, one of the all-time great survival movies. James Stewart is the veteran pilot whose Benghazi-bound plane--carrying passengers played by an unshaven ensemble of screen icons including Richard Attenborough, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Dan Duryea, Peter Finch, and George Kennedy--crash-lands in the remote Sahara. As tensions simmer among the survivors, they find themselves forced to trust a coldly logical engineer (Hardy Krüger) whose plan to get them out may just be crazy enough to work--or could kill them all. Directed with characteristic punch by Hollywood iconoclast Robert Aldrich, The Flight of the Phoenix balances adventure with human drama as it conducts a surprising and complex examination of authority, honor, and camaraderie among desperate men"--Container.
- Language:
- English
- Accessibility Note:
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 72 x 19 cm, folded to 19 x 12)
- Technical Note:
- Blu-ray, region A; wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); uncompressed LPCM monaural.
- General Note:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
Based on the novel by Elleston Trevor.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Features: 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New conversation between filmmaker Walter Will and film scholar Alain Silver; New interview with biographer Donald Dewey on actor James Stewart and his service as a bomber pilot; Trailer; An essay by filmmaker and critic Gina Telaroli. - Participant/Performer Note:
- James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy, Gabriele Tinti, Alex Montoya, Peter Bravos, William Aldrich, Barrie Chase.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Director of photography, Joseph Biroc ; art director, William Glasgow ; editor, Michael Luciano ; original music, [Frank] DeVol ; costume designer, Norma Koch.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937435200202486
- ISBN:
- 9781681439204
1681439204 - OCLC Number:
- 1293239732
- Other Identifiers:
- Universal Product Code: 715515269612
- Publisher Number:
- CC3338BD The Criterion Collection
- Barcode:
- 010003121465
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