The Flight of the Phoenix Streaming
Samedi, mai 15th, 2010 |
The Flight of the Phoenix Streaming.
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It seems so long since I’ve reviewed what I contemplate to be a 5 star film…maybe too long, so I decided to review one of my favorites in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), a tense and wonderfully spicy, character driven film about a puny, yet diverse, group of men struggling to not only overcome the adversity of a harsh and deadly environment, but also having to reach to terms with each other, the strengths and flaws inherent within themselves, to complete a nearly impossible task, one that will resolve their very survival.
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Based on a approved recent by Elleston Trevor, the film is incredibly well directed by Robert Aldrich (whom I’m a sizable fan of), who also did Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and The Longest Yard (1974), to name a few. The film boasts an impressive cast, including James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, and Peter `I’m as wrathful as hell, and I’m not going to steal it anymore!’ Finch. Also appearing are Ernest Borgnine, Hardy Krüger, George Kennedy, and Ian Bannen.
As the film begins, we leer a shrimp group of men, some military men, but mostly crewmembers who work on an oil field located somewhere in the Sahara Desert, preparing to leave by plane, one piloted by Captain Frank Towns (Stewart), a world weary airman who’s found himself in the site of shuttling men and equipment between outposts in rickety contraptions that resemble airplanes, along with his navigator (who has a penchant for the booze), Lew Morgan (Attenborough) . The flight begins well enough, but soon a sandstorm disables the engines, and the plane is forced to rupture land in the desert, miles away from any type of civilization, including that precious commodity many of us assume for granted being water. After a few days, and hopes of a rescue dwindle away, a German engineer named Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Krüger), returning from visiting his brother at the oil field, proposes a completely extraordinary and equally unusual notion of building another plane from the wreckage of the first. The thought is not well received, especially by Captain Towns, due to its’ seeming absurdity, but soon it becomes definite that this one in a thousand chance is the only one they have, as the alternative is to do nothing and allow the desert to prefer them slowly, as they suffer from heat and water deprivation. Now it’s a hasten to complete the insurmountable task of constructing a workable aircraft before their shrimp water reserves accelerate dry, fighting not only the elements within the desert, the burning heat during the day, the freezing frosty at night, murderous nomadic tribes, and the ever reveal sand (don’t you disapprove it when sand gets in your clothes? I do…), but they must also face their possess weaknesses, those now magnified as the ever point to threat of death looms so very halt.
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While this film is listed as an action/adventure/drama, the main element that holds it together is the character driven aspects of the station featuring those played by Stewart, Attenborough, and Krüger. Stewart’s character seems locked in a tense battle of wills against Krüger’s, as the realistic captain, concerned with the welfare of his charges, feeling the weight of responsibility, fights for control against Dorfmann, the pragmatic, analytical, and logical engineer with Attenborough’s character squarely in the middle, trying hold the peace and maintain hope, along with themselves, alive. The rest of the cast does am extremely dazzling job in their supporting roles, and I especially enjoyed that of Ian Bannen, as the jovial pessimist, who could nearly always be counted on to provide a bit of harsh levity no matter the set. The one thing I really enjoyed within this film, and reminded me a exiguous of the Humphrey Bogart film The Esteem of the Sierra Madre (1946) in that as the epic progresses, we look the characters stripped of all the superficial aspects they have, as their legal natures are revealed, for better of worse. Aldrich’s direction is impeccable, giving the factual amount of attention to all the various aspects of the anecdote, and fair generally really putting the viewer within the myth, feeling not only the disparity of the region as the characters do, but the hope and faith the men manage to acquire, qualities I occupy to be brought forth from our believe instincts of survival and self preservation. One thing I noticed is that the film has no qualms about killing off various characters, regardless of the actor’s prestige. So often I’ve seen films populated with seemingly pointless characters, only to peek them predictably perish, but that’s not the case here. There are a number of deaths, and not all of them anticipated. Not only that, but also a few characters who normally would have been marked for death in other, more ragged stories, made it through to the destroy. The film runs nearly 2 ½ hours, and some would think that too long, but I really didn’t gawk as the time was broken-down well developing the characters and creating a sense of empathy for their problem, and ultimately a superb worry for their well being and a desire to peep them succeed in their impossible task.
Presented here is a fair widescreen anamorphic represent, with the choice of either Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Dolby Digital 1.0 audio tracks, both of which sound obvious and crisp. There’s minute in the scheme of special features, as all that’s included are three versions of theatrical trailers for the film, one in English, another in Spanish, and a third in Portuguese. I’ve noticed there’s a remake scheduled for release later this year, starring Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Hugh Laurie, and someone named Sticky Fingaz (I’m serious…that’s his name…I later found out he was a member of the hip hop group Oynx, and has since appeared in quite a few films) . All I can say is they’ve got their work gash out for them…
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I’m certain that many movie buffs will remember this pretty, suspenseful thriller from the 60s. Jimmy Stewart is flying a cargo plane with an animated assortment of male passengers across the Sahara desert, and he decides to battle through an oncoming sandstorm. The sandstorm wins! The plane crash-lands in an ocean of sand–not without casualty–and our heroes are stranded, with shrimp supplies, under a brutal sun. The men end several precious days on the assumption that wait on is on the scheme. They eventually realise that survival will depend on their contain resilience and ingenuity.
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Of course, we have one of the finest American actors in the lead, but Mr. Stewart is ably supported by a blue-chip international cast, including Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine and Ian Bannen. As the sun gets hotter and with no rescue party in scrutinize, this dismal group displays all of the human qualities that arise in desperate situations–resentment, alarm, arrogance, assignment of blame, madness, cowardice and courage.
Richard Attenborough is the sensible direct of reason and compromise, which makes the scene where he finally “loses it”, even more compelling. Peter Finch is the typical British “stiff upper lip ” officer–stubborn and brave– though I doubt that this role was worthy of a challenge to such a talented actor. Ernest Borgnine gets to chew up a miniature scenery as a guy who is blooming unhinged even before the plane crash–that blazing sun doesn’t do him any edifying at all! Well–it’s 1965 and you need someone to play a brainy, frosty, arrogant German–Hardy Kruger, reach on down! The other actors are excellent–Ian Bannen, in particular, is effective as a guy who would net under your skin even at the North Pole!
As another reviwer has famous, the film is perhaps longer than it needs to be, although it does give the characters plenty of time to interact with one another, and note the psychological aspects of the site. After a while, you–the viewer–will also originate to feel that oppressive heat and sand, and the tension of being trapped in this hell-on-earth. I can’t really comment on the feasibility of the opinion that Hardy Kruger’s character comes up with to set everyone–I’m not an aeronautical engineer! It certainly gives the film an sharp climax though.
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I found the DVD relate to be beautiful–the sound typical for an almost 40-year stale film.
“Phoenix” gave Jimmy Stewart another gigantic role, later in his career, and with the supporting cast–and a liberal amount of suspense–this nice DVD could appeal to a variety of viewing tastes. Recommended.
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