Tagline: If They Stand Together, They Stand a Chance.
An action-adventure in which a group of air crash survivors – cast-offs from society who will never be missed – are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no hope of rescue. As they attempt to build a new plane from the wreckage of the old one, in hopes of flying back to civilization, they experience a rebirth of their own.
Flight of the Phoenix is an action-adventure movie in which a group of survivors from a plane crash are stranded in the Gobi desert with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by desert smugglers, they realize their only hope is doing the “impossible?: building a new plane from the wreckage to escape the desert.
When cargo plane pilot Frank Towns and co-pilot AJ are sent to the Tan sag Basin in Mongolia to evacuate the staff of an oil exploration operation that has been shut down, they have no idea that this “routine? operation will result in a life-and-death struggle — and an incredible rebirth.
Shortly after take-off, while flying across the Gobi Desert, the plane encounters a massive sand storm that rips off its antenna and destroys its left engine. As sand and gravel roar against the fuselage, the plane falters and Towns is forced to crash land in the middle of the world’s most foreboding desert — in the middle of July.
The plane is damaged beyond repair, and the surviving eleven passengers and crew are stranded with little food and water. As accusations fly and tensions mount, their situation becomes increasingly desperate. An eccentric, mysterious man named Elliott — a last-minute addition to the passenger list — offers hope by suggesting that they build a new plane, to be named the Phoenix, from the undamaged components of the wrecked C-119 cargo plane.
Towns and the others dismiss Elliott’s plan as being impractical, if not absurd. Moreover, it would quickly sap their ever dwindling resources and energy. However, as their numbers dwindle and all chance of being rescued fades, they realize that Elliott’s plan is their only chance. Their only way out is up.
The survivors put aside their differences and, under Elliott’s guidance, begin construction of the Phoenix. Even as the new plane begins to take shape, the task seems impossible. But the impossible is their only choice.
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Directed by: John Moore
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson, Miranda Otto, Hugh Laurie, Kirk Jones, Tony Curran, Scott Michael Campbell, Jacob Vargas, Kevork Malikyan
Screenplay by: Scott Frank, Edward Burns
Production Design by: Patrick Lumb
Cinematography by: Brendan Galvin
Film Editing by: Don Zimmerman
Costume Design by: George L. Little
Set Decoration by: Eliza Solesbury, Matthew Sullivan
Art Direction by: Christopher Bass: Alan Hook, Andrew Menzies, Timothy M. Earls
Music by: Marco Beltrami
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some language, action and violence.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: December 22, 2004
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