Films Feature

In Robert Aldrich’s’ The Flight Of The Phoenix “, based on the novel by Elleston Trevor, a small plane carrying oil workers and military personnel, accidents, stranding a group of survivors in the Sahara desert. As the heat grated lethal and sand begin to take a toll on the group conscience of the pilot, Frank Towns, struggles with his inability to lead the party to safety. There is a hope, however, when the German aircraft designer Heinrich Dorfman begins theorizing about the reconstruction of the remains in a single-engine plane capable of lifting casualties to safety.

Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly “), the film opens with the pulsating tension (intercut with the opening credits) of Towns trying and not their cataclysmically pilot aircraft through a sandstorm, and hence the intensity of color white-knuckle never lets up. With an intriguing cast - headed by Stewart with a poignantly ragged-edged, heartfelt picture - and a tense historia’El Flight of the Phoenix ‘is a powerful and insightful psychological thriller.

In Robert Aldrich’s’ The Flight Of The Phoenix “, based on the novel by Elleston Trevor, a small plane carrying oil workers and military personnel, accidents, stranding a group of survivors in the Sahara desert. As the heat grated lethal and sand begin to take a toll on the group conscience of the pilot, Frank Towns, struggles with his inability to lead the party to safety.

There is hope, however, when the German aircraft designer Heinrich Dorfman begins to theorize about rebuilding the remains in a single-engine plane capable of lifting casualties to safety. Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly “), the film opens with the pulsating tension (intercut with the opening credits) of Towns trying and not their cataclysmically pilot aircraft through a sandstorm, and hence the intensity of color white-knuckle never lets up. With an intriguing cast - headed by Stewart with a poignantly ragged-edged, heartfelt picture - and a tense historia’El Flight of the Phoenix ‘is a powerful and insightful psychological thriller.