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The Flight of the Phoenix is a 1965 American drama film starring James Stewart, produced and directed by Robert Aldrich,^[4] and based on the 1964 novel The Flight of the Phoenix by Elleston Trevor. The story describes a small group of men struggling to survive their aircraft's emergency landing in the SaharaDesert, and stars Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger and Ernest Borgnine. The ensemble cast includes Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea and George Kennedy as other passengers on the aircraft.

Though the film was a failure at the box office, it has since gained a large cult following.

Plot[edit]

Frank Towns (James Stewart) is the pilot of a twin-engine Fairchild C-82 Packet cargo plane flying from Jaghbub to Benghazi in Libya; Lew Moran (Richard Attenborough) is the navigator. Passengers include Capt. Harris (Peter Finch) and Sgt. Watson (Ronald Fraser) of the British Army; Dr. Renaud (Christian Marquand), a physician; Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Krüger), a Germanaeronautical engineer; and an oil company accountant named Standish (Dan Duryea). There are also several oil workers, including Trucker Cobb (Ernest Borgnine), a foreman suffering from mental fatigue; Ratbags Crow (Ian Bannen), a cocky Scot; Carlos (Alex Montoya) and his pet monkey; and Gabriel (Gabriele Tinti).

A sudden sandstorm disables the engines, forcing Towns to crash-land in the desert. As the aircraft careens to a stop, two workers are killed and Gabriel's leg is severely injured.

The radio is unusable, and the survivors are too far off course to be found by searchers. Aboard the plane is a large quantity of pitted dates but only enough water for ten to fifteen days if rationed. Captain Harris sets out to try and find an oasis. When Sgt. Watson feigns an injury to stay behind, Carlos volunteers, leaving his pet monkey with Crow. Harris and Towns refuse to allow the mentally unstable Cobb go along, but Cobb defiantly follows anyway and later dies of exposure in the desert. Days later, Harris returns to the crash site alone and barely alive. Sgt. Watson discovers and then ignores him, though others later find him.

Meanwhile, Dorfmann proposes a radical idea: building a new aircraft from the wreckage. The C-82 has twin booms extending rearwards from each engine and connected by the horizontal stabilizer. Dorfmann wants to attach the outer sections of both wings to the left engine and left boom, discarding the center fuselage and both inner wing sections of the aircraft. The men will ride atop the wings. Harris and Moran believe he is either joking or delusional. The argument is complicated by a personality clash between Towns, a proud traditionalist aviator, and Dorfmann, a young arrogant engineer. Moran struggles to maintain the peace.

Towns initially resists Dorfman's plan, though Renaud sways his opinion, saying activity and hope will help sustain the men's morale. Dorfmann supervises the reconstruction, while Towns remains skeptical. During the work, the fatally injured Gabriele commits suicide, depressing the men to where they consider abandoning the new plane's construction. Dorfmann, caught exceeding his water ration, justifies it, saying he has been the only one working continuously. He promises to not do it again but demands everyone work equally hard from here on.

Standish christens the nearly-completed aircraft, 'Phoenix', after the mythical bird that is reborn from its own ashes. When a band of Arabs camp nearby, Harris and Renaud leave to make contact while the others (and the aircraft) remain hidden. The two men are found murdered the next day. Additionally, Towns and Moran are stunned to learn that Dorfmann designs model airplanes rather than full-sized aircraft. Dorfmann defends himself, claiming the aerodynamic principles are the same, and many model planes require more exacting designs than full-size aircraft. With no other choice, Towne and Moran forge ahead with the plan without telling the others about Dorfmann.

The Phoenix is completed but untested. Only seven starter cartridges are available to ignite the engine. The first four startup attempts are unsuccessful. Over Dorfman's vehement objections, Towns fires the fifth cartridge with the ignition off to clear the engine's cylinders. The next startup is successful. The men pull the Phoenix to a nearby hilltop, then climb onto the wings. When Towns guns the engine, the Phoenix slides down the hill and over a lake bed before taking off. After a successful landing at an oasis with a manned oil rig, the men celebrate and Towns and Dorfmann are reconciled.

Cast[edit]

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• James Stewart as Capt. Frank Towns
• Richard Attenborough as Lew Moran
• Hardy Krüger as Heinrich Dorfmann
• Peter Finch as Capt. Harris
• Ernest Borgnine as Trucker Cobb
• Ian Bannen as 'Ratbags' Crow
• Ronald Fraser as Sgt. Watson
• Christian Marquand as Dr. Renaud
• Dan Duryea as Standish
• George Kennedy as Mike Bellamy
• Gabriele Tinti as Gabriel
• Alex Montoya as Carlos
• Peter Bravos as Tasso
• William Aldrich as Bill
• Barrie Chase as Farida
• Stanley Ralph Ross as Arab singer (voice; uncredited)

Production[edit]

Locations[edit]

Principal photography started April 26, 1965, at the 20th Century-Fox Studios and 20th Century-Fox Ranch, California. Other filming locations, simulating the desert, were Buttercup Valley, Arizona and Pilot Knob Mesa, California. The flying sequences were all filmed at Pilot Knob Mesa near Winterhaven, located in California's Imperial Valley, on the western fringes of Yuma, Arizona.

Aircraft used[edit]

In 2005, Hollywood aviation historian Simon Beck identified the aircraft used in the film:

• Fairchild C-82A Packet, N6887C – flying shots.
• Fairchild C-82A Packet, N4833V – outdoor location wreck.
• Fairchild C-82A Packet, N53228 – indoor studio wreck.
• Fairchild R4Q-1 Flying Boxcar (the USMC C-119C variant), BuNo. 126580 – non-flying Phoenix prop.
• Tallmantz Phoenix P-1, N93082 – flying Phoenix aircraft.
• North American O-47A, N4725V – second flying Phoenix.

The C-82As were from Steward-Davies Inc. at Long Beach, California, while the O-47A came from the Planes of Fame air museum in California. The R4Q-1 was purchased from Allied Aircraft of Phoenix, Arizona. The aerial camera platform was a B-25J Mitchell, N1042B, which was also used in the 1970 film Catch-22. The flying sequences were flown by Paul Mantz, co-owner of Tallmantz Aviation, filling in for his partner Frank Tallman, who had injured his leg.

Famous racing/stunt/movie pilot and collector of warplanes Paul Mantz was flying the Tallmantz Phoenix P-1, the machine that was 'made of the wreckage', in front of the cameras on the morning of July 8, 1965. He was performing touch-and-go landings, and on one touchdown the fuselage buckled. The movie model broke apart and cartwheeled, killing Mantz and seriously injuring stuntman Bobby Rose on board.^[5]

Although principal photography was completed on August 13, 1965, in order to complete filming, a North American O-47A (N4725V) from the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California was modified and used as a flying Phoenix stand-in. With the canopy removed, a set of skids attached to the main landing gear as well as ventral fin added to the tail, it sufficed as more-or-less a visual lookalike. Filming using the O-47A was completed in October/November 1965. It appears in the last flying scenes, painted to look like the earlier Phoenix P-1.

The final production used a mix of footage that included the O-47A, the 'cobbled-together' Phoenix and Phoenix P-1.

The final credit on the screen was, 'It should be remembered... that Paul Mantz, a fine man and a brilliant flyer, gave his life in the making of this film...'

Reception[edit]

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The film opened in selected theaters on December 15, 1965, with a full release in 1966. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times dismissed it as 'grim and implausible',^[6] while Variety praised the film as an 'often-fascinating and superlative piece of filmmaking highlighted by standout performances and touches that show producer-director at his best.'^[7]

Box Office[edit]

Aldrich says the film previewed well and everyone thought it was going to be a big hit but 'it never took off' commercially.^[8]

According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $10,800,000 in rentals to break even and made $4,855,000, meaning it made a loss.^[9]

Awards[edit]

The Flight of the Phoenix was nominated for two Academy Awards: Ian Bannen for Supporting Actor and Michael Luciano for Film Editing.^[10]

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See also[edit]

• Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film), a re-make of this film
• Survival film, about the film genre, with a list of related films

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abSolomon, Aubrey (2002). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (1st ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow. ISBN0-8108-4244-0.
2. ^Silver, Alain; Ursini, James (1995). Whatever Happened to Robert Aldrich?: His Life and Films (1st ed.). New York: Limelight Ed. p. 267. ISBN9780879101855.
3. ^'Box office Robert ALDRICH'. Box Office Story. 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
4. ^'The Flight of the Phoenix'. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
5. ^'Final Flight - 'Phoenix''. Check-six.com. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
6. ^Crowther, Bosley (1966-02-01). 'Movie Review—Screen: From the Ashes: 'Flight of the Phoenix' on View at 2 Theaters'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
7. ^Variety staff (1964). Flight of the Phoenix, film review, Variety, December 31, 1964. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
8. ^Champlin, Charles (25 August 1974). 'Aldrich's Safari in Mogul Country: Safari in Mogul Country Aldrich's Safari in Mogul Country'. Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
9. ^Silverman, Stephen M. (1988). The Fox That Got Away : The Last Days of the Zanuck Dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. Secaucus: L. Stuart. p. 325. ISBN0-8184-0485-X.
10. ^The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 'The 38th Academy Awards, 1966', honoring the films of 1965; awards presented at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, April 18, 1966. Retrieved 2018-01-19.

Further reading[edit]

• Cox, Stephen. It's a Wonderful Life: A Memory Book. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House, 2003. ISBN1-58182-337-1.
• Eliot, Mark. Jimmy Stewart: A Biography. New York: Random House, 2006. ISBN1-4000-5221-1.
• Hardwick, Jack and Ed Schnepf. 'A Viewer's Guide to Aviation Movies'. The Making of the Great Aviation Films. General Aviation Series, Volume 2, 1989.
• Jones, Ken D., Arthur F. McClure and Alfred E. Twomey. The Films of James Stewart. New York: Castle Books, 1970.
• Munn, Michael. Jimmy Stewart: The Truth Behind the Legend. Fort Lee, New Jersey: Barricade Books Inc., 2006. ISBN1-56980-310-2.
• Pickard, Roy. Jimmy Stewart: A Life in Film. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. ISBN0-312-08828-0.
• Robbins, Jhan. Everybody's Man: A Biography of Jimmy Stewart. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. ISBN0-399-12973-1.
• Thomas, Tony. A Wonderful Life: The Films and Career of James Stewart. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1988. ISBN0-8065-1081-1.

External links[edit]

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• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) on IMDb
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• The Flight of the Phoenix at AllMovie
• The Flight of the Phoenix at the TCM Movie Database
• The Flight of the Phoenix at the American Film Institute Catalog