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Actionthriller 2005
Dennis Quaid .... Frank Towns
Tyrese .... A.J. (as Tyrese Gibson)
Giovanni Ribisi .... Elliott
Miranda Otto .... Kelly
Tony Curran .... Rodney
Sticky Fingaz .... Jeremy (as Kirk Jones)
Jacob Vargas .... Sammi
Hugh Laurie .... Ian
Scott Michael Campbell .... Liddle
Kevork Malikyan .... Rady
Jared Padalecki .... Davis
Paul Ditchfield .... Dr. Gerber
Da et fragtfly styrter ned i Mogolivias ørken under en sandstorm, prøver
de overlevende at et fly med resterne af det fragtfly de fløj med.
Men kan de overleve varmen, sandet - og hinanden?
Inst.: John Moore (Behind enemy lines)
Spilletid : 113 min.
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Premieredato : 25 feb.
Teaser/Trailer : Yahoo movies, Commingsoon, apple.com/trailers/fox/flightofthephoenix
Website : FlightofthePhoenix.com
Movie stills : Rottentomatoes
Anmeldelser : Rottentomatoes
Vudering : 
filmen syntes at være lavet med den ene hånd bundet på ryggen
selv om Dennis Q. virkelig prøver.
Bemærkning :
John Moore vil have at filmen er ligeså realitisk som mulig og krævede derfor at flyvemaskinen og dens ombygning, var i rigtig størrelse og var i stand til at flyve.
Johne Moore siger selv : "You´ve got to feel it".
Dette er et remake af en film fra 1965 med samme titel.
Engelsk :
Like the 1965 film, this Flight is a survival tale about a C-119 cargo plane full of oil workers that crashes in the desert. The passengers and crew must work together if they're going to survive, although growing tensions threaten to turn them against one another. Unlike other recent remakes, though, this draft of Flight was faithful to the spirit and plot of the original film. Indeed, the storytellers actually improved upon some elements. For example, this draft spent some time with the characters and established conflict and tension between them before they crash. The original film just starts with the Phoenix on take-off so we have to get to know the characters along the way.
Captain Frank Towns (Quaid), the pilot of the titular aircraft, is employed by the oil firm Geodel (the company was called Arabco in the 1965 version and they crashed in the Sahara). Frank and his crew – copilot Danny Moran and hotheaded mechanic A.J. – are sent to shut down an unproductive rig in the Mongolian desert. (Frank's nickname in company circles is "Shut It Down" Towns because when he shows up you know you're out of a job.) Obviously, Frank's mission immediately puts him at odds with the oil workers, including geologist Kelly Johnson (the original film had no female protagonists) and roustabouts Rodney and Jeremy. The only one seemingly expecting Frank is "company hatchet man" Ian whom Kelly dislikes.
Frank shuts down the site and must now fly everyone out on his C-119 (which are known as "flying boxcars") to Beijing. As in the original film, the plane encounters a horrific sandstorm that forces it to make a crash landing in the middle of the desert. Once it becomes apparent that no one is coming to their rescue, the team (not everyone survived the crash) latches on to one passenger's hair-brained scheme to rebuild the plane and fly it to safety. Their struggle to rebuild the aircraft before they run out of water also adds a "beat the clock" aspect to the story.
Most notable among the missing characters from the original film are the British soldiers led by Captain Harris (Peter Finch), Ian Bannen's smart-alecky Ratbags, Ernest Borgnine's unhinged Trucker Cobb, and Christian Marquand's doctor. (Oh, yeah, there's no monkey, either.) These were some of the more compelling characters in the original film but, in a way, I'm almost glad that the storytellers didn't simply rehash what had been done so well before. (Let's face it, no one can play crazy quite like Ernie Borgnine!)
Hardy Kruger's character, Heinrich Dorfmann, is now Elliot and, while he's no longer German, he is still a bespectacled, boyish-looking "aircraft designer," aloof and egotistical. In fact, this draft plays up his character even more than in the original. Towns and Elliot vie for the leadership of the group with Elliot's ego and cold manner making him the far less appealing choice. The thing about Elliot is that as much as you dislike him, he's right more often than wrong. Also, Elliot's intellect prevents the survivors from endurig a worse fate than they're already facing. (Phillip Seymour Hoffman would be ideal for this role.)
Other new (and more diverse) characters include Saudi-born, Cal Tech-educated Rady who more than once provides the group with tips on how to survive in the desert; Sammi, a father of four who has always wanted to own a restaurant; Davis, who should've known when to hold it (you'll understand once you see the movie); and James Liddle, whose desire to return to his family sustains him throughout the ordeal. We get to know more about these characters than we did some of the passengers in the 1965 film. (Honestly, did George Kennedy have anything to do besides baby-sit that monkey?)
Captain Towns has more of a character arc than he did in the original. Although Stewart's character blamed himself for the crash, he was undeniably the hero of the story. This draft's Frank starts off as an unlikable chap. After all, he's only there to put people out of work. And once they crash, he doesn't want the responsibility of taking care of them but it's his duty nonetheless (he has his reasons for evading the call). He must find the strength and courage necessary to lead the others to safety.
Part of the problem with a protagonist like Frank – and it was the same with Stewart in the original film – is that he is against taking action for a good part of the story. That's not the most appealing aspect a movie hero can have. For all his flaws, at least Elliot is trying to do something. But since Frank eventually comes around to accepting his leadership role this was a necessary part of the story. Obviously, he would have been less interesting had he been some stock action movie hero instead.
Overall, The Flight of the Phoenix was surprisingly faithful to the Robert Aldrich classic. What they did alter were the supporting characters/passengers and a few of the trials that the survivors faced but these changes didn't bother me. So long as the film isn't turned into some sort of glorified music video like other recent remakes have been, this Phoenix should take flight.