Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Aug 23 '05
Pros: Gripping storyline, great cast, fine directing
Cons: It was remade.
Summary: When I was nine years old, I happened to be flipping through the channels on our family TV set, a 20-inch Magnavox color set. It was a mild South Florida autumn Friday night, and with most of my friends either watching their own televisions at home ...
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Feb 25 '05
Pros: story, setting, Stewart, Human-element, entire cast
Cons: that it was remade 40 years later
Summary: The original Flight of the Phoenix, came out in 1965, and starred James Stewart as the pilot of the expedition. Any remakes of this film, only serve to water down the great story that was put on the big screen the first time around. It is a ...
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Mar 13 '02
Pros: Authentic character study, real, gritty and well acted
Cons: Might seem dull to today’s viewers used to Indiana Jones type action and adventure.
Summary: Plot: a group of men struggling to survive after a plane crash in the dessert.
I’ve seen this film at least 10 times in my life and it never stops fascinating me. I think the main reason is that it is an interesting character study of men...
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Jan 06 '01
Pros: Excellent plot, acting and direction
Cons: None worth mentioning
Summary: “The Flight of The Phoenix” is a relatively simple film by today’s standards. It boasts a premiere cast for its day, starring James Stewart as the pilot of a doomed cargo plane, Richard Attenborough as his navigator, and other fine actors such as Peter...
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Nov 10 '00
Pros: Plot! Characters! Dialog! Theme!
Cons: None
Summary: Life or death! Engineering! Project Management! And one of the greatest plot twists ever conceived!
This towering movie is an extremely thoughtful examination of the psychological barriers that destroy men and the factors responsible for...
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Mar 18 '00
Pros: The great cast, a good story
Cons: Waste of Ernest Borgnine
Summary: Before there was The Poseidon Adventure, there was The Flight of the Phoenix.
Take a diverse, cross-section of humanity, throw them into a life/death struggle with no chance of outside help, add a dash of personality clashes, and toss in an...
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Apr 15 '06
Pros: Too many to list.
Cons: Miscasting of one or two smaller roles.
Summary: The Flight of the Phoenix. An American pilot (James Stewart) butts heads with a German airplane designer (Hardy Kruger) when the former crash lands somewhere in the Sahara desert and the latter comes up with a novel solution for getting them the
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