The Flight of the Phoenix The Criterion Collection

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A downed airplane is a motley group of men’s only protection from the relentless desert sun, in this psychologically charged disaster epic, one of the all-time great survival movies. James Stewart is the veteran pilot whose Benghazi-bound plane—carrying passengers played by an unshaven ensemble of screen icons including Richard Attenborough, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Dan Duryea, Peter Finch, and George Kennedy—crash-lands in the remote Sahara. As tensions simmer among the survivors, they find themselves forced to trust a coldly logical engineer (Hardy Krüger) whose plan to get them out may just be crazy enough to work—or could kill them all. Directed with characteristic punch by Hollywood iconoclast Robert Aldrich, The Flight of the Phoenix balances adventure with human drama as it conducts a surprising and complex examination of authority, honor, and camaraderie among desperate men.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• New conversation between filmmaker Walter Hill and film scholar Alain Silver
• New interview with biographer Donald Dewey on actor James Stewart and his service as a bomber pilot
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by filmmaker and critic Gina Telaroli

MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.92 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Robert Aldrich
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, Subtitled
Release date ‏ : ‎ March 22, 2022
Actors ‏ : ‎ James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine
Studio ‏ : ‎ The Criterion Collection
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09NPLSSS2
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1