Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)

Flight of the Phoenix is a 2004 survival drama film and a remake of a 1965 film of the same name, both based on the 1964 novel The Flight of the Phoenix, by Elleston Trevor, about a group of people who survive an aircraft crash in the Gobi Desert and must build a new aircraft out of the old one to escape. The film stars Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi. Flight of the Phoenix opened in the U.S. on December 17. The film was a boxoffice failure, and received generally mixed reviews criticism was geared toward its similarity to the 1965 film, while praise related to the acting, direction, and visuals.

Through a series of photos, we see what became of the survivors when they made it back to civilization. All have been revitalized by the experience Frank and A.J. start their own airline appropriately named Phoenix Aviation, Sammi Jacob Vargas and his wife start their own restaurant Jeremy and Rady are there to celebrate, Liddle is reunited with his wife and kids, Ian becomes a professional golfer, Kelly is working at an ocean oil rig, and Elliot is wearing a flight suit on a Flight International magazine cover with the headline NASAs New Hope?Cowriter Edward Burns was personally asked by Tom Rothman, who at the time was the president of Fox and had discovered Burns when he bought The Brothers McMullen as Fox Searchlights first acquisition, to rewrite the films dialogue. Burns said, I probably did three drafts of it, and that was it. I never met Scott Scott Frank, the other credited cowriter. This is the only film Burns has writing credit on that he did not also direct. ........

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