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Flight of the Phoenix Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Flight of the Phoenix

Release Date: Friday, December 17, 2004

Director: John Moore

Starring: Dennis Quaid Giovanni Ribisi Tyrese Gibson Jacob Vargas Jared Padalecki

PG-13 Action N/A

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Plot – What's the story about?

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Plot
A remake of the 1961 original that starred Jimmy Stewart, the story is about a group of men stranded in the Sahara Desert after their plane crashes. Desperate, the crew tries to rebuild the plane with any salvagable parts from the wreckage. The update will be setn the story of a group of men stranded in the Sahara Desert following a plane crash. With no way out, they try to build a plane using pieces from the wreckage. The updated version is described by Fox as a reinvention of the original and set in the Mongolian desert.
Action Adventure Suspense Remake

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Who is making Flight of the Phoenix – Crew List

A look at Flight of the Phoenix behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director John Moore last helmed I.T. and A Good Day to Die Hard. The film's writer Scott Frank last penned No Exit and The Mountain Between Us.

Director
John Moore
Screenwriter
Producers
William Aldrich
Alex Blum
John Davis
Wyck Godfrey
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Production – What we know about the Flight of the Phoenix

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Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some language, action, and violence
Runtime
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Language
English
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Flight of the Phoenix Release Date: When was the film released?

Flight of the Phoenix was released in on Friday, December 17 , 2004. There were three other movies released on the same date, including Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Spanglish and A Tale of Two Sisters.

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  • Added the Blu-ray release date of December 5, 2006

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