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

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Last modified: Dec. 20, 2008

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?

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.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Flight of the Phoenix.

Dennis Quaid
The Substance, Reagan
Giovanni Ribisi
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2, Ted
Tyrese Gibson
1992, Fast & Furious 6
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Jacob Vargas
Heaven Is For Real, Cesar Chavez
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Jared Padalecki
New York Minute, Friday the 13th
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Tony Curran
Filth, Cat Run
Hugh Laurie
Arthur Christmas, The Canterville Ghost
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Michael Campbell

Crew Behind the Film

The Flight of the Phoenix behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director John Moore last directed I.T. and A Good Day to Die Hard. The film's writer Scott Frank last wrote No Exit and The Mountain Between Us.

Director: John Moore
Screenwriter: Scott Frank
Producers: William Aldrich
Alex Blum
John Davis
Wyck Godfrey

Studio: 20th Century Studios
Production Companies: —

Production Details

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Dec 2004

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some language, action, and violence
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Release Dates

When was the film released?

Flight of the Phoenix was released in on Friday, December 17, 2004. There were 3 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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