Flight of the Phoenix

Flight of the Phoenix1965

Director: Robert Aldrich
Stars: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 142 minutes

Robert Aldrich's tense, 1965 drama about a plane crash in the Sahara is a unique psychological study of men in desperate circumstances. In this somewhat revisionist view of classic heroism, every character within the mixed lot is stretched to his li… more »



Heinrich Dorfmann:
Gentlemen, I have been examining this aeroplane.

Frank Towns:
Yeah?

Heinrich Dorfmann:
Yes. We've everything we need here to build a new one and fly it out. Now, if you'd like to have a look at my calculations, I don't know whether you can read my handwriting.

Frank Towns:
Are you trying to be funny?

Heinrich Dorfmann:
What did you say?

Frank Towns:
I said, are you trying to be funny?

Heinrich Dorfmann:
That is precisely the reaction I would have expected from a man of your obvious limitations.

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