The Flight of the Phoenix Blu-ray
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Posted July 6, 2016 10:46 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Eureka Entertainment have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director Robert Aldrich's film The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), starring James Stewart, Hardy Krüger, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, and Ernest Borgnine. The release will be available for purchase on September 12.
Synopsis: One of Hollywood's toughest and most idiosyncratic filmmakers, Robert Aldrich (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Dirty Dozen) had one of his greatest and most cherished popular successes with the thrilling adventure classic The Flight of the Phoenix, headlined by an all-star cast including James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine and Hardy Krüger.
A cargo plane carrying an assortment of oilmen and military personnel crashes in the Sahara Desert during a sandstorm. Realising they're too far off course to be found and rescued before food and water runs out, their only hope is to attempt to rebuild the aircraft amidst the unforgiving environment.
An engrossing mix of intensely physical filmmaking and marvellous character turns across the board, The Flight of the Phoenix is a vivid chronicle of men under pressure, with unsettling questions about the nature of leadership.
Special Features:
Synopsis: One of Hollywood's toughest and most idiosyncratic filmmakers, Robert Aldrich (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Dirty Dozen) had one of his greatest and most cherished popular successes with the thrilling adventure classic The Flight of the Phoenix, headlined by an all-star cast including James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine and Hardy Krüger.
A cargo plane carrying an assortment of oilmen and military personnel crashes in the Sahara Desert during a sandstorm. Realising they're too far off course to be found and rescued before food and water runs out, their only hope is to attempt to rebuild the aircraft amidst the unforgiving environment.
An engrossing mix of intensely physical filmmaking and marvellous character turns across the board, The Flight of the Phoenix is a vivid chronicle of men under pressure, with unsettling questions about the nature of leadership.
Special Features:
- New high-definition 1080p presentation
- Uncompressed mono soundtrack
- Isolated music & effects track
- New video interview with film historian Sheldon Hall
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard, and archival imagery
