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 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. It opened in the US on December 17, and received mixed reviews. When an Amacor oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, Captain Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are sent to shut the operation down. However, on their way to Beijing,... a major dust storm rips apart one of their engines, forcing them to crash land their C-119 Flying Boxcar in an uncharted area of the desert. Their cargo consists of used parts and tools from the rig, the rig's crew, and Elliot , a lone drifter. The crash results in two people dying. When the storm ends and the dust settles, it becomes apparent that they are 200 miles off course with only one month's worth of water available.
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| Release date: | December 17, 2004 |
| Directed by: | John Moore |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | William Aldrich |
| Editor: | Don Zimmerman |
| Cinematography: | Brendan Galvin |
| Screenplay by: | Scott Frank, Edward Burns |
| Estimated budget: | $45,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Flight of the Phoenix |
| Genre: | Disaster, Action, Adventure |