Cinematic background from The Flight of the Phoenix 1965 - A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965

Adventure, Drama

Directors:
Robert Aldrich
Writers:
Elleston Trevor, Lukas Heller
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Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A group of men standing on top of a sand dune; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man standing in front of an airplane at night; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man walking on top of a sand dune; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A couple of men sitting on top of a sandy beach; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man and a man wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man wearing a red jacket in a dark room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A group of men standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man in a hat is reading a newspaper; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A group of men standing next to each other on top of a hill; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man standing in the sand with two other men; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man giving a thumbs up while standing in the sand dunes; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A group of men standing next to each other in the desert; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man sitting in front of an airplane at night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man wearing a hat and a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An airplane sitting in the middle of the desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man in a hat standing in front of an airplane; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man standing in front of an airplane on the beach; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man standing in the sand with his mouth wide open; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man in a green jacket is standing in the dark; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing glasses and a hat talking to a younger man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man and a younger woman in an industrial setting; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat in the desert; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man sitting under an airplane on the ground; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An airplane is parked in the sand with people standing around it; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man standing in front of an airplane; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat talking to a younger man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man wearing a hat drinking a cup of coffee; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man is shaving his face with a razor; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An old man with a beard and a lot of dirt on his face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man wearing a hat talking to another man in the desert; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A group of people standing next to each other in the desert; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing glasses and a gray shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man wearing a hat standing in front of a door; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man laying in a hospital bed while being examined by a doctor; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man is shaving his face with a razor; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man wearing a hat standing in the dark; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man's face with a sad look; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – Two men wearing hats are sitting next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man writing on a piece of paper in an airplane cockpit; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and glasses; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A couple of people are walking in the desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A group of men standing next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat looking down at the ground; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – Two men wearing hats looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and glasses in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man in a black shirt is talking to another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – Two men are sitting in the sand next to an airplane wreck; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and a blue shirt; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man wearing a hat standing next to two other men; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man drinking from a metal cup in the desert; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man sitting on the ground reading a book in the desert; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A person wearing a red jacket; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat standing in the sand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man with a red hat is in the back of a red truck; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – Two men sitting on a chair in a dark room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – Two men standing in front of an old airplane; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A group of men sitting next to each other on the ground; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man standing in the snow next to an airplane at night; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – Two people are walking up a sand dune; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – Two men sitting next to each other on the side of a building; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – Two men wearing hats and standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A group of people sitting under an awning next to an airplane; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – An older man wearing a hat and a green shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man sitting in a chair writing on a piece of paper; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man wearing a hat standing in the sand; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A man wearing a hat and a red jacket; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), directed by Robert Aldrich – A person wearing a hat on a beach; Close Up shot, Low angle