Flight of the Phoenix

Action, Adventure, Drama

Dennis Quaid	Frank Towns
Giovanni Ribisi	Elliott
Miranda Otto	Kelly
Tyrese Gibson	AJ
Tony Curran	Rodney
Jared Padalecki	Davis
Kee-Yick Cheng	Smuggler #3
Martin "Mako" Hindy	Newman
Paul Ditchfield	Dr. Gerber
Anthony Wong	Lead Smuggler
Hugh Laurie	Ian
Sticky Fingaz	Jeremy
Jacob Vargas	Sammi
Scott Michael Campbell	Liddle
Kevork Malikyan	Rady

Director	John Moore
Producer	William Aldrich; T. Alex Blum; John Davis; Wyck Godfrey; Alex Blum
Writer	Edward Burns; Scott Frank; Lukas Heller

Based on a novel by Elleston Trevor, director John Moore's The Flight of the Phoenix is a remake of a 1965 film of the same name starring film icon James Stewart. The story revolves around the plight of Captain Frank Towns (Dennis Quaid), a pilot whose C-119 cargo plane full of oil workers could not withstand the violent winds of a desert sandstorm. Stranded in the harsh terrain of Mongolia's Gobi Desert (a departure from the original, in which the plane crashed in the Sahara), Frank and his navigator face an equal challenge in maintaining order among the survivors. The group of oilmen had planned on an uneventful trip to shut off a group of rigs falling below their productivity expectations — not fending for their very lives. Before long, some men are revealed as cowards, while others exhibit a surprising show of strength, all the while hoping that the wreckage of the original plane can be salvaged before a Lord of the Flies situation occurs. Miranda Otto is featured in a supporting role, as well as Giovanni Ribisi and Tyrese Gibson. — Tracie Cooper