Flight of the Phoenix: starring Quaid

[Typhoon1244]

I just read that 20th Century Fox is filming The Flight of the Phoenix. The planned release date is November 2004. Dennis Quaid will play Frank Towns (James Stewart's role). The aircraft is supposedly a C-119, a later model of the C-82 depicted in the original. Also, the story's been moved from the Sahara to the Gobi.

Jimmy Stewart. Dennis Quaid?

Interesting...

 

[T-Gates]

The real question is who will play Cobb? Ernest Borgnine played a pretty good wierdo......

 

[ShawnC]

Ok I recognize those both as twin-tailed cargo aircraft, but what's this about? Sounds like a remake of an older movie.

 

[T-Gates]

Yep, it's a remake of a 1965 classic....

Here is a review of it....

linky

 

[crash-proof]

Flight of the Phoenix is one of my favorites, seen it plenty o times (but it's been awhile). Better question yet...who will play the german engineer?! My favorite scene's where J. Stewart is laughin to tears upon hearing the german's engineering background is limited to model planes.

I have no desire to see this new flick, you can bet that it will be over-produced, hollywoodean piece of cr@p that will fly straight to video (pun intended) and forgotten. Let's not forget now, a movie's not a movie unless it's F/X are somewhat reminescant of the Matrix's. And somehow they'll wedge a hip hop soundtrack in there. Bleh.


Ok end of rant.

 

[low-n-slow]

Growing up as a kid I always enjoyed watching that movie. 'Only one cartridge left...will it start?!'

Famed aviator Paul Mantz died while filming this movie, I believe during the final scene?

 

[low-n-slow]

Flight of the Phoenix is one of my favorites, seen it plenty o times (but it's been awhile). Better question yet...who will play the german engineer?! My favorite scene's where J. Stewart is laughin to tears upon hearing the german's engineering background is limited to model planes.

I have no desire to see this new flick, you can bet that it will be over-produced, hollywoodean piece of cr@p that will fly straight to video (pun intended) and forgotten. Let's not forget now, a movie's not a movie unless it's F/X are somewhat reminescant of the Matrix's. And somehow they'll wedge a hip hop soundtrack in there. Bleh.


Ok end of rant.

I certainly agree with you Crash, sometimes, some things are better left untouched.

 

[uscpilot]

5 Stars??

Why does this thread have 5 stars?? Is this a joke??
usc

 

[bigr]

don't mean to nit pick...but it was richard attenborough who laughed to tears when he found out the german designed model planes.

"we can either die here in the desert...or in that thing out there."

 

[Typhoon1244]

don't mean to nit pick...but it was richard attenborough who laughed to tears when he found out the german designed model planes.

One of the most poignant moments in film history:

"What's the matter Frank? Haven't you any curiosity left...in you? Haven't you wondered what it was like to fly a...a...a toy airplane?"

I also don't see how they're going to find someone who surpasses Hardy Kruger for sheer snideness:

"Mister Towns, you behave as if stupidity were a virture. Why is that?"

 

[UnstableAviator]

I should offer my services for a measly $10,000 for proper radio technique and phraseology. Nothing more painful than a supposedly realistic movie with pilots saying, "Roger, hold over one-two-three VOR, we'll circle on auto at flight level fifteen-thousand." (Turbulence 2 on HBO a few weeks ago..)

I liked the original too, and I'm sure I'll see this remake sooner or later. I seriously doubt I'll be rushing to the theater for it.

 

[Cpt. Underpants]

Try this...

What a man(tz)!

 

[Typhoon1244]

From the Janes entry:
The Phoenix flew successfully, but broke in two as it touched down on July 8, 1965, and Paul Mantz was killed.

I had always thought that the Phoenix crashed during a test flight, and that they'd built another to make the movie. Instead, they just wrote the screenplay so that you never saw the thing land.

Seems calloused...but that's Hollywood, I guess.

Look here for more info.

 

[DenverDude2002]

Theres a huge article about the C-119 used in the remake in Volume 40 Number 3 of Air Clasic. It is indeed a C-119, it was being used for misc stuff up at Greybull Wyoming, then they restored it for the movie and flew it to the Gobi. That tail # is N15501.