The Flight of the Phoenix Page #2

Synopsis: A cargo plane goes down 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 an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out.
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Director(s): Robert Aldrich
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
NOT RATED
Year:
1965
142 min
1,492 Views


- Leave that to Moran.

Maybe you'd better check on our water

supply and figure up some rationing.

[HAMMERING]

How much longer do you estimate

we'll have to be here?

I mean, I take it there will be

an air search before long.

Yes, well, we're not due

in Benghazi till... Well, now.

He's a right little organizer,

your captain.

Yeah, they're all the same.

Toffee-nosed bunch of gits.

You shouldn't have joined,

should you?

I never did. I was what they call

a boy soldier. Me dad joined me.

- Did he?

- Attendant at the public baths, he was.

November 21 st, 1934.

Me mum made me a sponge cake

for me birthday tea.

Next morning the old man walked me

down our street right into the barracks.

"You'll be all right," he said.

"You'll like it. I know you will."

1934? You didn't have to join

for bleeding life, did you?

I don't know.

One thing leads to another, doesn't it?

CROW:

Hey, Fritz!

Give us the loan of your book

when you're finished.

I don't think you'll find it interesting.

Oh, incidentally...

...my name is Dorfmann,

Heinrich Dorfmann.

Go on. Is it really?

Yes.

Hey, sergeant. His name's Dorfmann,

Heinrich Dorfmann.

COBB:
What's the matter, doc?

- Nothing, Mr. Cobb. Nothing.

- How are you feeling today?

- All right.

What do you care?

Anyway, why ask me?

You got it written down

in that little black book.

No, no. I have nothing written down,

Mr. Cobb. Nothing.

Yeah?

- Then why don't you show it to me?

- Any time you wish.

Right now, though, I have to have

a look at Gabriele.

What a crummy quack.

They're all alike.

TOWNS:

1600 hours, March 17th.

What... What about my wife, doctor?

No, don't think about it now.

She'll be all right. She'll be fine.

Do you have any kind of liquor

onboard?

Well, there's still some morphine left.

Wouldn't that be better?

RENAUD:
I would like to save it

for when the pain gets worse.

GABRIELE:

Doctor.

TOWNS:

Cause of crash:
Pilot error.

All right if we issue

the water ration now?

TOWNS:

Sure, go ahead.

- Work something out?

- Yes, I think so.

Could I have your attention, please?

We have something important

to say concerning our water supply.

Now, there is just under

a full measure for each of us here.

Dr. Renaud informs me that we shall

require, as an absolute minimum...

...one pint of water per person

per day. Is that right?

Yes, that's right.

Now, on the basis of the 15 gallons

in the emergency tank...

...that gives us roughly 10 to 11 days.

That is, of course, if we just sit here

and don't exert ourselves in any way.

Hey, Lightning, do you hear that?

You're not to wear yourself out.

As we are somewhat off our original

course, unless we are certain...

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Lukas Heller

Lukas Heller (21 July 1930 – 2 November 1988) was a German-born screenwriter. more…

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