Flight of the Phoenix (Film4, 6.50pm).Byline: Jade Wright THE crew and passengers of a cargo plane cargo plane n → avión m de carga cargo plane n → avion-cargo m cargo plane cargo n → are left stranded in the Gobi desert Gobi Desert Desert, Central Asia. One of the great desert and semidesert regions of the world, the Gobi stretches across Central Asia over large areas of Mongolia and China. after a crash, and embark on a desperate plan to return to civilisation - by building a new plane out of the wreckage wreck·age n. 1. The act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked. 2. Something wrecked. 3. The debris of something wrecked. of the old one. The original version of this action movie was the yardstick for all disaster flicks and one of the most popular films ever to emerge from Hollywood, so the whole concept of a remake re·make tr.v. re·made , re·mak·ing, re·makes To make again or anew. n. 1. The act of remaking. 2. Something in remade form, especially a new version of an earlier movie or song. may have been ill-advised. Nevertheless, featuring the likes of Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974) is an American actor. Biography Early life Ribisi, who is Sicilian-American, was born in Los Angeles, California to Gay Landrum, a talent agent, and Albert Ribisi, a musician. , among the cast this has got plenty of star quality and all the excitement of the original, and while the soundtrack may have taken some wrong turns and scriptwriters tried too hard to squeeze too many sub-plots in, it''s still very entertaining. Here's an interesting fact for you - the model used for the crash sequence cost $250,000 and was so perfectly built it actually flew further than the crew and testing had predicted. In fact it flew so far it hit the camera filming it and broke the cameraman''s leg. |
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