Flight of the Phoenix

Flight of the Phoenix2004

Director: Robert Aldrich
Stars: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 142 minutes

Robert Aldrich's tense, 1965 drama about a plane crash in the Sahara is a unique psychological study of men in desperate circumstances. In this somewhat revisionist view of classic heroism, every character within the mixed lot is stretched to his li… more »



Frank Towns:
Why give people false hope?

Liddle:
Come on man.Most folks spend their whole lives holding on to hopes and dreams that are never going to come true but they hold on to them. Why are you going to give up on them now when you need them most?

Frank Towns:
You are assuming I'm one of those people who has hopes and dreams.

Liddle:
I find it hard to believe that a man who learns to fly never had a dream.

Frank Towns:
Look, how can I let those people build that plane when I don't believe it will work? And, every day they waste trying to build it brings them one day closer to dying.

Liddle:
I think a man only needs one thing in life. He just needs someone to love. If you can't give him that, then give him something to hope for. And if you can't give him that, just give him something to do.

Frank Towns:
James, you'll never make it.

Liddle:
Then I'll die trying. There are people counting on me.

Frank Towns:
Okay, Okay, Okay. Okay. We'll build it.

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