The Phoenix Rises
The CX Rises
‘Phoenix Rising’ by DarkMatter
Today, 19 February 2007, my son Dinggoy was watching on TV the 2004 remake of the 1965 film The Flight Of The Phoenix; this stars, the ones I recognize, Dennis Quaid (as Frank Towns, the leader) and Hugh Laurie (of ‘Dr House’ fame) and Giovanni Ribisi (as Elliott, designer of model planes).
I wasn’t actually watching the remake, but I saw enough to make me remember the 1965 movie, directed by Robert Aldrich (imdb.com/). The basic plot is that there is a plane crash in the desert, miles and miles away from all help, and the passengers must keep their wits in order to survive – and they must get out of there before their food and water run out. One of the passengers say he is a designer of model airplanes, and asserts that they can build a flyable plane from what remains of their plane. In the 1965 version, the passengers all laugh – in derision. A builder of toy airplanes? This must be a sick joke! The full essay
