The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film) The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film) The Flight of the Phoenix is a 1965 American drama film starring James Stewart, produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, and based on the 1964 novel "The Flight of the Phoenix" by Elleston Trevor. The story describes a small group of men struggling to survive their aircraft's emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, and stars Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger and Ernest Borgnine. The ensemble cast includes Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea and George Kennedy as other passengers on the aircraft. Though the film was a failure at the
Survival of the Dead their own masters, all they had to do was let go of the rituals and cruelties, but some still grip the old world like a life preserver." Before his death, director George A. Romero had plans to direct two more sequels to "Survival of the Dead". He had expressed his desire to film them back-to-back if his schedule would have allowed it. Romero announced a seventh movie, "Road of the Dead", is in production, with Matt Birman serving as director. Survival of the Dead Survival of the Dead (also known as George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead) is a