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
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains of America Awards. It had its theatrical premiere on October 22 in New York. The film appeared on some critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008. Shawn Levy of "The Oregonian" named it the 5th best film of 2008, and Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" named it the 8th best film of 2008 (in a six-way tie). Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains is a 2007 documentary film which tells the story of a rugby team from Uruguay who