Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Jeremy
- (as Kirk Jones)
- Newman
- (as Martin 'Mako' Hindy)
- Lead Smuggler
- (as Anthony Wong)
- Director
- Writers
- Lukas Heller(1965 screenplay)
- Scott Frank
- Edward Burns
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsThe nomads have dromedary camels which are native to Arabia whereas the Bactrian camel is native to the Gobi desert.
- Quotes
Frank Towns: Why give people false hope?
Liddle: Come on man.Most people spend their whole lives hanging 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.
[James tosses the water bottle back to Frank and walks away]
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. Just come back with me.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Phoenix Diaries (2005)
- SoundtracksI've Been Everywhere
Written by Geoff Mack
Performed by Johnny Cash
Courtesy of American Recordings, LLC
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Movie is a thoughtful change about the Hollywood screenplay of the plane that crashes in far countries as : ¨Alive : Miracle of the Andes¨ or ¨Airport¨ series . The film is based on Lukas Heller novel and screenwriter is the actor Edward Burns . It's an intelligent and dramatic movie developing the narration about the plane construction of riveting manner and with a semi-male star-studded , exception of the enticing Miranda Otto but in the original adaptation was totally masculine . Dennis Quaid acting as a stubborn pilot is nice although he doesn't reach to James Stewart who was greatest but he feels embittered considering himself guilty of the accident for his error . Tyrese Gibson as navigator is cool but in same role Richard Attemborough was better as a boozy alcoholic co-pilot . Giovanni Rivisi interpretation is first-rate but he copies the terrific playing by Hardy Kruger and imitates even the physical , bleaching the hair . Other secondary cast : Hugh Laurie , Jacob Vargas , Scott Campbell , Tony Curran , all of them are very fine . Sensational music score by Marco Beltrani. Motion picture was rightly directed by John Moore , though with no originality .
- ma-cortes
- Dec 13, 2005
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,009,180
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,019,430
- Dec 19, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $35,021,497
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