Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)

Flight of the Phoenix
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Moore
Written by	Scott Frank Edward Burns
Based on	The Flight of the Phoenix by Elleston Trevor The Flight of the Phoenix by Lukas Heller
Produced by	John Davis William Aldrich Wyck Godfrey T. Alex Blum
Starring	Dennis Quaid Giovanni Ribisi Tyrese Gibson Miranda Otto Hugh Laurie
Cinematography	Brendan Galvin
Edited by	Don Zimmerman
Music by	Marco Beltrami
Production company	Davis Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 17, 2004 (2004-12-17)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$45-75 million[1][2]
Box office	$34.5 million[1]

Flight of the Phoenix is a 2004 American survival drama film directed by John Moore and written by Scott Frank and Edward Burns. The film is a remake of the 1965 film of the same name, both based on the 1964 novel The Flight of the Phoenix, by Elleston Trevor, about a group of people who survive an aircraft crash in a desert and must build a new aircraft out of the old one to escape. It stars Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson, Miranda Otto and Hugh Laurie.

Flight of the Phoenix was filmed on location in the Namib Desert, and was released in the United States on December 17, 2004, by 20th Century Fox. The film was a box office failure, and received generally mixed reviews; criticism was geared toward its similarity to the 1965 film, while praise related to the acting, direction and visuals.