The flight of the phoenix
(Blu-ray) 

Blu-ray disc will only play in a Blu-ray player. Disc will not play in a standard DVD player.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.

Based on the novel by Elleston Trevor.

Wide screen (1.85:1).

Features: 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New conversation between filmmaker Walter Will and film scholar Alain Silver; New interview with biographer Donald Dewey on actor James Stewart and his service as a bomber pilot; Trailer; An essay by filmmaker and critic Gina Telaroli.

Accompanied by booklet ([12] pages) with essay by filmmaker and critic Gina Telaroli.

Director of photography, Joseph Biroc ; art director, William Glasgow ; editor, Michael Luciano ; original music, [Frank] DeVol ; costume designer, Norma Koch.

James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kr�uger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy, Gabriele Tinti, Alex Montoya, Peter Bravos, William Aldrich, Barrie Chase.

"A downed airplane is a motley group of men's only protection from the relentless desert sun, in this psychologically charged disaster epic, one of the all-time great survival movies. James Stewart is the veteran pilot whose Benghazi-bound plane--carrying passengers played by an unshaven ensemble of screen icons including Richard Attenborough, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Dan Duryea, Peter Finch, and George Kennedy--crash-lands in the remote Sahara. As tensions simmer among the survivors, they find themselves forced to trust a coldly logical engineer (Hardy Kr�uger) whose plan to get them out may just be crazy enough to work--or could kill them all. Directed with characteristic punch by Hollywood iconoclast Robert Aldrich, The Flight of the Phoenix balances adventure with human drama as it conducts a surprising and complex examination of authority, honor, and camaraderie among desperate men"--Container.

Blu-ray, region A; uncompressed LPCM monaural.