Flight of the Phoenix vs Touching the Void
Touching the Void has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6/10 for Flight of the Phoenix). Touching the Void is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 53m. Touching the Void is the older of the two (2003 against 2004). Both are action, adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flight of the Phoenix
Touching the Void| Flight of the Phoenix | Touching the Void | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama | Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | John Moore | Kevin Macdonald |
| Main cast | Jared Padalecki, Hugh Laurie, Miranda Otto, Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi | Nicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking |
Synopsis
Flight of the Phoenix
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil…
Touching the Void
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
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