When you have watched the whole movie you know that this engine was their lifeline. I have watched it a million times but still cross my fingers when they are starting the engine. Great movie

@JugSouthgate

2 жыл бұрын

They all know that the cartridges are the only way to start the engine - and if it does not start, they are all dead men. But if it starts and runs, they have a chance.

@TheSaltydog07

Жыл бұрын

Me, too!

@pauljanssen7594

6 ай бұрын

Me too!

@directormbj

6 ай бұрын

I do the same, watching the movie a million times and crossing my fingers

@user-sv1kj6ib8h

2 ай бұрын

Me acuerdo de la película el vuelo del fenix

A great movie. Rest in peace to Paul Mantz, the stunt pilot who died while filming the final flight scene.

@RobertBlevins

8 ай бұрын

Paul Mantz. He was a historical aviator for sure. His lifelong partner in crime (Frank Tallman) flew a twin-engine Beechcraft through a billboard for 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iaB3k6ibn9Sbpqw.htmlsi=lK6wY6yibrIrmJ1W

@CalebAAmanim

8 ай бұрын

he is probably looking down from heaven

@abundantharmony

6 ай бұрын

@@CalebAAmanim If he's in heaven, he has much better things to look at. Remember the story of Lot's wife in the Bible?

@pauljanssen7594

6 ай бұрын

Yes ❤😢

@KoopaHigh

2 ай бұрын

Magical sky daddy doesn't exist. Grow up and face reality and the burden of uncertainty that comes with being a human like the rest of us instead of comforting yourselves in this silly lala land fairy tale you share with each other.

I remember watching this movie back in the mid to late sixties and thinking that it was one of the best movies ever. Now, more than fifty years later, I think I was right.

@akramkhan9055

3 жыл бұрын

The good things you are still alive and can watch modern era movies as wel..😁😁

@user-nu9im9zc8s

3 жыл бұрын

What about 2004 version.... For me the original is better

@chfire2004

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-nu9im9zc8s I like the original one better, but am also happy that there was a remake of this movie, because I always thought it was a awesome.

@fooman2108

3 жыл бұрын

Don't that James Bondian (none of the original but the shadow of the original plot) reboot a few years ago with Denis Quade.... P.S. don't forget that this same aircraft (on its SECOND flight) killed the famous flier Paul Maintz...

@Mikevdog

3 жыл бұрын

Oddly, it got poor ratings. I love it.

Having seen this movie 10+ times, I'm still crossing my fingers it starts. This IS cinema.

@fatarsemonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I know what you mean.

@JW...-oj5iw

3 жыл бұрын

Biggest model plane the guy ever built.

@popps2502

3 жыл бұрын

Ha Aha Me to Matt.

@michaelworse6034

3 жыл бұрын

Same here , I swear . Love this incredible piece of cinema art

@hoosieryank6731

3 жыл бұрын

No swearing, no love triangle, just top notch moviemaking.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is a perfect example of how you build suspense.

@michaelcudworth7591

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, one of the great movie scenes. Why anyone thought this film needed remaking is beyond me.

@sticktrik

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Cudworth Because the director is a money hungry dick trying to remake an untouchable classic!!!!!!!

@oxxnarrdflame8865

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, I’ve seen this hack work hundreds of times. Characters, shots used over and over again.

@ironroad18

3 жыл бұрын

But without "jump cuts", a shallow plot, CGI Matrix rip-off action, and pop music artists that can't act, how could I ever like such a movie?

@flexiblestrategist9922

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcudworth7591 I agree. I should have never watched the remake.

A brilliant film with a brilliant cast. I refuse to watch crap remakes. This is an absolute classic!

@petera5894

4 жыл бұрын

i do the samething

@jackkruese9929

4 жыл бұрын

Yup totally agree

@transformer889

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@ohger1

3 жыл бұрын

I am not one of those people who has a pre-conceived bias against remakes, but the remake of Flight sucks pelican balls. This one is far superior.

@prospero4183

3 жыл бұрын

The remake is pretty good, its not the same, but it still has the feel

Hello from Germany.The Music and the Sound together,when the Engine started.A Movie just for Men's.Looking the Movie with 20 years Old Whisky and a big Steak.Sorry for my English.

@ohger1

3 жыл бұрын

Your English is better than most native Americans speak... hope that steak was good!!

@ernesthill2681

3 жыл бұрын

You're doing just fine, friend =)

@TheSaltydog07

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could write German as well as you write English. Hallo aus Georgien!

@scottdunkirk8198

6 ай бұрын

You did fine on your English, you made a great point

@margin606

6 ай бұрын

Perfectly understandable - best way to enjoy it! 👍

This scene is BRILLIANT! The suspense as to whether the engine will/won't start is priceless. The sound of that old radial engine is gorgeous. The music was great too. Richard Attenborough when he drops to his knees and says 'you B*stard' just brings a tear to your eye's. I have rebuilt car & motorcycle engines over the years, and that feeling you get on the first start up.

@operator6471

6 ай бұрын

just realized the drone underlying the score on the music sounds like a running, aeroplane engine,

@shauny2285

6 ай бұрын

What's that old saying, you don't start a radial engine, you wake it up?

@RSTI191

12 күн бұрын

Little did he know he'd be running from dinosaurs in a few years time..

One of the greatest films of all time. HIGHLY UNDERRATED.

@mercian7

5 жыл бұрын

I agree

@youtuuba

5 жыл бұрын

I agree that this movie is great, a true classic. What bothers me is why, these days, it seems that everyone who writes that they like a movie then goes on to append the phrase "highly underrated", even if all evidence is that the movie is in fact highly rated. Perhaps people have a need to feel that they have discovered something, or that their views must be unique....?

@kippy1040

5 жыл бұрын

This movie made you feel like being part of the action. It was full of so much suspense. Great acting was a real part of everything

@BLUEsurf63

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with that.

@wildbillhackett

5 жыл бұрын

Who underrates it?

That Pratt and Whitney spinning round has stayed with me for over 40 year's, what a incredible sight it coming alive.

While growing up, my sisters and I had very strict bed times on school nights. One day, our parents told us that they had watched an incredible movie the night before called "The Flight of the Phoenix" and that if it was ever on TV again (obviously, this is pre VCR or cable), we would be allowed to stay up to see it, no matter what night of the week it was. High praise, indeed, and they never said that about any other show or movie...

It needs more juice! I loved this movie growing up in the 60's. Proves you can make a good film without swearing and blowing peoples heads off every other second.

@MrDaiseymay

5 жыл бұрын

YEAH--FUNNY THAT

@kenwbrenner

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed Mike!

@DanielSanchez-og4ox

5 жыл бұрын

"You bastard? "

@GrrMeister

5 жыл бұрын

I Will make that 90 Likes ! Well Deserved. Read my other comment and true (1986)

@SuperCanuck777

5 жыл бұрын

@@DanielSanchez-og4ox they can be forgiven for that

I've seen this movie a hundred times (just about my favorite movie ever) and this engine starting sequence is still absolutely agonizing and exhilarating.

Jimmy Stuart was a real pilot, that piloted B24’s that bombed Germany during WWII. He was perfect for this roll.

@mercian7

5 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed

@DanielSanchez-og4ox

5 жыл бұрын

Something like 24 missions.

@mercian7

5 жыл бұрын

@@DanielSanchez-og4ox My wifes great Uncle piloted a Lancaster during the War. He was 19..oh my!

@davekp6773

3 жыл бұрын

Dickie also served in the RAF, after pilot training he filmed the damage caused by previous bombing raids fro the rear gunners seat of a bomber.

@mikecimerian6913

3 жыл бұрын

Just like the cast of Dirty Dozen was mostly WWII veterans.

I was born in December 1964. I've been told this was my very first movie. Mom and Dad packed up me and my older brother and we slept in the car as they watched it at a local drive in. My father, as an engineer, appreciated the Dorfman scenes. Great movie. Saw it many years later.

@charlesaguilar1708

5 жыл бұрын

Did you enjoy and learn from it? That's what's relevant!

@MatthewPettyST1300

5 жыл бұрын

It shows you how music, a single note, brought in at the right time, with the right Umph. Brings suspense to the scene. When the engine finally started to tick over I was making a fist going come on! Come on! Catch! I saw this in a drive in with my Dad and family too back when this first came out. Remember Drive ins? I saw the Remake, only once. It doesn't hold a candle to this

This is my favorite part of the film. Whoever was responsible for holding that engine right at the threshold of dying did a truly exemplary job. Thank you for posting this!

@RobertBlevins

8 ай бұрын

They let Jimmy Stewart do this scene freely. He knew how to use Coffman starter cartridges to start an aircraft. Jimmy was a bomber pilot who flew the required number of missions across the Channel in WW2. He knew what he was doing. After the war, he eventually retired as a brigadier general in the US Air Force. You gotta love him.

@scottmiller6495

8 ай бұрын

Jimmy Stewart was one of the greatest actors of all time, a class act and a true gentleman! Also he was a great pilot and knew how to fly commercial jet planes back in the glorious 1960s !!!!!

@majorborngusfluunduch8694

25 күн бұрын

​@@RobertBlevinsAfter the war he served in the Air Force Reserve and later flew B-52 Arclight raids in Vietnam. Then he retired as a Brigadier General.

There is a better or at least as good scene in this film when Hardy Kruger's character tells them that he actually makes model aeroplanes not real ones. Absolutely sublime acting from all the cast.

@UBIK1969

3 жыл бұрын

Damn right. A scene i never forgot. And this is 40 ys ago!

@dp-sr1fd

3 жыл бұрын

@@UBIK1969 I do like the way the director did not overdo the suspense, there was still one cartridge left.

@starsnstuff842

3 жыл бұрын

Another scene was just before that when Lou(Attenborough) has a mental breakdown on learning of the fact. The expression of sadness and pity on James Stewarts face was a phenomenal. piece of acting, helped along with the discordant backing music.

@warrenrosen132

Ай бұрын

Stewart was at his best in these technical roles.

Rumor has it, they are all still celebrating the engine starting to this day.

@riazhassan6570

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Rather too much of it

@warrenrosen132

Ай бұрын

Not a ru.mor.

@DarkGT

Ай бұрын

Not for long, they have a finite amount of fuel.

I love this scene - it resonates with anyone who has ever rebuilt an engine. I still wonder if it'll start even though I must have watched it a hundred times!

@CaptApril123

4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather (aircraft engine mechanic) introduced me to this movie in the 70's ..it helped turn me into the 'gear head' I am today..yep, the tension of the scene is still fresh.

@mvnorsel6354

3 жыл бұрын

A year ago I changed the timing belt, starting it for the first time was just like this film.

@lawrencelewis8105

3 жыл бұрын

@@mvnorsel6354 I've rebuilt car engines and the feeling is exactly the same when starting it for the first time. Its one of the most satisfying things I've ever done.

@fredbentley4944

3 жыл бұрын

Or with anyone who has tried to start one of those round engines without a coil !

@snodgresswilim4817

3 жыл бұрын

When they start pulling air and you know they want to live on their own.

The scene is more intense if you watch the whole film. Everything up to now depends on that engine starting. And of course the "toy plane" scene. One of my top 5 films.

@JugSouthgate

3 жыл бұрын

For practically all of the movie, the various characters have been struggling to rebuild the plane, not knowing if they can do the job before they run out of supplies. They have seen several of their number die from various causes. All the while, they have known that if the engine won't start, it's all for nothing; they won't get a second chance. When the engine starts to run - and it's a gradual thing - you see each of them begin to realize that it's really running, and they have a chance to survive.

One of the best scenes in film history

Oh I love this film. My favorite scene is Hardy Kruger having to defend his being a model airplane designer and NOT a toy airplane designer

@tobytechdesigns

3 жыл бұрын

This scene in the book is glorious, I love how he defends it so well and explains everything

All for dramatic tension, first the cartridge starter for this engine is not firing into a cylinder, second any radial left for any time will have it's oil pool to the bottom cylinders. This requires the propeller to be pulled through for a minimum of 3-turn. If not you risk hydrostatic lock in which the engine will not turn over without damaging the jugs (cylinder heads). The Coffman engine starter (also known as a "shotgun starter") was a back up starting system used on many piston engines in aircraft and armored vehicles of the 1930s and 1940s. The Coffman system was one of the most common brands; another was the Breeze cartridge system, which was produced under Coffman patents. Most American military aircraft and tanks which used radial engines were equipped with this system like the Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20W 28-cylinder air-cooled radial engines used on the C-119 Flying Boxcar seen here. The Coffman starter uses a specially made 4 gauge paper shell with an electric primer. It is filled with .25" and .187" diameter cordite pellets for slow burning powder. The shell fires into a starter assembly on the accessory case of the engine, same position as an electric starter. It DOES NOT fire directly into a cylinder of the engine. The gasses force a piston inside the starter assembly forward towards the engine collapsing spiral gears on top of each other converting it into a circular motion. This engages the starter dog and rotates the starter gear. After the piston reaches the end of its travel a valve released the residual pressure and a die spring resets the whole process.

@warrenrosen132

Ай бұрын

We'll never know if,it would have started on the next cartridge anyway, but this is effecrive use of dramatic license.

@ditzydoo4378

Ай бұрын

@@warrenrosen132 Oh agreed, it is quite suspenseful indeed.

James Stewart's acting in this was superb. The arrogance of the character, Stewart played it so convincingly. Attenborough too. All the cast was great. This is in my top three films of all time.

@anonymoustungrer

Ай бұрын

Wie heißen die anderen beiden.

This and Ice Cold In Alex, two really great movies where the only backdrop is sand. Loved them both back in the 1960/70s and still love them now.

I jumped off my seat with tears in my eyes and clapping my hands like George Kennedy when I saw this scene first - My favourite movie of all time. :-)

Good job he cleaned out the cylinders. And this scene gets me EVERY.. SINGLE.. TIME.

My senior school headmaster used to show a movie for the whole school on the last day before the Christmas hols. One year he showed this one. The school hall almost erupted when that engine started! A cracking movie! I loved it then and I still do.

"But, he should know, shouldn't he?" "He DOES know"

When I saw the film for the first time I was at the edge of my seat watching this particular sequence.

Jimmy flew in a bomber in WWII...he never liked to talk about it but he was a true American hero

@wideyxyz2271

5 жыл бұрын

" now the fighter he was the bogie man"......

@davekp6773

3 жыл бұрын

Dickie was also an airman having served in the RAF and filmed bomb damage.

@John-ob7dh

3 жыл бұрын

I think he ended up a colonel.

@concise707

3 жыл бұрын

@@wideyxyz2271 "he had EYES..." (We've been watching World at War - The Whirlwind, haven't we?!!)

Today's actors could never pull off a movie like this. Remakes are never even close to being equal to the old original movies like this.

This scene is just like starting every British sports car I ever owned.

@tooleyheadbang4239

3 жыл бұрын

@Jess W Never seen a cartridge-start MG. Sounds great!

@rustshoo5068

2 жыл бұрын

With Richard Attenborough and co always circled round to raise their beers and a cheer!

Am I the only one who is reminded of the scene in "Das Boot" where they get off the bottom of the ocean with one last desperate blow of compressed air after many hours patching up the boat?

@richardoakley8800

3 жыл бұрын

I once watched das boot with a old gentleman.. at the end he was crying.. I turned out he was a submariner in the second World War.. he never spoke about the war but the tears tell the story

@John-ob7dh

3 жыл бұрын

The Boat .A brilliant film.loved it when the crew all sang its a long way to Tipperary. Das is gute.

@charlieross-BRM

3 жыл бұрын

I saw the version in German with English subtitles before I saw the version dubbed in English. I mostly ignored the subtitles at crucial moments because hearing a strange language but the one that "belonged" to a U-boat added to my tension and that movie was all about the tension. Does anyone think The Deerhunter would have been better if the VC guards setting the prisoners at a table, two at a time to shoot themselves, were screaming in English?

@withapulse2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlieross-BRM i agree....I also watch it in the original german with subtitles for greater authenticity and 'immersion' (excuse the pun) into the film

@thomast8539

3 жыл бұрын

A L A R M !!!!!

One of the greatest iconic moments in film history. Ronnie Frasers restrained jiggling is so powerful ... their desperation, tension and bleakness, extraordianry..just extraordinary

A truly great production. The storyline revolves around a grizzled old veteran pilot who must come to terms with the fact that he is being replaced by the button-pushers. He grudgingly must surrender his authority to the engineer but when he gets back in the cockpit he once again gives the orders and Dorfman knows he must obey.

Das ist Cult, ich sehe das immer wieder einer von den besten Geschichten den es je gab....und würde in meine Alte Heimat gedreht love it...

Better scene than the whole remake film.

@herbertbrady9820

7 жыл бұрын

DreamyWolf CD

@harleykingman

6 жыл бұрын

REMAKES DON'T USUALLY LIVE UP 2 THE ORIGINALS !!

@warplanner8852

6 жыл бұрын

Martin Parmer, yeah, but the remake was a pathetic CG piece of shit. This was a class act!

@k.w.churchill4397

6 жыл бұрын

I did not know there was a remake !..No doubt not as good. Peter was great!

@RobertBlevins

6 жыл бұрын

Brother, that's for sure. The producer of the remake was the SON of the original producer. And he's IN the original. He's the young guy who offers a drink to James Stewart. 'Make you fly real good,' he says. He dies in the crash, just like his remake did so many years later LOL.

Great scene from a great movie. The "remake" is not worth wasting words on...

What a great movie. The old barnstorming pilot Mr. Townes was ready to go (and doubtful the engine would even start, if not shake the whole plane to pieces.) As Mr. Dorfmann stated "it will take a pilot of extraordinary ability to fly" and Mr. Townes was in his element and IN CHARGE once that engine caught. "Alright Mr. Dorfmann start pullin' !" Herr Dorfmann then wisely acquiesced when he realized his job as designer was finished and it was all in Mr. Townes' hands at that moment.

I was born in the sixties, and I love this movie.

Fantastic film, made that way by fantastic actors. You can't and shouldn't ever try to remake classics, such as this, as it never works.

@DS-wk1kn

5 жыл бұрын

Really. What a cast.

@ohhhwolfy2536

4 жыл бұрын

The actors played their characters perfectly. You can't say that about most films, not even most great films.

@michaelfricker9781

2 жыл бұрын

@@DS-wk1kn l

@warrenrosen132

Ай бұрын

Well, True Grit worked, but that's an exception.

I go through this drama every day as I kick start my Jawa

@brianingell3174

3 жыл бұрын

old czech tech.....

@fieldofscreams

3 жыл бұрын

OMG. I owned one in US in the 70’s. You brought back a whole range of memories with that comment.

@John-ob7dh

3 жыл бұрын

If my FXDWG won't start I go back to bed.

@weirdshibainu

3 жыл бұрын

Jawa? Man that takes me back. Same as a BSA 441 on a wet morning

@rcnelson

3 жыл бұрын

Good one. My dad would have appreciated it, starting his ancient Harley Sportster XLCR with magneto ignition with countless kicks every morning.

One of best movies that come to me...After so much time tears come to my eyes when i watch it...

One of the greatest movies ever done. This is truly a masterpiece. No matter how many times I watch this movie I never get tired of it.

I still remember the first time I saw this film. The suspense of this scene seemed to go on forever, in a good way. Film makers today have really dumbed down and sped up crucial scenes in more recent movies.

@gingerelvira6587

5 жыл бұрын

I was 10 years old

What a lovely feeling to see it start and the joy,that is how I feel every time I start my car.

Got to be the most superb few minutes in cinematic history. Unless you watch the entire film, you'll never appreciate how magnificent this scene really is. Amazingly this movie never even gets a mention in any G.O.A.T. lists ...

This scene has stuck in my head for decades so I looked it up and here it is. Must have made an impression on other folks too, as did the entire movie for me when I was a kid. But this scene is a classic example of tension building and great story telling/editing from wonderful actors. I find it a particularly good story because Jimmy Stewart does not play a particularly likable character at all, jaded and cynical. He's the leader but has to cede his authority a bit to the German designer, taking a bitter second fiddle position. But he eventually comes around. A good human story about being human, displaying a wide range of our faults and strengths in a very tight setting. And being in the aviation industry, I can say it is very real! Well done and still an excellent watch even today.

@JugSouthgate

3 жыл бұрын

There is also the tension between the old-school seat-of-the-pants pilot, who is from the past, and the young engineer, who is the future. The old pilot doesn't want to admit that the young engineer might know things the old pilot doesn't. And the young engineer doesn't want to admit that it takes real skill to fly the airplane.

Dennis Quaid looks under his bed every night making sure James Stewart isn't there .

I still get goose bumps whenever I watch this!

@BRENDAJASON1

5 жыл бұрын

farmerne my butt cheeks squeeze together when I watch this thinking they was gonna be stuck

@DS-wk1kn

4 жыл бұрын

@@BRENDAJASON1 - Was that comment really necessary?

@ohhhwolfy2536

4 жыл бұрын

Damn right, I get goose bumps too.

@tonywright8294

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve got them now

This is an absolute masterpiece of cinematic tension. Perfect.

What kind of sorry, unhappy person would "thumbs down" a clip with Jimmy Stewart and George Kennedy in it?

@BLUEsurf63

5 жыл бұрын

Someone who doesn't appreciate great cinema..

@terrybeavan4264

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, and don't forget Richard Attenborough!

@gingermiller9641

3 жыл бұрын

A total idiot

@bobsyeruncle5557

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe someone who produced the awful remake

@robertgautreau5611

3 жыл бұрын

As of March 18th 2021 there are 110 people That don't. Now what a great movie is

my favorite scene,the guy counting on his fingers and using the 1 cartridge ignition off.

@wassupdoc2780

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah he can't count on his fingers very well either! That was hilarious!

Going through 6 of 7 cartridges: now THAT is drama and I'm only watching a 5-minute clip! This one SMOKES the remake! Phenomenal acting!

@ohhhwolfy2536

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! If the engine didn't fire until the last cartridge was used (the 7th one), it would've ruined the scene. We'd all be saying "Aww, come on. No way." Firing and running after cleaning out the cylinders and with one cartridge left makes the escape from the desert much more believable.

@Samophlan

Ай бұрын

@@ohhhwolfy2536 Which is what always made it memorable for me.

Curiously, a famous pilot, stuntman, died during the filming of this picture in 1965. James Stewart was a brilliant airman during Second World War leading a B-17 in bombing missions over Germany.

@lawrencelewis8105

3 жыл бұрын

That was Paul Mantz who was also Amelia Earhart's ground crew chief.

@davekp6773

3 жыл бұрын

Stewarts co pilot Attenborough was also a pilot who spent most of the war in the rear gunner's section filming the damage caused by previous bombing raids.

@davidkeeton6716

3 жыл бұрын

He piloted B24 Liberators not B17s in combat. Actually he did pilot B17s as an instructor.

@brucefuhrmann4616

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely one of the greatest films ever made. I was in the navy when I first saw it on board ship in the 60's and have never forgotten it. Every man on board that night was spell bound and silent untill the engine start scene. This is what great film making is!

@juanantoniochamorrobarrien9731

3 жыл бұрын

@@brucefuhrmann4616 A type of cinema which is not filmes at all nowadays.

Thank you, pcuser80. Incomparably superb scene from one of the greatest dramas ever made. A superb example of sound effects and music mixed to heighten the visuals in a synergy that just swept one along and delivered sustained chills down the spine. A great moment in cinema.

James Stewart's character is so arrogant in this film. But he redeems himself when he makes the engine kick in. Tremendous movie.

@kats1488

3 жыл бұрын

I agree about the arrogance. But as in many great movies there is some layering to it. My impression is that he is akso riddled with guilt for putting these men into this situation. Then angry/powerless because he can't save them but a meek engineer might. That the power of redemption for his perceived failing is in the hands of another. Jealous because the men have rallied around basically a nerd as their co-leader and he as the pilot, a traditional command position, has take orders. And also scared because he doesn't fully trust the engineer and yet if the plane crashes he will be the one that killed their last hope. In a sense he will lose if he wins. As in many great movies the human interaction in this movie is so rich with nuances. The characters are so well developed.

@thomast8539

3 жыл бұрын

More arrogant than the German model builder? Hardly.

@maikeengel4171

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomast8539 Both are arrogant but both are very good characters.

I've seen this film a dozen times and I still get stressed out everytime I see this part. A masterpiece on film.

I don't care how many times I see this scene, I always at the edge of my seat, cheering on that engine. Now that, boys and girls is how to make a movie.

I did a bit of handyman work on an oil rig support ship that was in port in Florida. She'd been laid up for around 20 years. The Panamanian crew was getting her ready to sail to the Pacific. The chief engineer worked like a devil to get the engines prepared to start. The climactic point of the whole job. The excitement among the crew was palpable, these guys had been stuck on this vessel for months because they didn't have visas to set foot off the ship. They desperately wanted those engines to fire. I was on the bridge when the ship's engineer hit the pneumatic starters. First came a whine, then some deep coughs, then the dull bass of 32 cylinders pulsing through the decks. The engineer throttled them up slowly and as we tugged against the mooring lines he turns to me with a grin and says, "Let's go to Panama!". At that moment I almost would have...

One of my all-time favorites, just fantastic acting throughout this movie!

One of my all time favorite movies. I've seen it at least 100 times and can quote almost all of the dialog. I never get tired of watching it. And yes I have it on vhs and DVD. Kathy from placitas new mexico

Just burst into tears watching this again. Must be that time of the month.

They just don't make movies like this anymore

@antonioreta8310

2 күн бұрын

Si es vergonzoso la I.A tres cuartos de peliculas son efectos Especiales BURDOS!!! Sin Sentido

It still brings tears to my eyes.

One of the best movies. I remember it as a kid 60 odd years ago. Thanks for posting it.

I’ve seen this film many many times & just watching him clear out those cylinders & then giving it one last go ... gave me goose bumps. Even to this day. WOW ! That’s classic cinema suspense. BEAUTIFUL !!!

@tooleyheadbang4239

3 жыл бұрын

Although... the cartridge he fires to 'clean-out the cylinders' doesn't seem to turn the engine at all. Is there some provision to discharge a Coffman cartridge directly INTO the cylinders?

“Alright, Mr. Dorfmann, START PULLING!” LOL

First saw this in Vietnam 65-66! Was an engine mechanic on engines like this. Don't know about the aerodynamics but the engine is correct.

Great acting, great music, great build up, top class 👏💖👍

Stuck in the desert, all hope is lost....yeah, that would be me at 2:18-2:21 That's all I'd be able to do is watch, hop up & down and count on my fingers how many cartridges were used out of 7. You've posted the best 4 1/2 minutes of one of the best movies ever. Thank you.

@pcuser80

4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome.

One of the greatest cinematic moments of all time. I always wonder if the engine will start every time I see it. Fantastic stuff!!

A classic! I remember seeing when I was 13 years old. Never forgot. If I remember correctly, the movie was dedicated to Paul Mantz, a great pilot, who died making it. It doesn't get better than this one.

Feb. 12, 2019---Thanks for the video clip....hell of a good movie, one that I have on VHS from years ago. Just occurred to me this would make one hell of a 1/72nd scale diorama, especially with the prop being powered by a hidden motor.

1965 version, best film ever.

Still a lot of tension in the engine starting scene 54 years later- when I saw it in a theater in 1965 it was almost unbearable, everyone was rocking back and forth trying to help that motor run.

A brilliant film. Ain't seen it in years. Examines all aspects of human behaviour. Well, male behaviourm anyway. And a post-war redemption for Germany from the brilliant Hardy Kruger.

@nickbarsby3378

3 жыл бұрын

I love this film but interestingly, in the original book, Dorfman's character was written as an uptight, pain in the neck Brit. I've often wondered if in making him German for the film just twenty years after the end of WW2, if this wasn't deliberately anti German. Of its time though I guess.

@maikeengel4171

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickbarsby3378 I don't see anything anti German about it

genius actors made this movie just for us,incredible movie,i've seen it 6 times,and my 19 year old just loves it,his suggestion for night time review,thanks for the upload

Thanks. That's one of my top 5 movie scenes!

I've never seen the remake and not sure I ever want to. The original is so packed with bloody good actors I can't see how a "remake" would be any better or anywhere near as good. Ronald Fraser is a particularly good British actor almost lost among a field of all time greats.

@mercian7

5 жыл бұрын

Yes..it begins with some nastiness though..two legends die Ernest Borgnine and Peter Finch

@LanielPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't like the remake as much as the original..... wonder why?

@christophergoldring7553

5 жыл бұрын

There are no actors today

A well filmed - edited and scored scene - tension just drips out of it.

@MatthewPettyST1300

5 жыл бұрын

It shows you how music, a single note, brought in at the right time, with the right Umph. Brings suspense to the scene. When the engine finally started to tick over I was making a fist going come on! Come on! Catch! I saw this in a drive in with my Dad and family back when this first came out. Remember Drive ins? I saw the Remake, only once. It doesn't hold a candle to this

@ewaf88

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewPettyST1300 No the remake isn't much good. Modern film editors seem incapable of matching action to music properly. I learned my licks from Gerry Anderson and his incredibly talented team.

I must seen this film about 8 times .Brilliant.

I love the excitement of the Coffman starter. BOOM!! I can't get enough of this movie, but if it was filmed in just about any other location I would have panned it fast.

@wendysw714

2 жыл бұрын

🤔???

@greg1030

2 жыл бұрын

@@wendysw714 Recall the final scene when Stewart's in the cockpit and he's loading and firing those cartridges? Some kinds of sounds make me laugh; I'm just funny that way. This includes some kinds of explosions-IF AND ONLY IF they are not very loud!. What's more precious than hearing?? Even though I'm too scared of flying to do it only when necessary, I love everything about this movie, including the shooting locations. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flight_of_the_Phoenix_(1965_film)#Locations

Richard Attenborough later became famous for running a theme park of sorts. Something with lizards as I recall.

@catey62

5 жыл бұрын

Lol.

@sdimartino

4 жыл бұрын

Made the one he had in Kenya look like a petting zoo, didn't it?

@nick37104

3 жыл бұрын

And it all went south, as I warned him. The fractals made it quite clear. He stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as he could, and before he even knew what he had, he patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and he sold it. I mean, when Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

@terrybeavan4264

3 жыл бұрын

All time favorite movie I could never tire of watching it! One of my favorite lines among so many in that movie is John Hammond saying "I really hate that man...." as Jeff Goldblum heckled him! He was also in The Great Escape among others, geez I should do a Richard Attenborough movie marathon....

Paul Mantz died filming this. Mantz Aviation did a lot of movie airplane filming, B-17 belly landing in 12 o'clock high, flew through billboard in mad,mad,mad world, and b-36 takeoff in strategic air command were some.

@madi3536

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Mantz was my great great grandpa

@speedskiff2

9 жыл бұрын

Something to be proud of. Had a response from pilot that flew the camera plane also so he may be gone, but not forgotten. Sequences they did will never happen again with computer imaging today.

@timchristopherson572

6 жыл бұрын

I believe he also did the low flying scene with a B-17, in "The War Lover" with Steve McQueen...

@bogomir67

6 жыл бұрын

People keep forgetting: they actually flew that movie prep! No cgi or RC models there. And yes Mantz died flying it.

@lincolnloud6790

6 жыл бұрын

Wow

finally an answer to the question that's been in my brain since 1965 regarding the starter, thanks

Classic scene, thanks for putting it up :)

Thank you Pratt and Whitney......

@John-ob7dh

3 жыл бұрын

Who u calling a Pratt.

Right up there with the diesel engine restart after being stuck on the ocean floor in Das Boot.

@JugSouthgate

2 жыл бұрын

"Keep going and get us back! THAT'S AN ORDER!"

I've watched this a dozen times, both on dvd and on KZread, and it still gives me goosebumps.

Love this clip. I think I had tears in my eyes when it finally got on song 😊

One of my favourite scenes in a movie. I hope they show this clip to film students to demonstrate why some movies do not need to be remade.

The elation of those men is so contagious.

I forbid you! He wasted two cartridges cleaning out the cylinders but he turned out to be right. And when the engine starts running, it’s a revelation finally! What a triumphant moment! One of my favorite movies since I was a kid. I always come back to it and watch it again. And what a great cast! Ernest Borgnine, Peter Finch and George Kennedy! The remake was terrible! This movie had no special effects and didn’t need any. It was a brilliant script and excellent actors who made it great! That’s all you need but Hollywood has forgotten this idea. Amazing!

Has to be one of my favourite movies of all time. Brilliant film and cast.

Ryanair's new £10 service to New York gets under way :D

@g00gleminus96

5 жыл бұрын

No, no, no, Ryanair doesn't provide a plane or an engine or a pilot for that service. You must supply your own.

@GrrMeister

5 жыл бұрын

*Yea right, but with Luggage (1 small Case) Hand Luggage charges, seating costs added, booking fees and Credit Card surcharge, it suddenly increases to £4999* *_And to top that 3 stopovers in Greenland, St John's and Montreal taking 14 hours !_*

@jackkruese9929

4 жыл бұрын

Hanging onto the wings for 3000 miles would be an improvement on Ryanair

@briane173

4 жыл бұрын

"I'd like to apologize for those straps above your heads. You folks flying coach of course don't have any straps...."

@Meanie010

3 жыл бұрын

"Excuse me, stewardess, I'd like to use the bathroom please." - "NO! I FORBID IT!"

Jimmy Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Krueger and George Kennedy!

@stevenpilling5318

5 жыл бұрын

@O R Y X Hardy Kruger went on to roles in "Hatari" and "The Wild Geese". Being an East African of German descent, he was well suited for all those roles.

@BLUEsurf63

5 жыл бұрын

What a cast, superb..

@jason60chev

5 жыл бұрын

More authentic, as Stewart was a real multi engine pilot.

@ernesthill4017

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Ernie Borgnine, Ian Bannon, Dan Duryea, and Peter Finch!

@jerrykrueger3410

4 жыл бұрын

It’s Kruger. My Dad spelled this way until when he came to Canada in 1950. There was the “umlaut”, two dots above the U. He added the extra E to make it less German.

I remember watching this as a kid when it came out. There was only one theater in our small town and entire families were there. I vividly recall how quiet the theater became at this scene since our parents were so tense and the kids were thinking they were in trouble.

Fantastic film all around. This scene still brings a tear to my eye..........after all these years.