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Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - Web posted at 10:09:04 GMT Main movie prop lands at coast MAGGI BARNARDTHE main prop of the Hollywood movie Flight of the Phoenix arrived at the coast yesterday. |
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The film is to be shot in the dunes just south of Swakopmund from November. The movie is about an aeroplane that crashes in the desert during a sandstorm. It took more than a month to bring the aeroplane all the way from Kenya, where it was bought, to Namibia by road. The C119 plane was dismantled and loaded onto three trucks and travelled more than 4 700 km to get to Walvis Bay. It will be assembled again at the movie's workshop at Walvis Bay. According to Guy Nockels of Namib Films the plane was bought in Kenya where the government had apparently confiscated it many years ago. The outside of the plane is covered in lichens and moss that started growing on it. Nockels said the C119 model was a popular cargo plane in the Vietnam war in the 1960s. Nockels was relieved yesterday that the massive load had arrived safely. The three trucks were stopped for eight days in Tanzania, and crossed the Zambezi on a ferry to get to Katima Mulilo. In the movie the crew and passengers attempt to build a new plane from the parts they find in the wreckage. The storyline revolves around the question of whether they can survive the heat, the sand, and each other long enough to get it airborne. Although not confirmed yet, Hollywood star Dennis Quaid is still the favourite for the lead role. There are only 12 actors in the movie. Many Namibians hoping to score a role as an extra will unfortunately not get the opportunity in this film. It will be the first time that such a big feature film will be shot completely in Namibia. |
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