The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Writers:

Ernest K. Gann (story)
Steven W. Carabatsos (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 June 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family

Tagline:

Lost. 2,000 miles at sea in a 40 year old bomber.

Plot:

When a plane carrying various animals makes a forced landing on a desert island, the only chance to escape is to convert the plane into a boat.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Aviation | Punctuation In Title | San Francisco California | Airplane Accident

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Elliott Gould	...	Noah Dugan
Geneviève Bujold	...	Bernadette Lafleur (as Genevieve Bujold)
Rick Schroder	...	Bobby (as Ricky Schroder)
Vincent Gardenia	...	Stoney
Tammy Lauren	...	Julie
John Fujioka	...	Cleveland
Yuki Shimoda	...	Hiro
John P. Ryan	...	Coslough
Dana Elcar	...	Benchley
Ruth Manning	...	Charlotte Braithwaite
Arthur Adams	...	Leipzig Manager
Austin Willis	...	Slabotsky
Peter Renaday	...	Irate Pilot (as Pete Renaday)
Bob Whiting	...	Chaplain

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Certification:

Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:K-8 | USA:G | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Kaua`i, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

This feature was the last special effects project for Eustace Lycett.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Murder, She Wrote: The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel (#5.7)" (1988)

Soundtrack:

Half of Me

Pretty good, with exceptions.

First off, I'd like to say that I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid. I just finished watching for the first time in 16 years, with mixed opinions. First, the story is good. The dialogue is decent (swearing in a Disney kids movie? Right on!). The cinematography is ok. The directing is pretty good. The acting is okay. The music is HORRIBLE. I've noticed, not only with this picture, but almost every Disney movie from the late 60s on into the mid 80s, if you turn the music off, it's actually more enjoyable to watch. Being a music theory major in college, I have come to really appreciate good scoring for movies. There are several scenes where the music is entirely inappropriate (such as after the crash, when they're rounding up all the equipment and animals and the music is straight from Yee Haw). Still, after all these years, it was good to watch it again. So if you can cringe your way through the sappy music, you're good to go with this edgy Disney movie.