The Last Flight of Noah's Ark 1980

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

5.6 / 10   50 vote(s)
G
Adventure Family

The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different animals into a boat.

Release Date 1980-06-24
Runtime 1h 37m
Director Charles Jarrott
Producers Ron Miller, Jan Williams
Writers Sandy Glass, George Arthur Bloom, Ernest K. Gann, Steven W. Carabatsos

'The Last Flight of Noah's Ark' is average.

One of the reasons for that is the lacklustre plot, which is one we've practically already seen before from Disney in years prior - like 1960's 'Swiss Family Robinson' and 1966's 'Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.'. This isn't incredibly similar to those two, but they are certainly in the same ballpark.

The premise doesn't have much about it in terms of action or heart, the ending threatens to finish with a highly meaningful moment but instead bottles it in favour of a more happier conclusion. Elsewhere, you have a forgettable cast. Elliott Gould (Dugan) and Geneviève Bujold (Bernadette) are alright, though they lack the necessary chemistry together.

Close to being a good'un, but just misses out in my books.

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