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Originally Posted by Dendarii Dame
Flight of the Phoenix, where they build an ultralight aircraft from a much larger plane which has crashed.
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This. My mother told me that the Hardy Kruger character reminded her of me.
I think that was intended as a compliment.
1865 version, of course. Not the 2004 remake.
Other possibilities:
The Man in the White Suit
The Thing (either version -- both have engineers trying to find practical solutions to the problem
Destination Moon
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010
IT! The Terror from Beyond Space (Engineering solutions abound -- much more than in the horror ripoff
Alien
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
The Martians