
Film · 1965 · Films · 1960s
The Flight of the Phoenix
Two parallel scores from 118 z-qualifying reviewers and 122 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1960s (1,929 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 1,929 peers in Films · 1960s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.642 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.14 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.18 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.490 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 118 / 122 |
Summary
After a cargo plane crashes in the Sahara Desert during a sandstorm, the surviving crew and passengers face dwindling water and supplies with no hope of rescue. When a quiet German passenger claims he can design a new aircraft from the wreckage, the desperate group, led by their stubborn pilot, must overcome personal conflicts and physical hardship to build a way out.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
118 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.642. DB2 raw mean = 8.18.
90% CI-floor = +0.490. Thin samples penalized.
Global 93.9 / cohort 92.1. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1960s







