The Last Flight Of Noah's Ark is a film released by Walt Disney Studios on June 25, 1980. The film stars Elliott Gould, Genevieve Bujold and Rick Schroeder. The Walt Disney Studios refers to several different entities and locations associated with The Walt Disney Company: The Walt Disney Studios is one of the media empires four main operating units. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Elliot Gould on the cover page of TIME magazine. ... Geneviève Bujold (born July 1, 1942 in Montréal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. ... Rick Schroder, born Richard Schroder on April 13, 1970 on Staten Island in New York City, (formerly known as Ricky Schroder when he was a child actor on TV) is an American actor who began his career as a child actor. ...

Gould plays a jaded pilot named Noah Dugan who is unemployed and owes a large amount of money due to his gambling. He goes to an old friend named Stoney (Vincent Gardenia) who owns an airfield. He is offered a job flying a cargo of animals to a remote South Pacific island aboard a B-29 bomber. Bernedette LaFluer (Bujold) is the prim missionary who accompanies him. Benedette has raised the animals at an orphanage and is close to two of the orphans Bobby and Julie (Schroeder and Tammy Lauren). The two children cannot bear to part with their beloved animals and stowe away aboard the bomber as it takes off. During the flight, the plane goes off course and Dugan is forced to crash land on an uncharted island. While on the island, the group meets two elderly Japanese soldiers who have lived there alone for 35 years. At first they treat them as enemies as they are unaware that World War II is over (see Japanese holdout). However, Bernadette wins their friendship and trust and they propose to turn the plane into a boat to sail back to civilization. In the meantime Noah and Bernadette (or Bernie as he calls her) fall in love. The two had resented each other at first. Bernie even paints the logo "Noah's Ark" on the converted boat-plane. The animals are also brought on board at Bobby's urging. Bobby resents Dugan at first, but the two eventually develop a close bond, especially after Dugan saves Bobby's life when the boy falls overboard in a storm. In the end, the characters are rescued by a United States Coast Guard Cutter. The ending of the film shows Noah and Bernadette being married and then embracing the orphans as their own children. This film was released to many drive-in theaters on a double bill with 101 Dalmatians (another Disney classic). The advertising spiel for this was "treat your family to a Disney summer". Elliott Gould said that this was the finest film he ever did and the one he was proudest of. It was directed by the noted English director Charles Jarrott (who had previously directed Bujold in Anne of the Thousand Days). The main story for the film was written by the noted author Ernest K. Gann (who also wrote the classics The High And The Mighty and Fate Is the Hunter). It has been suggested that Pilot (spaceflight) be merged into this article or section. ... Unemployment rates in the United States. ... Slot machines in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Vincent Gardenia (January 7, 1922 - December 9, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor. ... The South Pacific is an area in the southern Pacific Ocean. ... The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Boeing Model 341/345) was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the United States Army Air Force. ... A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... An orphanage is an institution dedicated to caring for orphans (children who have lost their parents). ... Tammy Lauren, born Tammy Lauren Vasquez (November 10, 1968 in San Diego, California) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television. ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France/Free France, United States, China, Canada, India, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8... Japanese holdouts were Japanese soldiers who, after the official surrender of Japan after World War II, either refused to believe the veracity of the formal surrender due to strong, dogmatic, militaristic principles, or were not aware of it due to the cut-off communications that resulted from the United States... A painting by the American Edward Hicks (1780–1849), showing the animals boarding Noahs Ark two by two. ... Drive-ins are an important pop culture memory for many. ... 101 Dalmatians is a live-action film produced by Walt Disney Pictures in 1996. ... Anne of the Thousand Days is an Academy Award-winning 1969 costume drama, directed by Charles Jarrot. ... Ernest Kellogg Gann (born October 13, 1910 in Lincoln, Nebraska; died December 19, 1991 in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington) was an author, sailor, fisherman and aviator. ... The High and the Mighty is a 1954 disaster movie released through Warner Brothers. ... Fate is the Hunter is an autobiographical book by American author Ernest K. Gann. ...