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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Terence Rattigan (written by)
Release Date:
19 September 1963 (USA)
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Tagline:
A Modern Love Story
Plot:
Fog delays a group of travelers headed for New York. They wait at the V.I.P. lounge of London Airport, each at a moment of crisis in his or her life. full summary | add synopsis
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Airport
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Fog
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Playboy
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Income Tax
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Businessman
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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2 nominations
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Delicious Moments
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Frances Andros |
 | Richard Burton | ... | Paul Andros |
 | Louis Jourdan | ... | Marc Champselle |
| Elsa Martinelli | ... | Gloria Gritti |
| Margaret Rutherford | ... | The Duchess of Brighton |
 | Maggie Smith | ... | Miss Mead |
| Rod Taylor | ... | Les Mangrum |
 | Orson Welles | ... | Max Buda |
| Linda Christian | ... | Miriam Marshall |
| Dennis Price | ... | Commander Millbank |
| Richard Wattis | ... | Sanders |
| Ronald Fraser | ... | Joslin |
| David Frost | ... | Himself - Reporter |
| Robert Coote | ... | John Coburn |
| Joan Benham | ... | Miss Potter |
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Runtime:
119 min | Argentina:120 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG (TV rating) |
West Germany:16 (f) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-16 |
Portugal:17 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:11
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Trivia:
When asked for her number in the movie, Elizabeth Taylor says it's Grosvenor 7060, which was MGM's office number in London at the time the film was made.
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Quotes:
Frances Andros:
For most of those thirteen years I've loved him. But I don't know him.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "What's My Line?: (1964-04-26)" (1964)
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As another user has said, I love this movie. I too saw it multiple times in theatres (the first Dick/Liz film made it a must-see at the time) and have played the grooves off the laserdisc. DVD anyone????
In the classic "Grand Hotel" style, the film follows several A stories and several more B stories during one night, fogged in at Heathrow. Though the script has some dreadful stuff, there are moments throughout the movie which seem indelibly etched on my mind: Burton's face as he sits in the hotel lobby, every Smith/Taylor scene, every Rutherford scene, every Welles scene.
Am I the only one who enjoys good melodrama? This one is so rich with such beautiful people, gorgeous clothes and glorious character actors, it has to be fattening.
I love the score, the sets, the richness of the colors and the way so many of these actors are captured in their absolute prime. I don't remember any film that wasn't a costume drama that shows off Liz's beauty any better. Rod Taylor, always handsome, often underrated, has some marvelous moments. And despite some pretty maudlin scenes, you get some idea why Liz fell for Burton so hard.