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Release Date:
5 March 1970 (USA)
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Tagline:
The #1 novel of the year - now a motion picture!
Plot:
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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17 nominations
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(8 articles)
Hollywood Bokeh: The Day the Music Died
(From CinemaSpy. 1 September 2009, 9:05 PM, PDT)
Which was the best year for movies: 1977, 1994, or 1999?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 5 August 2009, 5:00 AM, PDT)
(From CinemaSpy. 1 September 2009, 9:05 PM, PDT)
Which was the best year for movies: 1977, 1994, or 1999?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 5 August 2009, 5:00 AM, PDT)
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This movie Is a classic.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Burt Lancaster | ... | Mel Bakersfeld |
 | Dean Martin | ... | Capt. Vernon Demerest |
 | Jean Seberg | ... | Tanya Livingston |
 | Jacqueline Bisset | ... | Gwen Meighen |
 | George Kennedy | ... | Joe Patroni |
| Helen Hayes | ... | Ada Quonsett |
 | Van Heflin | ... | D. O. Guerrero |
 | Maureen Stapleton | ... | Inez Guerrero |
| Barry Nelson | ... | Capt. Anson Harris |
 | Dana Wynter | ... | Cindy Bakersfeld |
| Lloyd Nolan | ... | Harry Standish |
| Barbara Hale | ... | Sarah Bakersfeld Demerest |
 | Gary Collins | ... | Cy Jordan |
| John Findlater | ... | Peter Coakley |
| Jessie Royce Landis | ... | Mrs. Harriet DuBarry Mossman |
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137 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) |
70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) |
Mono (35 mm optical prints)
Certification:
Singapore:PG |
France:U |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
West Germany:16 (f) |
USA:G (Certificate #22114) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-8 |
Iceland:L |
Norway:12 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG
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Expanded from a Canadian TV production Arthur Hailey wrote called Flight Into Danger (1956) (TV), whose cast included Canadian actor and future "Star Trek" (1966) engineer James Doohan.
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Continuity: In several scenes which are supposedly sequential, the snow on the roof of Mobile One (the station wagon with the emergency light on top) appears and disappears.
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Ada Quonsett:
My late husband played the violin. Not professionally, but he was very good. He once played the Minute Waltz in 58 seconds.
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Referenced in La poliziotta a New York (1981)
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Is amuses me how easily many here can offer condemnation of this film. If you condemn it by reason that it doesn't capture the viewer in a way that say The Maltese Falcon or Vertigo did then perhaps I can understand.
It seems however that most of the harsh words are coming from the youngsters without much desire to even know what real films were like. I suppose it's not entirely their fault. I mean an action film to them has to involve no less than 55% CGI effects, 25% scantily clad, or outright nude actresses, oh! and more times than not a totally unrealistic plot.
But you see many years back in the early 70s and beyond they didn't have CGI to make up for lacking plots and poor acting. And at that point and time you couldn't really show full nudity so you couldn't rack them into theaters that way either (note the first scene with the lovely Miss. Bissett where she emerges from the shower and barely flashes just the side of her breast. That was probably pretty racy for the time).
So since you can't have any cheap outs like you can today, Gee Whiz! you had to have a real plot and have the ability to act! Lancaster has always been a favorite and he did act very well in this film. Youngsters see the likes of Dean Martin and George Kennedy and don't know what to think because all they've ever known was a Hollywood that produces computer generated fluff. Frankly guys if your idea of an action movie is watching Speed then you need to widen your horizon (no offense to the great Dennis Hopper).
Airport was not as in depth as the book, this is true. Seldom will you find a screenplay to be written with the same depth. Do you know why? Because you can't make the film last for 9 hours!
I know this is more a rebuttal that an outright review of the movie, but it amazes me how some of the CGI junkies have room to talk when it comes to offering their disdain for films with some of the most historic actors in history. This movie is totally entertaining and works well. And the idea some whine because it may not be 'PC' by today's standards is nothing more than extremist liberal drivel. Dino womanizing is apparently an offensive no-no. But today you can show something 50 times as bad and because its more modern and allegedly more acceptable by this standard, no one blinks. Amazing.