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Overview
Release Date:
11 March 1977 (USA) moreTagline:
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle... passengers still alive, trapped underwater... morePlot:
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under 100 feet of water. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. moreUser Comments:
My personal favorite of the Airport series moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jack Lemmon | ... | Capt. Don Gallagher | |
| Lee Grant | ... | Karen Wallace | |
| Brenda Vaccaro | ... | Eve Clayton | |
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Nicholas St. Downs III | |
| Olivia de Havilland | ... | Emily Livingston | |
| James Stewart | ... | Philip Stevens | |
| George Kennedy | ... | Joe Patroni | |
| Darren McGavin | ... | Stan Buchek | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Martin Wallace | |
| Robert Foxworth | ... | Chambers | |
| Robert Hooks | ... | Eddie | |
| Monte Markham | ... | Banker | |
| Kathleen Quinlan | ... | Julie | |
| Gil Gerard | ... | Frank Powers | |
| James Booth | ... | Ralph Crawford |
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114 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:PG (Ontario) | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (1987) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1977) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Iceland:12MOVIEmeter: 
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Joan Crawford was approached to play the role of Emily Livingston. However, she refused. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When the plane hits the oil rig tower, there is no damage to the wing in the very next shot. moreQuotes:
Martin Wallace: I want to harvest the sea for food and save millions of people from starvation. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf (#3.15)" (1978) moreFAQ
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Ok, so the plot has some holes in it but the cast does very well with what they have to work with. Jack Lemmon and Darren McGavin turn in above average performances which are quite believeable. Same goes for Christopher Lee, Joseph Cotton, Olivia De Havilland, and Brenda Vaccaro. To me it seems that most of the cast came to this project with a professionalism which was lacking in Airport 1975 and The Concorde: Airport '79. Christopher Lee stated in his autobiography that this movie was what it was-a disaster movie. I can't argue with that. But he didn't let this stand in the way of giving a performance that he should be proud of. It was these performances which lent to this film the air of believeablity which lifted Airport '77 to one of the better disaster movies of the 1970's. The Universal Terminal Pack which contains all four Airport films is of excellent picture and sound quality and contains theatrical trailers from all four films.