Pan Am (2011– )

Period drama about the pilots and flight attendants who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly.

Creator:

Jack Orman

Stars:

Christina Ricci, Margot Robbie, Michael Mosley

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Christina Ricci	...	Maggie Ryan (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Margot Robbie	...	Laura Cameron (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Michael Mosley	...	Ted Vanderway (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Karine Vanasse	...	Colette Valois (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Mike Vogel	...	Dean Lowrey (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kelli Garner	...	Kate Cameron (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Jeremy Davidson	...	Richard Parks (14 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kal Parekh	...	Sanjeev (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
David Harbour	...	Roger Anderson (6 episodes, 2011-2012)

Storyline

Period drama about the pilots and flight attendants who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly.

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Plot Keywords:

pan am | period drama | pan american airways | boeing 707 | airline industry | 

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Taglines:

Tonight,New York... tomorrow, Paris... London.....Rome.

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Clinton Diner, Maspeth, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shoe Money Productions, Jack Orman Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

All subway scenes were filmed at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn. Car 8013, an R-11, was used for interior train scenes.

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Goofs

For the entire series, they refer to the head of Pan Am as "Juan Trippe." Juan Terry Trippe was named after a maiden aunt named Juanita Terry, and he positively loathed the name Juan. Everyone called him Terry, Terry Trippe, or simply Mr. Trippe, under fear of being fired, killed, or worse.

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Connections

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #16.70 (2011)

User Reviews

Pilots look like college sophomores

As a retired international pilot at Trans World Airlines I was very disappointed in the casting of a cockpit crew which exhibited very unprofessional behavior on the flight deck and acted like silly fraternity boys. In the 1960's the pilot in command of an international flight was almost certainly a World War II veteran, often a chain smoker and a no nonsense type. John Wayne in the High and the Mighty looked much more like the old Captains.

In the Pan Am show the Captain made all the radio communications while flying the aircraft- a duty which the First Officer or the non flying pilot traditionally does. During takeoff all attention is given to the instruments and the aircraft. Pilots do not exchange gleeful looks with each other at such critical moments. They also do not ask Air Traffic Control or Gander Oceanic to find out from their company where their missing purser is. They would be laughed out of the sky.

No airline pilot would leave a layover hotel to look for his girlfriend in uniform. Pretty amateurish.

I did enjoy the footage of the great vintage aircraft. The rest was mindless soap opera material.