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Airport

  • 19701970
  • PGPG
  • 2h 17m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
20K
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Airport (1970)
A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
20K
YOUR RATING
    • George Seaton
    • Henry Hathaway(winter outdoor scenes)
    • Arthur Hailey(from the novel by)
    • George Seaton(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Dean Martin
    • George Kennedy
    • George Seaton
    • Henry Hathaway(winter outdoor scenes)
    • Arthur Hailey(from the novel by)
    • George Seaton(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Dean Martin
    • George Kennedy
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 208User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar

    Videos1

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    Trailer 3:29
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    Photos119

    Dean Martin in Airport (1970)
    Barry Nelson in Airport (1970)
    Dean Martin and Lloyd Nolan in Airport (1970)
    Jacqueline Bisset and Dean Martin in Airport (1970)
    Burt Lancaster in Airport (1970)
    Burt Lancaster in Airport (1970)
    Burt Lancaster in Airport (1970)
    Helen Hayes and Mary Jackson in Airport (1970)
    Maureen Stapleton in Airport (1970)
    Airport (1970)
    Helen Hayes in Airport (1970)
    Whit Bissell, Van Heflin, and Helen Hayes in Airport (1970)

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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Mel Bakersfeld
    Dean Martin
    Dean Martin
    • Vernon Demerest
    George Kennedy
    George Kennedy
    • Patroni
    Jean Seberg
    Jean Seberg
    • Tanya Livingston
    Jacqueline Bisset
    Jacqueline Bisset
    • Gwen Meighen
    Helen Hayes
    Helen Hayes
    • Ada Quonsett
    Van Heflin
    Van Heflin
    • D.O. Guerrero
    Maureen Stapleton
    Maureen Stapleton
    • Inez Guerrero
    Barry Nelson
    Barry Nelson
    • Anson Harris
    Dana Wynter
    Dana Wynter
    • Cindy
    Lloyd Nolan
    Lloyd Nolan
    • Harry Standish
    Barbara Hale
    Barbara Hale
    • Sarah Demerest
    Gary Collins
    Gary Collins
    • Cy Jordan
    John Findlater
    John Findlater
    • Peter Coakley
    Jessie Royce Landis
    Jessie Royce Landis
    • Mrs. Harriet DuBarry Mossman
    Larry Gates
    Larry Gates
    • Commissioner Ackerman
    Peter Turgeon
    Peter Turgeon
    • Marcus Rathbone
    Whit Bissell
    Whit Bissell
    • Mr. Davidson
      • George Seaton
      • Henry Hathaway(winter outdoor scenes) (uncredited)
      • Arthur Hailey(from the novel by)
      • George Seaton(written for the screen by)
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    • Trivia
      Burt Lancaster, who headlined the movie above the title with Dean Martin, made a great deal of money from the film, which was a huge hit. His contract gave him a 10% profit participation once the movie hit $50 million; it grossed $45.3 million in North America alone. Despite the financial windfall, Lancaster said that the movie was "the worst piece of junk ever made." He said he only made this film in return for the studio agreeing to finance several non-commercial films, in which he was interested.
    • Goofs
      Before the landing Capt. Demerest requests a PAR approach. The Air Traffic Control officer replies "Roger this will be a Precision Radar Approach..." which would have an acronym of PRA. However, PAR refers to Precision Approach Radar, the type of radar equipment used in the approach. The approach itself is commonly referred to as a "Precision Radar Approach" by pilots and controllers. Confusing, but the movie lines are accurate.
    • Quotes

      Ada Quonsett: My late husband played the violin. Not professionally, but he was very good. He once played the Minute Waltz in 58 seconds.

    • Crazy credits
      Unusually, the Universal Pictures logo animation is not shown at the beginning of this movie...it's instead shown at the end. The in-credit notice "UNIVERSAL presents" replaced the usual opening logo.
    • Alternate versions
      TV prints and early videotape pan and scan versions have alterations beyond simple pan and scan. On some of the multi image scenes, instead of panning to the image best serving the scene, they substitute a full screen version of that segment that was originally part of the multi image shot. Like the scene where Burt Lancaster is talking to his wife and 2 daughters all at once. The theatrical version(and present wide screen DVD) maintained images of his wife, him and both daughters separately(recent pan and scan editions temporarily letterbox or otherwise modify the theatrical composition). On the early TV and video versions, only the person talking is seen in a full screen shot used for that multi image shot(showing more image information then when it was composed as part of the theatrical multi image shot). Also, on the split screen shot of Dean Martin in a cab and Jackie Bisset getting out of the shower, the split screen is recomposed for 4:3, cropping each image to better fit.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Take 2: Movies That Changed the Movies (1979)

    User reviews208

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    8/10
    The First Real "Disaster" Film...
    Another of my guilty pleasures is AIRPORT, the 1970 all-star cast drama based on the best selling novel by Arthur Hailey. This soapy potboiler follows multiple stories throughout a busy metropolitan airport. Subplots that appeared in the book naturally had to be watered down or removed entirely, but that was to be expected in telling a story of such size back in the late 60's. However, after 35 years, I still find this film a lot of fun to watch (even though it really should be experienced in a theater). Burt Lancaster is all stone-faced authority as Mel Bakersfield, the airport manager who neglects his wife (Dana Wynter) while lusting after his passenger relations agent (Jean Seberg). Dean Martin almost gives an actual performance as Vernon Demarest, the smooth-talking pilot who also neglects his wife (Barbara Hale) while having an affair with a stewardess (lovely Jacqueline Bisset)whom he has impregnated. George Kennedy began his long association with the character of Joe Patroni here(he would play the role in three subsequent sequels). Van Heflin is extremely effective as D.O. Guerrero, the sad and twisted man who plans to blow up an airliner. Helen Hayes won an Oscar playing Ada Quonsett, a little old lady who stows away on the plane, but that Oscar should have gone to Maureen Stapleton, who is just devastating as Guerrero's wife, who is totally dismayed about her husband's plan and is tragically heartbreaking during one brief scene near the end of the film. For those who like their adventure films spiced with some somewhat corny, soap suds, put your brain in check and have your fill with AIRPORT.
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    • Release date
      • March 5, 1970 (Canada)
      • United States
      • English
      • Italian
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      • Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    • Production company
      • Ross Hunter Productions
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    • 2 hours 17 minutes

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