Pan Am 

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

Creators:

Nancy Hult Ganis, Jack Orman

Stars:

Christina Ricci, Margot Robbie, Michael Mosley

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 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:

20th century | woman | man | passenger plane | period drama | 

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Taglines:

Meet the women of the future...

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Genres:

Drama | History | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Пан Американ

Filming Locations:

La Selva Mansion, Upper Brookville, Long Island, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The average career for a Pan Am Stewardess in the 1960's averaged around 18 months due to the strict weight, age, marital status and childlessness requirements. Pan Am required its stewardesses to be at least five foot two and weigh no more than 130 pounds. They also couldn't be married or have children. On top of that the mandatory retirement age for flight attendants was 32. At 5'1", Christina Ricci would have been too short to have been accepted, and at 31, would only have had a few months as a stewardess until she would have hit the mandatory retirement age.

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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

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: James Spader/Margot Robbie/Tobias Jesso Jr. (2015)

User Reviews

What ABC always did best....

Good old fashioned "escapist fun". That was ABC's forte back in the day. "Fantasy Island", "Love Boat"...shows like this took you away from your standard drama show. And in some ways "Pan Am" does just that.

No, there's no schlocky comedy or anything along those lines, but you go back to a day and age where flying was glamorous, and there was an air of 'excitement' in faraway places. I'm, just a little too young to recall travel like we see on the show, having been born in 1961... My first flight wasn't until the late 60's and by then jet travel was almost the norm than the exception...and then deregulation came along and flying was more a chore than an event to look forward to.

I agree with another poster who thinks the flight crew is a little young. The "jet boys" tended to be a little older. I recall when the pilots of the planes I flew were all old WWII pilots, all in their late 50's or so when I flew through the 1970's...

Aside from THAT, I have very little to grouse about.

Should this show have really great legs and last a while, it'll be interesting to see where we go as Pan Am's fortunes were at their peak in the 60's, but the decline began as the 70's arrived.

Good show. Good Job, ABC!