Airport
1970 Directed by Henry Hathaway, George Seaton
Synopsis
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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Interesting how disaster films today generally follow this same structure. Over the years, the focus on action has grown and supplanted the character work, which has been practically forgotten about all together (sadly). Otherwise, they're pretty much the same.
Airport security, on the other hand...
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Airport is a film that kind originated the Disaster movie genre, but compared to modern disaster movies. This compared to them is a totally different animal. As this focuses on characters and believable scenarios. Modern disaster flicks concentrate more on the effects and the actual disaster. which in some ways is a step backwards for the genre.
Set in the fictional Lincoln Airport which they are trying to keep open through heavy snowfall. But also have to deal with a suicide bomber and various personnel problems for people involved. The thing that i liked most and would say loved about the film is the Mrs. Ada Quonsett character played by Helen Hayes who is a elderly stowaway who is utterly…
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Airport has an all-star cast that includes Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, George Kennedy and the fabulous Helen Hayes as a sneaky stowaway. A depressed man with a bomb, a giant Midwestern blizzard and an entanglement of personal stories create on of my favorite disaster movies that deserved to be spoofed later.
70's disaster movies are the best!
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Big scale disaster movie from 1970 grounded due to excess baggage! I found it most entertaining spotting spoof famous people not actually in the cast but 1970s look-a-likies if you will....I spotted Jim RockFord, Glen Campbell, Dusty Springfield to name but a few, sat in and around the main on-board passengers.
The cinematography is first class in this ambitious action movie with an all star cast in the manner of "The Towering inferno" and "The Poseidon Adventure".
Headed up by Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin and the ever likeable George Kennedy, this movie is drenched by the ongoing dramas occurring within and above the eponymous Airport.
From snow blizzards, stowaways, bombs, crazy passengers - including all those parodied in the later…
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I am a fan of the 70’s disaster movies and “Airport” is the one that started and defined genre and led to several sequels…and the inevitable spoofs as well. An all-star cast that includes Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, George Kennedy and the fabulous Helen Hayes as a sneaky stowaway, create an intriguing melodrama that intertwines a variety of personal stories from the airport staff, the passengers and the flight crew that I enjoy each time I watch. Van Heflin, in his final movie role, plays a depressed man with a bomb on a plane in a giant Midwestern blizzard creating the catastrophic events needed for all good disaster movies.
By today’s standards the movie is mostly panned as being over-produced…
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An excellent film for a lot of reasons.
Number One-this film takes 45 minutes to introduce us to it's characters. We get their stories-we understand their personalities.
You have Lancaster-airport manager-a man who has so much trouble with his marriage that he finds excuses to remain at the airport and deal with it's problems. And this isn't just stated-we are shown this in clever images-him at fundraisers that he's dragged to by his wife-them arguing in multiple scenarios-he's missing an important dinner in this film to clear a landing strip-and he states why perfectly-it's not that it's more important-it's more imperative. He's great in the role-I find it disappointed that he's been quoted as hated this film.
Dean Martin-Captain-driven to…
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Airport is a film that kind originated the Disaster movie genre, but compared to modern disaster movies. This compared to them is a totally different animal. As this focuses on characters and believable scenarios. Modern disaster flicks concentrate more on the effects and the actual disaster. which in some ways is a step backwards for the genre.
Set in the fictional Lincoln Airport which they are trying to keep open through heavy snowfall. But also have to deal with a suicide bomber and various personnel problems for people involved. The thing that i liked most and would say loved about the film is the Mrs. Ada Quonsett character played by Helen Hayes who is a elderly stowaway who is utterly…
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This film popularized the disaster-genre, but it's not my favourite. The soapy bits are pretty unsufferable, and there's all too much of it. And when the disaster finally strikes it's very tame compared to the later and wilder entries in the canon. I did like the suave late 60s airfare aesthetics and all the split screen coolness, though.
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Interesting how disaster films today generally follow this same structure. Over the years, the focus on action has grown and supplanted the character work, which has been practically forgotten about all together (sadly). Otherwise, they're pretty much the same.
Airport security, on the other hand...
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It was entertaining to see how easy stowawaying on a plane was in those days, not to mention smuggling. Of course, Osama bin Laden was just a teenager in 1970 and desperate Americans were much greater threat to airport security, although their bombs were quite weak. But seriously... how long can it take to plow a runway and get that plane out!?
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Big scale disaster movie from 1970 grounded due to excess baggage! I found it most entertaining spotting spoof famous people not actually in the cast but 1970s look-a-likies if you will....I spotted Jim RockFord, Glen Campbell, Dusty Springfield to name but a few, sat in and around the main on-board passengers.
The cinematography is first class in this ambitious action movie with an all star cast in the manner of "The Towering inferno" and "The Poseidon Adventure".
Headed up by Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin and the ever likeable George Kennedy, this movie is drenched by the ongoing dramas occurring within and above the eponymous Airport.
From snow blizzards, stowaways, bombs, crazy passengers - including all those parodied in the later…
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The beginning of the 70s disaster craze. Too much melodrama, not enough spectacle. "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno" may only be marginally better, but at least those were entertaining. This was a chore. Maybe just watch "Airplane!" instead?
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The original disaster film. Frankly, too much melodrama and not enough spectacle. Later films like "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Toweirng Inferno" are only marginally better, but they are still entertaining. This was a bit of a struggle. Maybe just watch "Airplane!" instead?
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I am a fan of the 70’s disaster movies and “Airport” is the one that started and defined genre and led to several sequels…and the inevitable spoofs as well. An all-star cast that includes Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, George Kennedy and the fabulous Helen Hayes as a sneaky stowaway, create an intriguing melodrama that intertwines a variety of personal stories from the airport staff, the passengers and the flight crew that I enjoy each time I watch. Van Heflin, in his final movie role, plays a depressed man with a bomb on a plane in a giant Midwestern blizzard creating the catastrophic events needed for all good disaster movies.
By today’s standards the movie is mostly panned as being over-produced…
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Det snør katter og hunder på Lincoln internasjonale flyplass i Chicago. På flyplassen følger vi flykapteiner, passasjerer, blindpassasjerer og en selvmordskandidat. Ved en av rullebanene setter et av flyene seg fast i snøen, og trafikken må dirigeres rundt på andre rullebaner.
Det oppleves veldig pussig å se filmen som i stor grad er opphavet til komedien Hjelp, vi flyr! (Airplane) lenge etter jeg så parodien. Vi følger livet på og ved flyplassen den første timen. Passasjerer og de ansatte har sine problemer, og det blir absolutt ikke bedre når en mann bestemmer seg for å avslutte livet sitt i et fly til Roma. Da slår dramatikken inn for fullt. Dette fungerer egentlig svært så bra. Jeg blir engasjert i filmen, og håper virkelig at alt skal gå bra.
Filmen er stjernespekket, og til tross for at noen sikkert vil savne de store actionscenene hvor folk dør og ting går i lufta, så er det nerve og spenning i denne filmen.