Airport (film series)
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Directed by | George Seaton Jack Smight Jerry Jameson David Lowell Rich |
Produced by | Ross Hunter William Frye Jennings Lang |
Written by | George Seaton Don Ingalls Jennings Lang Eric Roth |
Based on | Airport by Arthur Hailey |
Starring | Burt Lancaster George Kennedy Charlton Heston Alain Delon Jack Lemmon |
Music by | Alfred Newman Lalo Schifrin |
Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo |
Edited by | Stuart Gilmore |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Airport is a 1970s film series consisting of four airplane-themed disaster films that include Airport, Airport 1975, Airport '77 and The Concorde ... Airport '79.
They are based on the novel Airport by Arthur Hailey.
The only actor in all four films is George Kennedy as Joe Patroni. Patroni's character evolves from a chief mechanic in Airport to a vice president of operations in Airport 1975, a consultant in Airport '77, and an airline pilot in The Concorde ... Airport '79.
Reception
The first Airport film from 1970 had reviews complimenting the film's influence on the disaster genre and its "camp value."[1]
In 1971, Burt Lancaster, star of the 1970 Airport, said in reaction to the 1970 film's 10 Academy Award nominations, that the film as "the biggest piece of junk ever made."[2][3]
The New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael called Airport 1975 "cut-rate swill", produced on a TV-movie budget by mercenary businessmen. Kael also wrote the audio problems gave Karen Black's voice a metallic sound that was grating and that the main character, a stewardess, was constantly being patronized by men.[4] Vincent Canby of The New York Times called Airport 1975 "a silly sequel with a 747".[5]
In a review of Airport '77 The New York Times wrote, "Airport '77 looks less like the work of a director and writers than like a corporate decision."[6]
Variety magazine's review of The Concorde ... Airport '79 called the film an "unintentional comedy".[7] In a review of The Concorde ... Airport '79 The New York Times critic Janet Maslin wrote ""Concorde" is enough to persuade anyone to stay on the ground."[8]
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External links
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- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Airport 1975 at IMDb
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Airport '77 at IMDb
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Airport '79 at IMDb
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- English-language films
- 1970 films
- 1974 films
- 1977 films
- 1979 films
- 1970s films
- 1970s drama films
- 1970s thriller films
- Airport (film series)
- American aviation films
- American films
- American disaster films
- Film scores by Alfred Newman
- Films about aviation accidents or incidents
- Films based on Canadian novels
- Films based on thriller novels
- Films directed by George Seaton
- Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award-winning performance
- Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe-winning performance
- Films set in Chicago, Illinois
- Films set in airports
- Films set on airplanes
- Films shot in Minnesota
- Universal Pictures films
- Films based on works by Arthur Hailey
- Films shot in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Screenplays by Eric Roth
- Film scores by Lalo Schifrin
- 1970s film stubs
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