Screenplay:
George SeatonCinematography:
Ernest LaszloComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Dana Wynter, Lloyd Nolan (more)VOD (3)
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Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin head an all-star cast in this classic disaster film from producer Ross Hunter, for which Helen Hayes received her second Oscar. On the ground, manager Mel Bakersfield (Lancaster) juggles lover Jean Seberg and wife Dana Wynter while coping with a blizzard, aided by mechanic George Kennedy. In the sky, Capt. Vern Demerest (Martin) must maintain control of a 707 with his pregnant stewardess girlfriend (Jacqueline Bisset), a sly stowaway (Hayes), and a bomb-toting maniac (Van Heflin) aboard. Often imitated but never equalled, this box office hit was adapted by Academy Award winner George Seaton from the bestseller by Arthur Hailey. (Universal Pictures UK)
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Airport is a very solid showcase of a fine ensemble cast and probably a worthy adaptation of a book I haven't yet read, but as a drama it's as flat as a runway and as a thriller it's completely ineffective from today's perspective. Without nostalgia for the little, it's impossible to approach this film too sympathetically.
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It must have been a really big movie in its day. Nowadays it's just a talky and tedious borefest, and I had a hard time getting through it.
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I thought this drama would get to me a bit more, but I was rather surprised by how much space is devoted to characters who aren't always that interesting. The film must be credited with the fact that even after all these years, some scenes still give you a truly breathtaking feeling as if it's really happening. As if you were sitting in that airplane.
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