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Summary: Don't waste your time on the "standard format" AIRPORT
Review: My advice is that you not waste your time on the "standard format" version of the film "AIRPORT". It has been remastered and released in a new widescreen version.Read my review of the widescreen version, and if you already purchased the standard format version, throw it away and buy the widescreen version. You'll be glad you did!
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Summary: One Of The All-Time Best...
Review: of its kind. I remember as a boy of thirteen going to the neighborhood theater and watching this movie and then seeing it on television many times. If you have any interest in commercial aviation at all especially airliners of the Boeing family, then you have to see this movie. The cast is star-studded (you'll remember many of them from your parent's day if you are a boomer) and the plot grabs you from the get-go. This movie was made in a time when there wasn't a need for blood, guts, and gore to get the point across. The suspense in this film rivals any of today's "action/adventure" flicks and still comes out on top. There's no way you won't enjoy this one. I just wish they made more films of this caliber in today's market. Enjoy!
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Summary: The first is always the best.
Review: OH MY GOD! DEAN MARTIN SOBER!!!!! He didn't appear inebriated at all in this film, and he really showed that he could be a damn fine actor. This film started the ball rolling on what would soon becalled "The Disaster Genre". Produced in 1969, Jennings Lang could not have even imagined what he was getting into. The film was one of Hollywoods shining moments and usherd in the modern era of action/adventure/disaster films. The effects were top notch, now a little cheezy, but I am sure that those like me love it either way. I did notice a few pilot tech flubs, such as reaching for the flap handle by way of the gear lever(!). The flap actuator was next to the thottle quads in the 707, not on the front panel where the gear actuator is located. Even from a pilots point of view, this film is a must see. I would really like to see the directors cut of this film, as I read somewhere a few years ago that the DC was 40 minutes longer than the edition we see now. Oh well, time will tell! Excellent Filmmaking
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Summary: good but not great
Review: One of those All-Star production during the seventies.
Much better than the following Airport-Films.
A sentimental Oscar for Helen Hayes,she was really a great actress,but her performance was only solide and not outstanding.
Maureen Stapleton gives the best and greatest performance in this
film,her role was small but but most interesting.The Academy Award had should goes to her.Fine Turns by Lancaster and Martin.
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Summary: the mother of all disaster films
Review: sure this film is corny, but compared to its sequals it's an art house movie. I have read that Burt Lancaster only did this for money and later on called it the biggest piece of crap ever made. But it is a good movie and it avoids the excess coniness of the following films,especially airport 77 and 79, not that the airport 75 was much better. I liked Dean Martin as the pilot,although people usually find the idea of him as a pilot funny, but hey he was an actor and his part was no Hamlet. He was his usual self and good enough.
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Summary: The accidental classic!
Review: The cars and clothing styles are hopelessly dated, its portrayal of gender roles is about as politically incorrect as you can get, it gave birth to a genre many of us love to hate, and it's probably best remembered today as the inspiration for one of the great movie parodies of all time. In other words, what's not to love about "Airport"? Granted, most of the movie's entertainment value is unintentional from today's point of view. The one overtly humorous side-story, featuring Helen Hayes as a repeat-offending stowaway, is amusing as ever; but the movie's efforts at more serious fare are the real farces. The airport manager's marriage troubles which happen to come to a head just as the worst snowstorm in a decade hits and his unnaturally stoic response, the hysterical wife of the movie's villain, the hamhanded attempt at addressing the issue of abortion (which was still illegal in most parts of the U.S. at the time), and perhaps most of all, the casting of Dean Martin as the pilot who saves the day...none of these come even close to being convincing, but they're definitely entertaining! If you're among the legions of Gen-Xers who know all the lines to "Airplane!" by heart, it's a scream to see the original characters, dialogues and events that movie satirizes; they're fairly easy to pick out. The primary storyline, of course, concerns an airplane in jeopardy and a crew racing against time to bring the passengers to safety. Sure, it's typical disaster-movie fare, but it's not quite as predictable as you might expect, and the special effects are well-done considering their vintage. (It's also fairly low-key compared to most of the mega-budget messes this genre has spawned more recently; this is actually kind of refreshing.) Even if you know how the flight and all the side stories end, the movie as a whole stands up to endless repeated viewings for anyone who likes late-60s kitsch - there's so much of it here that you're sure to notice something new and noteworthy every time. No one will ever mistake it for one of the all-time greats, but "Airport" will always be good for a laugh - however accidental.
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Summary: AIRPORT!
Review: The first and still the BEST of the series of movies that begins with this adpatation of ARTHUR HALEY's bestselling novel! BURT LANCASTER is trying to run the airport during a snow storm! His marriage is falling apart but JEAN SEBERG is there to comfort him! Meanwhile, DEAN MARTIN is the pilot who has just learned his girl friend, "Stewardess" JACQUELINE BISSET is pregnant! Then, just to make things really interesting, VAN HEFLIN is on board with a bomb! HELEN HAYES won an Oscar for Mrs. Ada Quonsett, the world's best little old lady Stowaway! MAUREEN STAPLETON and GEORGE KENNEDY are also around to send good thoughts as the STRICKEN FLIGHT heads for Chicago! Director GEORGE SEATON takes us back to those thrilling days when movies combined ACTION and SOAP OPERA in equal parts!
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Summary: Often Imitated, never Duplicated
Review: The granddaddy of transportation disaster movies with an all-star cast (Helen Hayes stole an Oscar as Ada Quonsett) and big budget set (lots of snow). Best line in the movie: Dean Martin to Jacqueline Bissett, after Dean hears she may not have her pregnancy terminated and instead give the chid up for adoption - "you have religious scruples?" This from a man who is cheating on his wife and has just heard he's knocked up a stewardess. Aaaaahh, you gotta love it!! Only a Rat Packer could pull that one off. Too much time on runway two-niner methinks. Classic stuff, even if a little dated.
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Summary: Often Imitated, never Duplicated
Review: The granddaddy of transportation disaster movies with an all-star cast (Helen Hayes stole an Oscar as Ada Quonsett) and big budget set (lots of snow). Best line in the movie: Dean Martin to Jacqueline Bissett, after Dean hears she may not have her pregnancy terminated and instead give the chid up for adoption - "you have religious scruples?" This from a man who is cheating on his wife and has just heard he's knocked up a stewardess. Aaaaahh, you gotta love it!! Only a Rat Packer could pull that one off. Too much time on runway two-niner methinks. Classic stuff, even if a little dated.
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Summary: Airport
Review: The movie Was Well Made.ive seen this more than 20 times.The cast was great.I liked Helen Hayes she was funny.
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