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Summary: Trashy, fun, but surprisingly OK
Review: Airport 1975 has a made for television feel about it - but it works well as a big screen film. Charlton Heston is remarkably little used, and completely sexist macho throughout the film, as are the pilots who seem to think the Flight Attendants are nothing more than bimbo's to be slept with. However, a particular moment when George Kennedy (as Patroni) speaks to his wife from the ground (they're on the plane) almost brings you to tears - and it's that piece of acting which surprised the hell out of me - very very good. Other than that, Karen Black seems to enjoy herself, as does Gloria Swanson. Helen Reddy sings a twee little song, and Linda Blair manages to look like the most gorgeous sick girl you've ever seen. The aerial photography is very nice, however the dramatic landing with Heston at the controls is a bit of a let down at the end. The DVD transfer is not all that crash hot. Some digital masking can be seen in certain points, making it a bit difficult to watch in places. You get used to it later on though. It would have also been nice if the DVD had things on it like a theatrical trailer - it's very bare bones. So a new DVD release would be nice. A lot of this film was later spoofed in Airplane (or Flying High as it was called in Australia) - and it's not hard to see why. The character reactions are extremely overdone in some parts, but overall it's worth a look.
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Summary: A comic treat
Review: AIRPORT 1975 is a must-see for the disaster connoisseur, although mostly for the comic value of the terrible script and the mummified performances. Strictly speaking, it's not as amusing as AIRPORT 77 and not as terrible as the relishable AIRPORT 80 - THE CONCORDE. But, the last half hour is silly enough to make the likes of AIRPLANE completely redundant. By the way, Heston fans can look forward to him wearing shades and saying "Bay-bee" a lot.
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Summary: Karen Black really SHines In This FIlm!
Review: Airport 1975 was the next film that came after the Movie Airport with Dean Martin.
This was the time when disaster film was being released once a year. The 1970's saw earthquakes, floods, airplane disasters and even meteorites. I enjoyed this film better than the first 'airplane disaster' flicks' because of actress Karen Black. (I also enjoyed her in Trilogy Of Terror) Although Charlton Heston is top billed it was really Karen's movie. Her dynamic performance and courage when forced to pilot a 747 were amazing. The effects in the film were standard for this time in film history but the plane mock-ups were done very well. The supporting cast is sprinkled with celebrities and each has their own histories. People like George Kennedy, Linda Blair (a very sick child), Helen Reddy (as a singing nun), Sid Cesear, Myna Loy, Larry Storch and many more. This movie has a lot of heart and passion and the plan sequences are very good. Basically two planes crash in mid-air. The rest is land the plane with no pilots while flying over the Rocky Mountains. Wow!
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Summary: Airport 75 Lost Power
Review: Airport 75 lost speed because the plot is only as good as a car wreck. You wrecked and now go home. Kare Black tries to fly a Boeing 747-100 on her own with a gash in the cockpit blowing winds up to 500 mph (yet her hair is almost still!). Charleton Heston makes his way into the plane via hole in the cockpit. Plane saved and lands on 3 engines and one engine takes out a shack on landing. The inflight movie was "American Graffiti."
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Summary: So bad it's brilliant
Review: AIRPORT 75 must have the least believable premise of any major Hollywood release that wasn't straight science fiction: a small private plane crashes into the cockpit of a giant 747 en route to Salt Lake City, and all the flight crew members are either killed outright or incapacitated as a result. So a stewardess (Karen Black, as bewitchingly crosseyed as ever) has to come into the remains of the damaged cockpit (which, despite the fact that it has a giant gaping hole in it, still manages to retain Black within it and do little more to her then make her chilly) and steer the plane to Salt Lake until Charlton Heston can be dropped by helicopter into the hole in the cockpit. The premise was so outrageous even at the time that it quickly spawned two exceptionally memorable parodies: "Disaster 75" on THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW and AIRPLANE! (for which it was one of the primary sources of inspiration). But the original itself is so jawdroppingly strange it remains almsot beyond parody. The passengers are played by a series of Borscht Belt comedians like Sid Caesar and Jerry Stiller and Norman Fell, with the notable exceptions of a singing nun (Helen Reddy), a young girl with serious health problems (Linda Blair), and, most memorably, Gloria Swanson (as herself). The other stewardesses keep wandering in to the damaged cockpit to be comforted by Karen Black, who one would think has enough problems as it is. Even if you can get beyond these thing, you find yourself fascinated by the questions the film's astonishingly bizarre details propose, such as why the airline's logo is so ugly and why its color scheme (bright red with violet and fuchsia accents!) is so hideous.
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Summary: Better transfer than the "Terminal Pack" transfer
Review: As hard as it may be to believe, this being a "Good Times" release, the transfer on this DVD is better than that included in the "Terminal Pack". Yes, the "Terminal Pack" transfer is anamorphic, and this one has SLIGHTLY more grain....but this transfer is in the correct proportion. Tires are round and the actors don't look like stick people. My recommendation...buy this disk to supplement your "Terminal Pack".
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Summary: 2 Words to describe how bad this film is..."ERIK ESTRADA"
Review: As if the sight of an aging egomaniac like Gloria Swanson isn't enough to send you running to play with the blue water in the airplane's toilet, then perhaps watching Sid Caesar spout off lines like "the STEWARDESS IS FLYING THE PLANE???" while mugging in all his "1950s-esque-too-late-for-vaudeville-glory" will. Universal trucked out a cavalcade of stars that would definitely make the "Match Game" proud...Myrna Loy, Norman Fell, Sharon Gless, Helen Reddy (ICK!), Linda "Gimme a Crucifix PLEASE!" Blair, Jerry Stiller, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Susan Clark, Ed Nelson, Larry Storch, and even "NOVA Herself"...Linda Harrison.
Yes, THE Linda Harrison who so graced us with her barely-clothed lower body parts in all those 'Apes' films is (unfortuantely) fully-clothed here, and FULLY wasted as Gloria's "sidekick"??? "autobiographer??" "Lesbian Lover"?? We never really get to find out what her real reason for being IN this film is because she has all but about 6 total words in her entire diologue.
ANYWAY..the "thesps" are also trucked out in true "Airport" fashion, with Dana Andrews having a heart attack and slamming his Cessna into the cockpit of a 747, wiping out its crew, and leaving the cross-eyed Karen Black to try to avoid driving her into a mountain by "Just looking at the little plane on the horizon, honey" or whatever rescue-honcho-hero-hubby Charlton Heston orders her to do while he tries to LOWER himself (via a rope) into the plane. Of course, George Kennedy is on hand as Joe Patroni, who blurts out his lines with the subtelty of a sledgehammer, and whose dorky son, and over-acting wife just HAPPEN to be aboard. The films lone saving grace is a truly strong performance turned in by Karen Black, who manages to make lines like "Alan...I'm scared" seem heartfelt and genuine. But all is lost in a weak finale where NOTHING disastrous happens at all..yet everyone gets to slide down those fun-looking innertube things onto the runway. I have always wanted to be in a plane that crashes, just so I could slide down one of those...ANYWAY, if its a choice between a rerun of "Howard the Duck" or this film..pick this film. But if you happen to have a root canal or anal colonostomy scheduled...by all means, have it and avoid this claptrap like the plague.
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Summary: Another land the plane or else film.
Review: Charlton Heston and the cast of actors are wasted in this film (one in a series) of trying to land a plane after something bad happens on board. This is such a boring film, you don't care if they crash or not.
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Summary: Decent Sequel To The 1970 Megahit
Review: Charlton Heston does his best here, in the 1974 sequel to the original blockbuster "Airport". Good visual effects are on hand this time (beating out the 1970 Airport effects by a large margin), with lots of excellent aerial footage of the stricken Boeing 747-100 aircraft in flight, after a collision with a small prop plane. But this version lacks the crisp, witty dialogue so prevalent in the first Airport flick. Still, this one is worth taking a look at. My rating would actually be 3-and-a-half stars.
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Summary: So Bad it's Good
Review: Chuck Heston must groan everytime this movie is brought up. It is probably the worst movie he was ever involved with. While the special effects are not bad, the story and the characters are laughable. Actually, so laughable it is worth buying the DVD. Compare it to "Airplane" or "Airplane 2" and you'll find there are not that many differences...
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