Airport
– Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various persona..
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
25 Mar 1970
English, Italian
All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.
George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
Arthur Hailey (from the novel by), George Seaton (written for the screen by)
Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset
This precursor to later "epic" 70's disaster films illustrates 12 hours in the lives of the personnel and passengers at the "Lincoln Airport." Endless problems, professional and personal, are thrown at the various personnel responsible for the safe and proper administration of air traffic, airline management and aviation at a major US airport. Take one severe snowstorm, add multiple schedules gone awry, one elderly Trans Global Airlines stowaway, shortages, an aging, meretricious pilot, unreasonable, peevish spouses, manpower issues, fuel problems, frozen runways and equipment malfunctions and you get just a sample of the obstacles faced by weary, disgruntled personnel and passengers at the Lincoln Airport. Toss in one long-suffering pilot's wife, several stubborn men, office politics and romance and one passenger with a bomb and you have the film "Airport" from 1970.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 19 nominations.
Universal Pictures