Airport 79 1977 starring jack lemmon and lee grant on dvd and bluray. A ranking of the unintentionally funny airport movies. The film is about an airport manager trying to keep. Airport 79 on digital and stream instantly or download offline. The bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. Airport 79 sep 28, 2012 fourth and final film in the series is a predictable affair, and is a boring uninteresting end to this series of average disaster films. Airport 79 they are based on the novel airport by arthur hailey the only actor who appeared in all four films is george kennedy in his recurring role of joseph joe patroni. Feb 25, 20 matchless intrigue soars out of the sky at supersonic speed in this incredible tale of airborne suspense derived from arthur haileys alltime best seller. Though disc labels and jacket include the name airport 80. Matchless intrigue soars out of the sky at supersonic speed in this incr. Yes, it is a bit melodramatic at some points, but overall its a fast moving story that takes you inside the workings of a fictional airport in chicago. Airport 79 trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone.
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water. The japanese laserdisc was full frame 4x3 and included japanese subtitles. With burt lancaster, dean martin, george kennedy, jean seberg. Airport 79 full movie in hd visit the last of the airport series again stars george kenn. The setup and plot of the concorde is faithful to the previous movies. Airport 79 original soundtrack licensed to youtube by adrev for a 3rd party on behalf of universal pictures film music universal pictures film music. Way back when, as my mind tried to process what it had experienced after my first viewing of this film, i eventually formed a theory that airport 79 is deliberately. Based on arthur hailey s 1968 novel of the same name, it originated the 1970s disaster film genre. Joe storywise, this all gets a bit complicated, so strap in. Airport 79 is a 1979 american air disaster film in the uk, it was released a year later as airport 80. The plane was leased from aerospatiale france for the movie, leased to air france in 1976, and sold to them in october 1980. A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved. George kennedy, robert wagner and susan blakely star in this highflying action film when the concorde, at twice the speed of sound, must evade a vicious attack by a deadly arms smuggler. The pictures one distinction is that there are more bedroom scenes and suicides than in any other airport movie.
Airport 79 is a movie that shows you the washington monument, the eiffel tower, the alps, charo, and a big, scarylooking thing with fins. Absurd plot but loved seeing all the b list stars from the 1970sthe plot was so ridiculous it was funny. The passengers live, kevin shoots himself while watching the whole thing on tv, and maggie goes on to present her story. George kennedy, robert wagner and susan blakely star in this highflying action film when the concorde. The terrified pilot is forced by the hijackers to fly low to avoid radar detection and, as a result, the plane hits an oil rig and crashes into the sea. Airport 79 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Which brings us to the final entry in the series, the concordeairport 79, an oceanhopping, continentspanning epic with a milkmoney budget, stuffed with instantly dated television personalities and utterly committed to outridiculousing the plot points of your average episode of g.
The credits roll immediately after the concorde makes a desperate emergency landing on a ski slope, and the crew and passengers evacuate just before the jet explodes. Journalist maggie whelan susan blakely discovers that her married boyfriend, kevin harrison robert wagner, heads a company that is involved in illegal arms sales. You dont find out whether the sick passengers will. Airport 79 1979 imdb american based federation world airlines has just acquired a concorde jet, which will make its inaugural commercial flight from washington, d. Aug 22, 2017 airport 79 original soundtrack licensed to youtube by adrev for a 3rd party on behalf of universal pictures film music universal pictures film music. You have to love the cheese and drama of the early 70s filmmakers. Airport 79, an oceanhopping, continentspanning epic with a milkmoney budget, stuffed with instantly dated television personalities and utterly committed to outridiculousing the plot points of your average episode of g. The passengers of the concorde must endure aerial acrobatics when a bomb is discovered aboard a flight headed for the moscow olympics. The guys who made airport 79 couldnt end the movie quick enough. Reason i gave it a 2 was because it was nice to see the old time actorsactresses, but the movie. The actual plane used in this film crashed in gonesse, france, on july 25, 2000, while trying to make an emergency landing at le bourget airport the same airport as in the.
As a longtime airliner buff, who for a time in my youth in the midtolate seventies named airport and airport 1975 as my two favorite movies, i thoroughly enjoyed your indepth analysis of the aweinspiring airport 79, udar55. Airport 79 the 1979 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Airport 1975 is good, exciting, corny escapism and the kind of movie you would not want to watch as an inflight film. The movie has all of the problems that starstudded disaster movies retain but with less famous people. The first three airport movies were all big successes, but the circle came to a close with the unprofitable and highly ridiculed the concordeairport 79.
Airport 77 features a wide array of hollywood stars, including jimmy stewart, jack lemmon, olivia dehavilland, christopher lee, joseph cotten, and lee grant. This airport has its own island super structures spark. Storywise, this all gets a bit complicated, so strap in. Airport 79 is a movie that shows you the washington monument, the. I think there were three sequels in the end airport 75, 77 and 79 concorde. An early screening reportedly went so poorly that the studio tried to rebrand the film as a comedy. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 24 hours to. Captain paul metrand alain delon makes conversation with isabelle sylvia kristel, the purser whom is his current lover. The all star cast the dickey wearing ladies man heston, a very young linda blair of pea soup puking head spinning exorcist fame, karen black b horror movie queen, george kennedy sporting his ever present members only jacket, a very young jerry stiller of seinfeld and ben stillers dad, a horribly sexist and stereotyped. Airport 79 1979 james higgins 20100604 any movie with alain delon, bibi andersson, charo, martha raye, cicely tyson and mercedes mccambridge in the cast is at least worth a look. Airport 79 cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Airport is a 1970 american air disaster drama film directed and written by george seaton and starring burt lancaster and dean martin.
The last of the airport series again stars george kennedy as aviation disasterprone joe patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the french air force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the alps. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview. Check them out, still pretty good films and few disaster films about planes have been made since to this standard. Airport 79 1979 james higgins 20100604 any movie with alain delon, bibi andersson, charo, martha raye, cicely tyson and mercedes mccambridge in. I watched this movie nonstop along with top gun and the untouchables when i was around 5 or 6. Theres probably a few too many stars to keep our eyes on in this story of a privatelyowned boeing 747 luxury jetliner that gets lost in the bermuda triangle and crashes into the ocean. The story about the midair hijack of a multimillionaires private 747 carrying a collection of priceless works of art. The concorde reaches the french coastline, landing with a damaged hydraulic system and just barely stopping at the last safety net. Based on arthur haileys 1968 novel of the same name, it originated the 1970s disaster film genre. The whole movie these two wander around the concorde while the daughter asks questions and the father, who looks like the love child of bela. We have a cast full of acclaimed names, often in inferior little roles, and a screenplay that. Phim cuoc chien cua cac vi than tap 75 tap 76 tap 77. Its full of stupid characters doing stupid things in order to keep the movie going.
In order to survive a flight headed for the moscow olympics, passengers of the concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane. As the stricken airliner sinks, its passengers and crew are faced with a nightmare fight for survival. To stop her from going public, harrison decides to kill her by bringing down the concorde she is taking from paris and moscow. Airport 79 they are based on the novel airport by arthur hailey.
The concorde and the fourth and final installment of the airport franchise. Airport is a 1970s film series consisting of four airplanethemed disaster films that include airport, airport 1975, airport 77 and the concorde. The concorde, the actual onscreen credit was the same as seen in north america and read, the concorde. Airport is a 1970 american air disasterdrama film directed and written by george seaton and starring burt lancaster and dean martin. Patronis character evolves from a chief mechanic in airport to a. With alain delon, susan blakely, robert wagner, george kennedy. Its full of stupid characters doing stupid things in order to. Mar 23, 2020 the movie has all of the problems that starstudded disaster movies retain but with less famous people. Airport 79 1979 journalist maggie whelan susan blakely discovers that her married boyfriend, kevin harrison robert wagner, heads a company that is involved in illegal arms sales.
It also has a weird structural problem where the movie essentially takes a break and then resets near the end of the film. Oct 18, 2017 this is the best scene to me in airport 79. The concorde plane full movie 1979 action disaster youtube. Susan blakely headlines the starstudded, tensionpacked international drama as a jetsetting tv reporter who puts everyone on board a moscowbound concorde in jeopardy when she becomes the target of her former lover, traitorous arms. Airport 79 stars alain delon, susan blakely, robert wagner, sylvia kristel the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 3 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Aug 03, 1979 airport 79 is a movie that shows you the washington monument, the eiffel tower, the alps, charo, and a big, scarylooking thing with fins. Download airport 77 1977 english subtitle airport 77 1977 full cast movie airport 77 1977 movie online movie airport 77 1977 for free watch airport 77 1977 full streaming movie. My favorite plot point was when the pilot opened the cockpit window at altitude to shoot out a flare with the intent to detract a heat seeking missile and then there was the reporter on board who was speaking into a tape recorder when the oxygen masks were deployedand the idea that. This time out, pilots kennedy, delon, and flight engineer warner save half of hollywood from an attack of electronic missiles, a near runin with a french fighter jet.
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