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Columbia Airlines is the name of a fictional airline used in the film. The plane used in the film was an American Airlines Boeing 747, registration number N9675. The aircraft now flies for United Parcel Service under the registration number N675UP. |
Columbia Airlines is the name of a fictional airline used in the film. The plane used in the film was an American Airlines Boeing 747, registration number N9675, which was redressed as the notional "Columbia Airlines" plane. The aircraft now flies for United Parcel Service under the registration number N675UP. |
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Footage of the Boeing 747 featured in "Airport 1975" has been re-used numerous times as stock footage in various other films. |
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Revision as of 07:26, 18 January 2006
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| Directed by | Jack Smight |
| Written by | Don Ingalls (screenplay) |
| Produced by | William Frye Jennings Lang |
| Starring | Charlton Heston Karen Black |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Edited by | J. Terry Williams |
| Music by | John Cacavas |
| Distributed by | Universal |
Release dates | October 18, 1974 |
Running time | 106 min. |
| Language | English |
Airport 1975 is a 1974 disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 hit Airport. Unlike the original film, Airport '75 was a bona fide "blockbuster" disaster film, with an "all-star" cast and extensive promotional campaign. The film is notable for being the prototype for the campy 70s air disaster. Its plot devices and shallow characterizations, including a singing nun (Helen Reddy), a former glamorous star (Gloria Swanson), an alcoholic (Myrna Loy), a child in need of an organ transplant (Linda Blair), and a chatterbox (Sid Caesar) were parodied in 1980's Airplane!. The characteristics of Airport 1975 were also used in numerous similar films to come, including the film's own sequels: Airport '77 and The Concorde: Airport '79.
Though derided by the critics upon its release, Airport 1975 was ultimately a success. With a budget of $3 million, the film made over $23 million at the box office. Helen Reddy was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female. The film was included, however, in the popular book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time three years later in 1978. Notable from a modern perspective is the film's blatant sexism and contrived plot and characters.
Plot
While flying his small private plane, businessman Scott Freeman (Dana Andrews) suffers a fatal heart attack and crashes into the cockpit of commercial Boeing 747 airliner. With the flight crew either dead or dying, stewardess Nancy Pryor (Karen Black) takes control of the plane with the help, over the radio, of air traffic controller Alan Murdock (Charlton Heston). As the time comes for the plane to attempt a landing, the risk of having Murdock board the plane midair is undertaken.
Trivia
Columbia Airlines is the name of a fictional airline used in the film. The plane used in the film was an American Airlines Boeing 747, registration number N9675, which was redressed as the notional "Columbia Airlines" plane. The aircraft now flies for United Parcel Service under the registration number N675UP.
Footage of the Boeing 747 featured in "Airport 1975" has been re-used numerous times as stock footage in various other films.
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Alan Murdock
- Karen Black as Nancy Pryor
- George Kennedy as Joe Patroni
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Pilot Stacy
- Susan Clark as Mrs. Patroni
- Gloria Swanson as Gloria Swanson
- Martha Scott as Sister Beatrice
- Helen Reddy as Sister Ruth
- Guy Stockwell as Col. Moss
- Jerry Stiller as Sam
- Roy Thinnes as Co-Pilot Urias
- Erik Estrada as Navigator Julio
- Dana Andrews as Scott Freeman
- Sid Caesar as Barney
- Linda Blair as Janice Abbott
- Nancy Olson as Mrs. Abbott
- Kip Niven as Lt. Thatcher
- Ed Nelson as Maj. Alexander
- Beverly Garland as Mrs. Freeman
- Myrna Loy as Mrs. Devaney
External links
- Airport 1975 at IMDb