Name: Airport 1975
Released: 1974
Duration: 107 min

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Overview

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.

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tonywd40

Corny as hell but a timeless classic all the same. Some great wooden acting going on here too. Airplane! really didn'#39;t have to try that hard to spoof this already cheesy movie.

Galileo5

I had only seen Airport 77 (the underwater one) and 79 (Concorde) before watching this, but I have seen the parody ‘Airplane’ at least two dozen times. I knew it was a spoof to the Airport series but it really is much closer to this one. The nuns, the sick girl with the guitar, the movie star... they’re all here. The movie is okay. Interesting how times have changed not only in terms of flying but how people talk to each other. Especially the pilots with the flight attendants.

Juliosoft

Charlton Heston is good at movies where he has to be a hero like in this catastrophe

jekyl6669

A fun follow-up. It'#39;s probably my favorite of the series, with the most likeable cast for me. It'#39;s not a thrill-ride, but it'#39;s very entertaining and tense in certain areas.

Idek

Realism is never the forte of disaster movies, so there's no need to pick on. It is with some disbelief, however, the carefree life of passengers on board, comparing them to today's strict regulations. ;'gt;

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John Chard

0/10

There's just a hole where the pilots usually sit! A 747 in flight collides with a small plane and is rendered pilotless. With one of the cabin crew stewardesses forced to take the helm, the control tower must try to get a pilot aboard so the jet can land safely... With the disaster genre of film now in full effect by the mid 70s, it was inevitable that we would see a follow up to the forerunner that was Airport (1970). One again we get a star cast list, this time thrust into mid-air peril where standard genre conventions apply. Unfortunately this is one of the weakest genre entries of the decade, where suspense is hard to find, and in fact it often comes off like unintentional comedy. Draw card actor Charlton Heston is wasted, as is George Kennedy, while the predictability factor of how it will pan out sort of kills hope of a thrilling finale. Not a total stinker, there's some nice aerial sequences, some rich characterisations, and Karen Black as the under duress cabin crew member trying to fly the plane, is at least convincing enough to sell the terror of the situation. But really it's a tough sell, especially when you consider that genre highlight "The Towering Inferno" was released this same year. 5/10