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Airport 1975
(1974),
Director: Jack Smight, rated PG for scary scenes
"Something hit us... The crew is dead... Help us,
please, please help us!"
  Starring: Charlton
Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Efrem
Zimbalist Jr., Sid Caesar, Linda Blair, Dana
Andrews, Myrna Loy
DML Rating:
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
- above average
"No, not much...there's
just a hole where the pilots usually sit." -
Joe Patroni, when asked to
visually assess the airplane's damage
Why watch this? Chuck Heston
simply adds legitimacy that makes these disaster movies
believable.
Plot Summary:
A Boeing 747 suffers a mid-air collision, incapacitating the
cockpit crew. A flight attendant must take control of the
aircraft, guided by a pilot on the ground. There, however, is no
way to land the plane, unless they can somehow get a pilot
through the cockpit's gaping hole.
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Dad's Preview:
This is the best of the "Airport" films. Why? They put Charlton
Heston and George Kennedy on the mission! As is the case with
disaster films, there are usually two sub-plots at play: the
fixing of the problem, and the interactions of the innocent
folks involved in something they would rather bypass. The latter can get a little silly. This film,
however, genuinely feels more realistic. There are also some thrilling sequences
that will keep you on the edge of
your seat. |
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Universal
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