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Airport 1975
(1974)
"Something hit us... The crew is dead... Help us,
please, please help us!"
Director: Jack Smight, rated PG for scary scenes
  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? The
men-in-charge are Charlton Heston and George Kennedy! As is the case with
many disaster films, there are 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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William
Frye; Universal
Pictures
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