Airport
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6.5An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
Released: 1970-03-25137 minDir: George SeatonAction, Drama, Thriller
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Mel Bakersfeld
- Dana Wynter as Cindy Bakersfeld
- Dean Martin as Vernon Demerest
- Barbara Hale as Sarah Demerest
- Jean Seberg as Tanya Livingston
- Jacqueline Bisset as Gwen Meighen
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
6.6/10
23,489 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
42/100
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 19 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- George Seaton
- Screenplay by
- George Seaton
- Based on
- Airport , (1968 novel), by Arthur Hailey
- Produced by
- Ross Hunter
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster Dean Martin Jean Seberg Jacqueline Bisset George Kennedy Helen Hayes Van Heflin Maureen Stapleton Barry Nelson Lloyd Nolan Dana Wynter Barbara Hale
- Cinematography
- Ernest Laszlo
- Edited by
- Stuart Gilmore
- Music by
- Alfred Newman
- Production company
- Ross Hunter Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- March 5, 1970 ( 1970-03-05 ) (New York) March 19, 1970 ( 1970-03-19 ) (USA)
- Running time
- 137 minutes
Key dates
- Published
- 1970
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- disaster film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Airport
- Main subject
- aviation accident
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- George Seaton
- Screenwriter
Article
Airport is a 1970 American disaster film written and directed by George Seaton, and distributed by Universal Pictures. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel, it originated the 1970s disaster film genre, and is the first of four films in the Airport film series. It features an ensemble cast of performers, led by Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin, and featuring Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter and Barbara Hale.
The film is about airport manager Mel Bakersfeld (Lancaster) trying to keep his airport open during a snowstorm, while suicide bomber D.O. Guerrero plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight. It takes place at fictional Lincoln International Airport near Chicago (based on O'Hare International Airport). Ernest Laszlo photographed it in 70 mm Todd-AO. It is the last film scored by Alfred Newman and the last film roles of Van Heflin and Jessie Royce Landis. It was also Ross Hunter's last film produced for Universal after a 17-year tenure.