Airport (1970)

Regisseur:

George Seaton

Drehbuchautoren:

Arthur Hailey (novel) and
George Seaton (written by)

Premierendatum:

5. März 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

The #1 novel of the year - now a motion picture!

Plot:

Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.

Plot Keywords:

Airport Personnel | Terminal | Transcontinental Flight | Stoleaway | Desperation

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 17 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Where's This Going? Oh.

Besetzung

Burt Lancaster	...	Mel Bakersfeld
Dean Martin	...	Capt. Vernon Demerest
Jean Seberg	...	Tanya Livingston
Jacqueline Bisset	...	Gwen Meighen
George Kennedy	...	Joe Patroni
Helen Hayes	...	Ada Quonsett
Van Heflin	...	D. O. Guerrero
Maureen Stapleton	...	Inez Guerrero
Barry Nelson	...	Capt. Anson Harris
Dana Wynter	...	Cindy Bakersfeld
Lloyd Nolan	...	Harry Standish
Barbara Hale	...	Sarah Bakersfeld Demerest
Gary Collins	...	Cy Jordan
John Findlater	...	Peter Coakley
Jessie Royce Landis	...	Mrs. Harriet DuBarry Mossman

Alternativ:

Airport (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

137 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Italienisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm optical prints)

Altersfreigabe:

Singapore:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | France:U | West Germany:16 (f) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-8 | Iceland:L | Norway:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:G

Drehorte:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Firma:

Universal Pictures

Dies und das:

Expanded from a Canadian TV production Arthur Hailey wrote called Flight Into Danger (1956) (TV), whose cast included Canadian actor and future "Star Trek" (1966) engineer James Doohan.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: In older releases, when the plane is shown flying out of and over the cloud cover, wires can be seen holding the aircraft up. The wires are not visible in the DVD version, except the first time the plane is shown flying up out of the cloud cover, when you can see the wires holding up the plane.

Dialogzitate:

Joe Patroni: Well, let's put it *this* way- You promised me a box of cigars if I pull this off, right?
Mel Bakersfeld: Yeh-uh
Joe Patroni: Well, whataya standin' *there* for? Go GET 'em!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Family Guy: Airport '07 (#5.12)" (2007)

Where's This Going? Oh.

You'll spend the first quarter of this film wondering where it's going. Once you find out, "Airport" is an entertaining effort. An ensemble cast including Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster and George Kennedy lead the way on a snowy winter night at a midwestern airport. Not only is one of their planes stuck in deep snow, blocking a valuable runway, but a separate flight has been forced to turn around and make an emergency landing after a botched bombing.

Two things hurt "Airport" the most. The first is its drawn out "get to know the characters" opening. It starts out like a family drama, and it's more than 35 minutes -- far too long -- before we learn what it truly wants to be. Secondly, the film sporadically attempts humor. With the rest of the running time so serious -- dealing with terror, suspense, adultery and the like -- such lightheartedness comes off as plain awkward. Besides that, the acting is a little stiff, but its overall harm to the picture is minimal.

See "Airport" on a rainy day. Just be prepared to invest a lot of time before things really pick up. It's rated G, so don't worry about the kiddies walking in.