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“Airport 1975” is good, exciting, corny escapism and the kind of movie you would not want to watch as an in-flight film. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Action. 106 minutes PG 1974.
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor (Karen Black) is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend...
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Airport 1975 is good, exciting, corny escapism and the kind of movie you would not want to watch as an in-flight film. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004. Rich Cline Shadows...
[16] Airport 1975 currently holds a 30% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 20 reviews. [ 17 ] Airport 1975 was included in the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time published in 1978.
All-star sequel to the classic disaster movie Airport. Hilariously campy, ridiculous, and silly, but also undeniably fun. This one's the primary basis for the spoof movie, "Airplane!". The leads this time are Charlton Heston and Karen Black. But the real star of any Airport movie is George Kennedy as Joe Patroni. He gets all the best lines.
Airport 1975 is good, exciting, corny escapism and the kind of movie you would not want to watch as an in-flight film. Read More By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
Airport 1975: Directed by Jack Smight. With Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
