Airport (1970 film)

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Airport (1970 film) is an American disaster-drama movie that follows the escalating crises at a snowbound Midwestern airport, helping launch the 1970s disaster film genre and inspiring several sequels.

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
disaster film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardNominations 10 ⓘ
author Arthur Hailey ⓘ
basedOn Airport (novel) ⓘ
boxOfficeSuccess yes ⓘ
cinematographyBy Ernest Laszlo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George Seaton ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Stuart Gilmore ⓘ
follows escalating crises at a snowbound Midwestern airport ⓘ
genre disaster ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasSequel Airport ’77 ⓘ
surface form: Airport '77

Airport 1975 ⓘ
The Concorde ... Airport '79 ⓘ
influenced 1970s disaster film genre ⓘ
inspiredBy rise of 1970s disaster film cycle ⓘ
mainCharacter Mel Bakersfeld ⓘ
Vernon Demerest ⓘ
musicBy Alfred Newman ⓘ
narrativeFocus airline operations during a blizzard ⓘ
bomb threat aboard a transatlantic flight ⓘ
notableFor commercial success ⓘ
ensemble cast ⓘ
helping launch the 1970s disaster film genre ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Burt Lancaster ⓘ
Dean Martin ⓘ
producer Ross Hunter ⓘ
productionCompany Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear 1970 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 137 ⓘ
screenwriter George Seaton ⓘ
setting snowbound Midwestern airport ⓘ
stars Burt Lancaster ⓘ
Dean Martin ⓘ
George Kennedy ⓘ
Helen Hayes ⓘ
Jacqueline Bisset ⓘ
Jean Seberg ⓘ
Maureen Stapleton ⓘ
Van Heflin ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted contemporary to late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ
wonAward Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
wonFor Airport (1970 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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