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{{short description|1977 disaster film directed by Jerry Jameson}}
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{{Infobox film
name = Airport '77 |
| name = Airport '77
image = Airport_77_movie_poster.jpg |
| image = Airport_77_movie_poster.jpg
caption = Theatrical release poster |
| caption = Theatrical release poster
producer = ]<br>William Frye |
| producer = {{plainlist|
director = ] |
* ]
writer = '''Story:'''<br>H.A.L. Craig<br>Charles Kuenstle<br>'''Screenplay:'''<br>Michael Scheff<br>David Spector<br>'''Inspired by the film ]''', based on the novel by ]|
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starring = ]<br>]<br>]|
| director = ]
music = ] (score)<br>] |
| story = {{plainlist|
cinematography = ]<br>Rexford Metz |
* H. A. L. Craig
editing = ]<br>J. Terry Williams |
* ]
distributor = ] |
}}
released = March 11, 1977 |
| screenplay = {{plainlist|
runtime = 113 min. |
* Michael Scheff
country = United States |
* David Spector
language = English |
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budget = $6 million |
| based_on = '']'', based on the novel by ]
gross = $30,000,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0AP77.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=Airport '77, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 29, 2012}}</ref> |
| starring = {{plainlist|
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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| music = ]
| cinematography = {{plainlist|
* ]
* Rexford Metz
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| editing = {{plainlist|
* ]
* ]
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| color_process = ]
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = ]
| released = {{Film date|1977|03|11}}
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $6 million
| gross = $91.1 million
}} }}


'''''Airport '77''''' is a 1977 ] and second sequel in the '']'' franchise. The film stars a number of veteran actors, including ], ], ], ] and ]. Like its predecessors, ''Airport '77'' was a box office hit earning $30 million,<ref></ref> making the film the ]. It was nominated for two ]s and was directed by ]. '''''Airport '77''''' is a 1977 American ] film, the third installment of the ] film series. The film stars an ] of veteran actors including ], ], ], ], and ] as well as the return of ] from the two previous ''Airport'' films. It is directed by ], produced by ], executive produced by ] with a screenplay by Michael Scheff and David Spector.<ref name="Airport '77">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/21845/Airport-77/|title=Airport '77|work=]|access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref>


The plot concerns a private ] packed with ] and priceless art that is hijacked before crashing into the ocean in the ], forcing the survivors into a desperate struggle for survival.<ref>{{IMDb title|0075648}}</ref><ref>Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide {{ISBN|9780451468499}}</ref>
==Plot==
A privately owned luxury ], Stevens' Flight 23 (call sign two-three Sierra) complete with piano bar, office, and bedroom, is used to ferry invited guests to an estate owned by wealthy ] Philip Stevens (]). Valuable artwork from Stevens's private collection is also on board the jetliner, to be eventually displayed in his new museum. Such a collection motivates a group of thieves led by co-pilot Bob Chambers (]) to ] in the hopes of landing it on an abandoned airfield on ].


Despite mixed critical reviews, ''Airport '77'' was a box-office hit, grossing $91.1 million worldwide. It was nominated for two ].
Once Captain Don Gallagher (]) leaves the cockpit and is knocked unconscious, the hijackers' plans go into motion. A ] is released into the cabin and the passengers lose consciousness. Knocking out the flight engineer, Chambers puts the plan in motion, and Stevens' Flight 23 "disappears" into the ]. Descending to virtual wave-top altitude, Flight 23 heads into a fog bank, reducing visibility to less than a mile. Minutes later, a large offshore drilling platform emerges from the haze, Flight 23 heading straight for it at close to 600 knots.


==Plot==
]
Wealthy ] Philip Stevens is having invited guests flown in his luxurious privately-owned ]-100, Stevens Flight 23, to his ] estate. Aboard are his estranged adult daughter and her young son, whom he hopes to reconnect with, as he is secretly dying. Priceless artwork from Stevens's private collection destined for his new museum is also on the jetliner. The collection has motivated a group of thieves led by co-pilot Bob Chambers to ].
Chambers pulls back on the yoke in a banking left turn but the engine number 4 clips the derrick, causing the engine to catch fire. Chambers immediately hits the fire extinguishing button and flames are momentarily extinguished. However, because the aircraft is at such a low altitude, the sudden loss of airspeed threatens to stall the airplane. As the engine reignites, Chambers is forced to use another fire-suppression bottle. But by this time, the aircraft stall alarm goes off and the aircraft's tail hits the water. All the passengers wake up, and most start to scream and panic. Chambers is able to pull up, but soon the plane's right wing hits the water again, and the plane lifts into the air for another moment, then hitting the water again. Because of the impact being so hard, the plane becomes grounded in the ocean. Eventually, the plane begins to slip beneath the waves.


Mid-flight, Captain Don Gallagher is lured from the cockpit and rendered unconscious. A ] secretly installed pre-flight is released into the cabin, knocking out unprotected crew and passengers. Chambers, flying to a small deserted island to offload the art treasures, drops the plane below radar range causing Stevens Flight 23 to "disappear" in the ]. Descending to virtually wave-top altitude, Flight 23 heads into a fog bank, reducing visibility. Minutes later, a large ] emerges from the haze, and Flight 23 is headed straight for it.
The ocean bottom is fortunately above the crush-depth of the fuselage. Many of the passengers are injured, some seriously. Two of the would-be thieves are killed in the initial crash. Banker (]) is in the hold securing the art for the transfer when a cargo container causes a breach of the outer skin, crushing and drowning him. The second fatality is Wilson (]), who is killed when he is slammed into the flight panel on impact.


Chambers attempts to avert a collision, but a wing clips the structure's tower, igniting an engine. Chambers extinguishes the fire but a sudden loss of airspeed threatens to stall the airplane. As he struggles to maintain control, the passengers begin waking up to the unfolding disaster. Chambers is unable to maintain his airspeed; the plane stalls and crashes into the water, floating momentarily before quietly slipping below the surface.
Since the aircraft was off course, search and rescue efforts are focused in the wrong area. Involved in these efforts are Phillip Stevens and Joe Patroni (], who appears in all ''Airport'' movies). The only way to signal rescue efforts to the proper region is to get a signal buoy to the surface in a small dinghy. Captain Gallagher and diver Martin Wallace (]) enter the main cargo in the attempt, but an unexpected triggering of the hatch crushes Wallace. Gallagher, out of oxygen provided by the reserve mask, makes it to the surface, and activates the beacon after he climbs into the dinghy. Getting a fix on the new signal, an ] overflies the crash site, confirming the location of Flight 23.


The plane settles in relatively shallow water that is above the plane's crush depth, though water pressure gradually compromises the fuselage. Many passengers are injured, some seriously. Chambers, the only surviving hijacker, reveals the plane is two hundred miles off course, meaning search and rescue efforts will be focused in the wrong area. As a search for the missing plane is launched, veteran aeronautics expert Joe Patroni joins the rescue operation as a technical adviser, joined by Philip Stevens. Meanwhile, the trapped crew can only contact rescuers by getting a signal buoy to the surface. Captain Gallagher and a professional diver and passenger, Martin Wallace, enter the main cargo preparing to swim to the surface using air masks. The hatch door malfunctions, forcing Wallace to open it manually. The sudden onrush of water kills him, but Gallagher is able to make it to the surface and activate the emergency beacon. The signal is detected and a rescue operation is launched. Meanwhile, the plane's fuselage is steadily leaking.
The navy then dispatches a sub-recovery ship, the ] along with the destroyer ] and a flotilla of other vessels. The aircraft is ringed with balloons and once inflated, the aircraft rises from the bottom of the seafloor. Just before the plane breaks surface, one of the balloons breaks loose, prompting the Navy captain to reduce the air pressure of the remaining balloons, thus keeping the plane just beneath the waves. At that moment, one of the doors in the cargo hold bursts open, causing the plane to flood. The cascade of sea water sweeps through the passengers; First Officer Chambers is killed when he is pinned under a sofa. The deluge also sweeps away Wallace's widow (]), who drowns just as the Navy captain orders more air pressure into the balloons, finally raising the plane successfully. Once on the surface, the passengers are evacuated. With the survivors on their way to waiting ships, Captain Gallagher and Stevens' assistant, Eve (]) are the last to evacuate from the aircraft as it slips under the waves for the last time.

The Navy dispatches a sub-recovery ship, the ], and a flotilla of other vessels to the crash site, rescuing Gallagher. Stevens, meanwhile, has joined the ''Cayuga'' via helicopter while Patroni stays on the mainland to study the aircraft's risks of imploding underwater, which he warns Gallagher about over the phone. Guided by Gallagher, Navy divers rig the plane with balloons and inflate them, slowly raising the aircraft, which could split apart. Just before the plane reaches the surface, a balloon breaks loose and pressure is reduced to stabilize the aircraft. A cargo hold door inside the plane bursts open and seawater swamps the cabin; Chambers, pinned under a sofa, drowns. Emily’s injured friend Dorothy dies from her injuries; Wallace's widow Karen and a stewardess drown. With time running out, air pressure is increased, raising the plane to the surface. All survivors are quickly evacuated. Captain Gallagher and Stevens's assistant, Eve (whom Gallagher is in love with), get trapped inside and escape through the upper deck where they are fished out of the ocean by a Navy helicopter. All buoyancy is lost and the 747 slips under the waves for the last time. The survivors are unloaded on a nearby rescue ship. Stevens reunites with his daughter and tearfully hugs his grandson. The helicopter carrying Gallagher and Eve lands aboard the '']'', where they are both met by the grateful survivors.


==Cast== ==Cast==
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* ] ''as'' Capt. Don Gallagher * ] as Capt. Don Gallagher
* ] ''as'' Karen Wallace * ] as Karen Wallace
* ] ''as'' Eve Clayton * ] as Eve Clayton
* ] ''as'' Nicholas St. Downs, III * ] as Nicholas St. Downs III
* ] ''as'' Emily Livingston * ] as Emily Livingston
* ] ''as'' Philip Stevens * ] as Philip Stevens
* ] ''as'' Stan Buchek * ] as Joseph "Joe" Patroni
* ] ''as'' Martin Wallace * ] as Stan Buchek
* ] ''as'' Chambers * ] as Martin Wallace
* ] ''as'' Joe Patroni * ] as Bob Chambers
* ] ''as'' Julie * ] as Eddie
* ] as Banker
* ] ''as'' Steve
* ] ''as'' Banker * ] as Julie
* ] ''as'' Frank Powers * ] as Frank Powers
* ] ''as'' Ralph Crawford * ] as Ralph Crawford
* Monica Lewis ''as'' Anne * ] as Anne
* Maidie Norman ''as'' Dorothy * ] as Dorothy
* ] ''as'' Lisa Stevens * ] as Lisa Stevens
* ] ''as'' Mrs. Stern * ] as Mrs. Jane Stern
* ] as Steve
* ] ''as'' Dr. Williams
* ] as Dr. Harvard Williams
* Anthony Battagila ''as'' Benjy
* ] ''as'' Wilson * ] as Wilson
* ] as Gerald Lucas
* ] as Commander Guay
* ] as Bonnie Stern
* Anthony Battaglia as Benjy Stevens
{{div col end}}


==Awards== ==Production note==
{{Unreferenced section|date=October 2018}}
The film was nominated for two ]s:<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/1310/Airport-77/awards |title=NY Times: Airport '77 |accessdate=2008-12-30|work=NY Times}}</ref>
]
* ] (], ])
Although the disaster portrayed in the film is fictional, rescue operations depicted in the movie are actual rescue operations utilized by the ] in the event of similar emergencies or disasters, as indicated at the end of the film prior to the closing credits.
* ] (] and Burton Miller)


The disaster itself—a hard water landing as shown in the film, and an intact sinking—would not be likely given the hard ], which would have demolished the aircraft.
==Alternate Version==
As was common with ] films at the time like '']'' and '']'', a television version of the film was prepared with a great deal of new footage, in order to air ''Airport '77'' as two separate two-hour installments (with commercials). Unlike those films, which had new material shot with new actors adding unrelated subplots, ''Airport '77'' added an hour of material shot during production with the film's stars. Numerous scenes were added and extended, and flashbacks were shot for most of the characters to show their lives back home, which they contemplated as the plane rested at the bottom of the ocean. The extended version aired on television many times, but has never been released on commercial video/DVD.


For its initial broadcast on ] in September 1978, an additional 70 minutes of outtakes and new footage shot especially for network TV was added.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=]|title='King Kong,' 'Airport '77' Get Footage Added For NBC Airings|date=August 9, 1978|page=1}}</ref>
The added scenes included:


==Reception==
* An introductory scene that showed the hijackers stealing the knockout gas used from a U.S. government facility.
===Critical reception===
* A scene showing Captain Gallagher training on a 747 simulator.
], a ], reports that 40% of 10 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 5.4/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/airport_77/|title=Airport '77 (1977)|work=]|access-date=2023-02-02}}</ref> On ] the film has a ] of 36 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/airport-77|title=Airport '77 (1977) reviews|work=]|publisher=]|access-date= April 4, 2020}}</ref> '']'' wrote, "The story's formula banality is credible most of the time and there's some good actual US Navy search and rescue procedure interjected in the plot."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1976/film/reviews/airport-77-1200424046/|title=Review: 'Airport '77'|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=]|year=1977|access-date=2015-06-07}}</ref> ] of the '']'' rated it 2/4 stars and wrote, "The movie's a big, slick entertainment, relentlessly ridiculous and therefore never boring for long."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/airport-77-1977|title=Airport '77|last=Ebert|first=Roger|work=]|date=1977-03-31|access-date=2015-06-07|publisher=RogerEbert.com}}</ref> '']'' wrote, "''Airport '77'' looks less like the work of a director and writers than like a corporate decision."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/26/archives/airport-77-starring-a-jet-fails-to-maintain-high-level.html|title='Airport '77,' Starring a Jet, Fails to Maintain High Level|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=]|date=1977-03-26|access-date=2015-06-07}}</ref>
* Joe Patroni and his son are shown at the Stevens hangar at Dulles airport earlier in the film.
* Eve reveals that she is pregnant to Gallagher.
* There are more scenes involving Steve (Tom Sullivan) and Julie (Kathleen Quinlan), establishing that a romance is developing between the two.


===Box office===
==Theme Park Attraction==
The film grossed $30 million in the United States and Canada and $61 million internationally for a worldwide total of $91.1 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0AP77.php|website=]|title=Airport '77, Box Office Information|access-date=March 22, 2021}}</ref><ref name=foreign>{{cite magazine |magazine=] |title=Universal's Foreign Champs|date=February 6, 1990 |page=122}}</ref>
From late 1977 until the early 80's the Universal Studios Tour in California featured the "Airport '77" Screen Test Theater as part of the tour. Several sets were recreated and members of the audience were chosen to play various parts. The audience would watch as these scenes were filmed. Key scenes such as the hi-jacking, crash and rescue were recreated and the footage was then incorporated into a brief digest-version of the film and screened for the audience on monitors. Each show's mini-film was made available to audience members to purchase on 8mm and videotape.


==Award nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
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|rowspan=2| ]<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/1310/Airport-77/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422181652/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/1310/Airport-77/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-04-22 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=] |date=2009 |title=Airport '77 Awards|access-date=2008-12-30}}</ref>
| ]
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| ] and ]
| {{nom}}
|}

==Theme park attraction==
From late 1977 until the early 1980s, the ] in California featured the "Airport '77" Screen Test Theater as part of the tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/airport77.php|title=the studiotour.com - Universal Studios Hollywood - Airport 77|website=www.thestudiotour.com|access-date=2019-11-03}}</ref> Several sets were recreated, and members of the audience were chosen to play various parts. The audience would watch as these scenes were filmed. Key scenes such as the hijacking, crash and rescue were recreated, and the footage was then incorporated into a brief digest version of the film and screened for the audience on monitors. Each show's mini-film was made available for audience members to purchase on ] and videotape.


==References== ==References==
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1977 disaster film directed by Jerry Jameson
Airport '77
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJerry Jameson
Screenplay by
  • Michael Scheff
  • David Spector
Story by
Based onAirport, based on the novel by Arthur Hailey
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
Music byJohn Cacavas
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company		Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 11, 1977 (1977-03-11)
Running time113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million
Box office$91.1 million

Airport '77 is a 1977 American air disaster film, the third installment of the Airport film series. The film stars an ensemble cast of veteran actors including Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland, and Brenda Vaccaro as well as the return of George Kennedy from the two previous Airport films. It is directed by Jerry Jameson, produced by William Frye, executive produced by Jennings Lang with a screenplay by Michael Scheff and David Spector.

The plot concerns a private Boeing 747 packed with VIPs and priceless art that is hijacked before crashing into the ocean in the Bermuda Triangle, forcing the survivors into a desperate struggle for survival.

Despite mixed critical reviews, Airport '77 was a box-office hit, grossing $91.1 million worldwide. It was nominated for two Academy Awards.

Plot

Wealthy philanthropist Philip Stevens is having invited guests flown in his luxurious privately-owned Boeing 747-100, Stevens Flight 23, to his Palm Beach, Florida estate. Aboard are his estranged adult daughter and her young son, whom he hopes to reconnect with, as he is secretly dying. Priceless artwork from Stevens's private collection destined for his new museum is also on the jetliner. The collection has motivated a group of thieves led by co-pilot Bob Chambers to hijack the aircraft.

Mid-flight, Captain Don Gallagher is lured from the cockpit and rendered unconscious. A sleeping gas secretly installed pre-flight is released into the cabin, knocking out unprotected crew and passengers. Chambers, flying to a small deserted island to offload the art treasures, drops the plane below radar range causing Stevens Flight 23 to "disappear" in the Bermuda Triangle. Descending to virtually wave-top altitude, Flight 23 heads into a fog bank, reducing visibility. Minutes later, a large offshore drilling platform emerges from the haze, and Flight 23 is headed straight for it.

Chambers attempts to avert a collision, but a wing clips the structure's tower, igniting an engine. Chambers extinguishes the fire but a sudden loss of airspeed threatens to stall the airplane. As he struggles to maintain control, the passengers begin waking up to the unfolding disaster. Chambers is unable to maintain his airspeed; the plane stalls and crashes into the water, floating momentarily before quietly slipping below the surface.

The plane settles in relatively shallow water that is above the plane's crush depth, though water pressure gradually compromises the fuselage. Many passengers are injured, some seriously. Chambers, the only surviving hijacker, reveals the plane is two hundred miles off course, meaning search and rescue efforts will be focused in the wrong area. As a search for the missing plane is launched, veteran aeronautics expert Joe Patroni joins the rescue operation as a technical adviser, joined by Philip Stevens. Meanwhile, the trapped crew can only contact rescuers by getting a signal buoy to the surface. Captain Gallagher and a professional diver and passenger, Martin Wallace, enter the main cargo preparing to swim to the surface using air masks. The hatch door malfunctions, forcing Wallace to open it manually. The sudden onrush of water kills him, but Gallagher is able to make it to the surface and activate the emergency beacon. The signal is detected and a rescue operation is launched. Meanwhile, the plane's fuselage is steadily leaking.

The Navy dispatches a sub-recovery ship, the USS Cayuga, and a flotilla of other vessels to the crash site, rescuing Gallagher. Stevens, meanwhile, has joined the Cayuga via helicopter while Patroni stays on the mainland to study the aircraft's risks of imploding underwater, which he warns Gallagher about over the phone. Guided by Gallagher, Navy divers rig the plane with balloons and inflate them, slowly raising the aircraft, which could split apart. Just before the plane reaches the surface, a balloon breaks loose and pressure is reduced to stabilize the aircraft. A cargo hold door inside the plane bursts open and seawater swamps the cabin; Chambers, pinned under a sofa, drowns. Emily’s injured friend Dorothy dies from her injuries; Wallace's widow Karen and a stewardess drown. With time running out, air pressure is increased, raising the plane to the surface. All survivors are quickly evacuated. Captain Gallagher and Stevens's assistant, Eve (whom Gallagher is in love with), get trapped inside and escape through the upper deck where they are fished out of the ocean by a Navy helicopter. All buoyancy is lost and the 747 slips under the waves for the last time. The survivors are unloaded on a nearby rescue ship. Stevens reunites with his daughter and tearfully hugs his grandson. The helicopter carrying Gallagher and Eve lands aboard the Agerholm, where they are both met by the grateful survivors.

Cast

Production note

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The aircraft used for the film, N9667

Although the disaster portrayed in the film is fictional, rescue operations depicted in the movie are actual rescue operations utilized by the Navy in the event of similar emergencies or disasters, as indicated at the end of the film prior to the closing credits.

The disaster itself—a hard water landing as shown in the film, and an intact sinking—would not be likely given the hard tail strike, which would have demolished the aircraft.

For its initial broadcast on NBC-TV in September 1978, an additional 70 minutes of outtakes and new footage shot especially for network TV was added.

Reception

Critical reception

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 40% of 10 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 5.4/10. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Variety wrote, "The story's formula banality is credible most of the time and there's some good actual US Navy search and rescue procedure interjected in the plot." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated it 2/4 stars and wrote, "The movie's a big, slick entertainment, relentlessly ridiculous and therefore never boring for long." The New York Times wrote, "Airport '77 looks less like the work of a director and writers than like a corporate decision."

Box office

The film grossed $30 million in the United States and Canada and $61 million internationally for a worldwide total of $91.1 million.

Award nominations

Award Category Recipient Result
Academy Awards Best Art Direction George C. Webb and Mickey S. Michaels Nominated
Best Costume Design Edith Head and Burton Miller Nominated

Theme park attraction

From late 1977 until the early 1980s, the Universal Studios Tour in California featured the "Airport '77" Screen Test Theater as part of the tour. Several sets were recreated, and members of the audience were chosen to play various parts. The audience would watch as these scenes were filmed. Key scenes such as the hijacking, crash and rescue were recreated, and the footage was then incorporated into a brief digest version of the film and screened for the audience on monitors. Each show's mini-film was made available for audience members to purchase on 8 mm film and videotape.

References

  1. "Airport '77". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  2. Airport '77 at IMDb
  3. Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide ISBN 9780451468499
  4. "Airport '77 - The Internet Movie Plane Database". www.impdb.org. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  5. "'King Kong,' 'Airport '77' Get Footage Added For NBC Airings". Variety. August 9, 1978. p. 1.
  6. "Airport '77 (1977)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  7. "Airport '77 (1977) reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  8. "Review: 'Airport '77'". Variety. 1977. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  9. Ebert, Roger (1977-03-31). "Airport '77". Chicago Sun-Times. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  10. "'Airport '77,' Starring a Jet, Fails to Maintain High Level". The New York Times. 1977-03-26. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  11. "Airport '77, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  12. "Universal's Foreign Champs". Daily Variety. February 6, 1990. p. 122.
  13. "Airport '77 Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  14. "the studiotour.com - Universal Studios Hollywood - Airport 77". www.thestudiotour.com. Retrieved 2019-11-03.

External links

Arthur Hailey's Airport (1968)
Film series
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Films directed by Jerry Jameson
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