Airport film

Airport is a 1970 film which tells the story of an airport manager trying to keep his fictional Chicago airport open during a snowstorm, whilst a bomber plots to blow up an airplane (a Boeing 707 in this movie). Although it had a complex plot, Airport paved the way for the disaster movie genre and established many of the conventions for that genre. The movie was adapted by George Seaton from the novel of the same name by Arthur Hailey. It was directed by Seaton and Henry Hathaway. It would be th ...

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• Airport film - The Concorde...Airport '79
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The one actor appearing in all four films is George Kennedy in the key role of airline mechanic Joe Patroni, although the sequels seem to have confused his wife's name and how many children he had. (Marie is the wife in the first movie, an absolutely solid marriage indicated, but Helen is his wife in the second movie. Joseph Patroni Jr. is in the second movie. Whoever his wife is, by 1979, she's deceased.) Like its novel namesake, the movie gives some insight to the operations of a modern airport of its day, although the book is, of c ...

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Airport film, Airport film - Cast, Airport film - Awards, Airport film - Further Comment and Plot Outline, Airport 1970, Airport film - Trivia, Airport film - Sequels, Airport film - Airport 1975, Airport film - Airport '77, Airport film - The Concorde...Airport '79, Airport film - Other airplane disaster movies

Read more here: » Airport film: Encyclopedia II - Airport film - Further Comment and Plot Outline, Airport 1970

The one actor appearing in all four films is George Kennedy in the key role of airline mechanic Joe Patroni, although the sequels seem to have confused his wife's name and how many children he had. (Marie is the wife in the first movie, an absolutely solid marriage indicated, but Helen is his wife in the second movie. Joseph Patroni Jr. is in the second movie. Whoever his wife is, by 1979, she's deceased.) Like its novel namesake, the movie gives some insight to the operations of a modern airport of its day, although the book is, of c ...

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Airport film, Airport film - Cast, Airport film - Awards, Airport film - Further Comment and Plot Outline Airport 1970, Airport film - Trivia, Airport film - Sequels

Read more here: » Airport film: Encyclopedia II - Airport film - Further Comment and Plot Outline Airport 1970

The one actor appearing in all four films is George Kennedy in the key role of airline mechanic Joe Patroni, although the sequels seem to have confused his wife's name and how many children he had. (Marie is the wife in the first movie, an absolutely solid marriage indicated, but Helen is his wife in the second movie. Joseph Patroni Jr. is in the second movie. Whoever his wife is, by 1979, she's deceased.) Like its novel namesake, the movie gives some insight to the operations of a modern airport of its day, although the book is, of c ...

See also:

Airport film, Airport film - Cast, Airport film - Awards, Airport film - Further Comment and Plot Outline Airport 1970, Airport film - Trivia, Airport film - Sequels, Airport film - Airport 1975, Airport film - Airport '77, Airport film - The Concorde...Airport '79, Airport film - Other airplane disaster movies

Read more here: » Airport film: Encyclopedia II - Airport film - Further Comment and Plot Outline Airport 1970

Trans Global Airlines has been seen in many other Universal Studios productions, such as the television program Emergency!, when a fictional airline is needed. In this film, flight 2 is a Boeing 707, flying from Chicago to Rome and its registry code is N324F. The real aircraft Boeing 707-349C (msn/ln 19354-503) was delivered to Flying Tiger Line on June 21, 1966. It was leased from Flying Tigers by Universal Studios and after the film (according to an article by Sergio Ortega at airodyssey.net) the real Boeing 707-349C had the followi ...

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Airport film, Airport film - Cast, Airport film - Awards, Airport film - Further Comment and Plot Outline Airport 1970, Airport film - Trivia, Airport film - Sequels

Read more here: » Airport film: Encyclopedia II - Airport film - Trivia

Trans Global Airlines has been seen in many other Universal Studios productions, such as the television program Emergency!, when a fictional airline is needed. In this film, flight 2 is a Boeing 707, flying from Chicago to Rome and its registry code is N324F. The real aircraft Boeing 707-349C (msn/ln 19354-503) was delivered to Flying Tiger Line on June 21, 1966. It was leased from Flying Tigers by Universal Studios and after the film (according to an article by Sergio Ortega at airodyssey.net) the real Boeing 707-349C had the followi ...

See also:

Airport film, Airport film - Cast, Airport film - Awards, Airport film - Further Comment and Plot Outline Airport 1970, Airport film - Trivia, Airport film - Sequels, Airport film - Airport 1975, Airport film - Airport '77, Airport film - The Concorde...Airport '79, Airport film - Other airplane disaster movies

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