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Airport is a 1970 film based on the 1968 Arthur Hailey novel of the same name. This film, which earned over $100,000,000 at the box office, centers around an airport manager trying to keep his airport open during a snowstorm, while a suicidal bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 in flight.

Airport paved the way for the disaster film genre and established many of the conventions for that genre.

The movie was written for the screen and directed by George Seaton. Seaton was assisted by Henry Hathaway, and Ernest Laszlo photographed it in 70 mm Todd-AO. It was the last film scored by Alfred Newman before his death.

The story takes place at the fictional Chicago-area Lincoln International Airport. The majority of the filming was done at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. Only one Boeing 707 was used in the filming: N324F, a 707-349C, was leased from Flying Tiger Line by Universal Studios and sported an El Al cheatline over its bare metal finish, with the fictional Trans Global Airlines (TGA) titles and tail.

 

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Cast from the first Airport movie

Burt Lancaster as Mel Bakersfeld, airport manager
Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, check-ride pilot on Trans Global Flight Two
Jean Seberg as Tanya Livingston, public relations agent for Trans Global Airlines
Jacqueline Bisset as Gwen Meighen, chief stewardess on Flight Two
George Kennedy as Joe Patroni, chief mechanic for TWA
Helen Hayes as Mrs. Quonsett, stowaway
Van Heflin as D. O. Guerrero, former contractor, in bankruptcy
Maureen Stapleton as Mrs. Inez Guerrero
Barry Nelson as pilot Anson Harris, Captain on Flight Two
Dana Wynter as Cindy Bakersfeld, wife of Mel Bakersfeld
Lloyd Nolan as Standish, the head of Customs at Lincoln Int'l Airport
Barbara Hale as Sarah Demarest (sister of Mel Bakersfeld, wife of Vernon Demarest)
Gary Collins as Cy Jordan, the second officer/flight engineer of Flight Two
Ena Hartman as Ruth, tourist class stewardess
Patty Poulsen as Joan, tourist class stewardess
Marion Ross as Passenger

The success of Airport spawned three sequels, of which the first two were box office hits.

Airport 1975
Airport '77
The Concorde: Airport '79

Airport 1975 is a 1974 disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 hit Airport. Unlike the original film, Airport 1975 was a bona fide "blockbuster" disaster film, with an "all-star" cast and extensive promotional campaign. Though derided by the critics upon its release, Airport 1975 was ultimately a success. With a budget of US$3 million, the film made over US$47 million at the box office.

Cast
Charlton Heston as Alan Murdock
Karen Black as Nancy Pryor
George Kennedy as Joe Patroni
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Captain Stacy
Susan Clark as Mrs. Patroni
Gloria Swanson as Gloria Swanson
Martha Scott as Sister Beatrice
Helen Reddy as Sister Ruth
Guy Stockwell as Col. Moss
Jerry Stiller as Sam
Roy Thinnes as First Officer Urias
Erik Estrada as Flight Engineer Julio
Dana Andrews as Scott Freeman
Sid Caesar as Barney
Linda Blair as Janice Abbott
Nancy Olson as Mrs. Abbott
Kip Niven as Lt. Thatcher
Ed Nelson as Maj. Alexander
Beverly Garland as Mrs. Freeman
Myrna Loy as Mrs. Devaney
Linda Harrison as Winnie (credited as Augusta Summerland)
Christopher Norris as Stewardess Bette

Airport '77 is a 1977 disaster film and second sequel in the Airport franchise. The film is generally considered the best of the sequels due to the quality of the writing and acting, even if the technical feasibility of the ditching and subsequent submersion of a fully pressurised 747 might be questioned. The film starred a number of veteran actors, including Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, and Olivia de Havilland. Like its predecessors, Airport '77 was a box office hit earning US$30 million but marked the series' progression into increasingly unlikely plots.

Cast of Airport 77
Jack Lemmon as Capt. Don Gallagher
Lee Grant as Karen Wallace
Brenda Vaccaro as Eve Clayton
Joseph Cotten as Nicholas St. Downs, III
Olivia de Havilland as Emily Livingston
James Stewart as Philip Stevens
Darren McGavin as Stan Buchek
Christopher Lee as Martin Wallace
Robert Foxworth as Chambers
George Kennedy as Joe Patroni
Kathleen Quinlan as Julie
Monte Markham as Banker
Gil Gerard as Frank Powers
James Booth as Ralph Crawford
Monica Lewis as Anne
Pamela Bellwood as Lisa Stevens
Arlene Golonka as Mrs. Stern
M. Emmet Walsh as Dr. Williams

The Concorde ... Airport '79 is a 1979 American disaster film (in the UK, it was released a year later as Airport '80: The Concorde). The film was the fourth and final installment of the Airport series. Panned by critics, the film made only US$13 million  at the box office.

Alain Delon as Capt. Paul Metrand
Susan Blakely as Maggie Whelan
Robert Wagner as Kevin Harrison
Sylvia Kristel as Isabelle
George Kennedy as Capt. Joe Patroni
Eddie Albert as Eli Sands
Bibi Andersson as Francine
Charo as Margarita
John Davidson as Robert Palmer
Andrea Marcovicci as Alicia Rogov
Martha Raye as Loretta
Cicely Tyson as Elaine
Jimmie Walker as Boise
David Warner as Peter O'Neill
Mercedes McCambridge as Nelli
Monica Lewis as Gretchen
Stacy Heather Tolkin as Irina