airport 1975

Jennings Lang Written by Don Ingalls (screenplay) Starring Charlton Heston

Karen Black

George Kennedy

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Susan Clark

Gloria Swanson

Martha Scott

Helen Reddy

Linda Blair

Myrna Loy

Erik Estrada

Dana Andrews Music by John Cacavas Cinematography Philip H. Lathrop Editing by J. Terry Williams Distributed by Universal Release date(s) October 18, 1974 Running time 106 min. Language English Budget $ 4,000,000 Preceded by Airport Followed by Airport '77

Airport 1975 is a 1974 disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 hit Airport. The movie is one among many of a class of Disaster films that became a movie-going craze during the 1970s. Its plot devices and characterizations, including a singing nun (Helen Reddy), a former glamorous star (Gloria Swanson as herself), an alcoholic (Myrna Loy), a child in need of an organ transplant (Linda Blair) and a chatterbox (Sid Caesar) were parodied in 1980's Airplane!. The characteristics of Airport 1975 were also used in numerous similar films to come, including the film's sequels Airport '77 and The Concorde...Airport '79.

Though derided by the critics upon its release, Airport 1975 was ultimately a success. With a budget of US$4 million, the film made over US$47 million[1] at the box office. Helen Reddy was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female. The film was included, however, in the popular book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time three years later in 1978. Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Film Facts 3 Cast 4 Sequels 5 Awards 6 References 7 External links //

Plot

Columbia Airlines' Flight 409 is a red-eye Boeing 747-100 en route from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. Scott Freeman is a New Mexican business man with an urgent sales meeting in Boise. Failure to make this meeting threatens half his sales commissions for the coming year. He is en route in his private Beechcraft Baron.

However, an occluded front has the entire West Coast socked in, with Los Angeles reporting zero visibility. That not only affects the Columbia flight but also precludes Freeman making his meeting in Boise, Idaho. Both flights are diverted to Salt Lake City International Airport.

Both the Baron and the Boeing 747 enter Salt Lake's entry pattern. Air traffic control assigns the jumbo to enter the pattern first, followed by the Beechcraft. As Columbia 409 is making its final approach, First Officer Urias feels a vibration on one of the adjacent panels and rises to check it