Airport '77

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Airport '77

PG

1977

1h 53m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

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The story about the midair hijack of a multi-millionaire's private 747 carrying a collection of priceless works of art. The terrified pilot is forced by the hijackers to fly low to avoid radar detection and, as a result, the plane hits an oil rig and crashes into the sea. As the stricken airliner sinks, its passengers and crew are faced with a nightmare fight for survival.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

07/02/2018

2/4

I mean, whadaya gonna say? It's not Wertmuller? You've got to take these things on their own level, and they've finally made one 30 feet under.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Oct 15

3.5/5

With no reason to feel shame at not being serious, this represents the best balance of the "Airport" series’ penchants for soap and spectacle. Director Jerry Jameson effectively orchestrates the pacing and it's quite fun to watch Jack Lemmon, Action Hero.

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Oct 1

B-

Grant provides comic relief this time as the bitter and selfish wife of professional diver Christopher Lee. In one scene Vaccaro gets to knock Grant’s lights out…

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

02/02/2023

3/4

...a first-class 1970s disaster picture.

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Ruth Batchelor

Los Angeles Free Press

10/23/2019

One thing you can find out from this disaster is that if you're ever in a plane that crashes under water, you could come out alive. And that's something, isn't it?

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Bernard Drew

Gannett News Service

07/10/2019

I don't know why anybody flies anymore, what with Airport, Airport 75, and now Airport 77 informing us, with unvarying formularized precision that unless we're big movie stars, we may never get to our destinations.

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Mark B

May 10

2.5 is bad they seem to have a higher budget, from past Airport movies. less melodrama moving towards the 80s. Ridiculous premise not realistic but somewhat charming.

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Mitch C

May 2

The least cheesiest of the franchise. A who's who of a compelling combo of Academy Award winners (James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, George Kennedy) and great character actors from film and the small screen. Not great, but not boring. Worth a viewing.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Mar 9

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, o filme é quase igual ao 2, mas tem algumas poucas coisas que é interessante, de resto o elenco é ruim, as cenas são mais ou menos e a história é meio desinteressante.

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Steve D

01/26/2024

Who blackmailed the cast into this and how?

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06/02/2020

Not a perfect movie, but better than most disaster flicks. Solid acting and a reasonable plot, if you ignore the ridiculous sequence of the actual crash. Certainly better than that Pierce Brosnan volcano movie.

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01/11/2019

Still carries the disastrous chronicles' impressive scale with an interesting circumstance that generates medical drama and thrills while the characterization is more decent than the previous bunch but the focus is rather unbalanced amid the overdone reaping, despite being close to the original flow. (B) (Full review TBD)

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Synopsis

The story about the midair hijack of a multi-millionaire's private 747 carrying a collection of priceless works of art. The terrified pilot is forced by the hijackers to fly low to avoid radar detection and, as a result, the plane hits an oil rig and crashes into the sea. As the stricken airliner sinks, its passengers and crew are faced with a nightmare fight for survival.

Director: Jerry Jameson
Producer: William Frye
Screenwriter: Michael Scheff, David Spector
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 11, 1977, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 13, 2015
Runtime: 1h 53m

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