Airport '77

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Airport '77

PG

Released Mar 11, 1977

1h 53m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

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The story about the mid-air 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

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.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 2, 2018

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

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…

Rated: B-

Oct 1, 2025

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

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

Rated: 3/4

Feb 2, 2023

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Ruth Batchelor

Los Angeles Free Press

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?

Oct 23, 2019

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Bernard Drew

Gannett News Service

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.

Jul 10, 2019

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

[UPDATED 2025 REVIEW] Airport '77 sounds like it would be the dopiest of them all, but it's actually not bad, thanks to a surprisingly strong cast and a tendency to avoid any camp.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 9, 2016

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Mark B

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.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/10/25

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Mitch C

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.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/02/25

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thiago s

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.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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Steve D

Who blackmailed the cast into this and how?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/24

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

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)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Synopsis

The story about the mid-air 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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