Airport
Directed by George SeatonA bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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Airport Ratings & Reviews
- Mister ArnFebruary 17, 2025This disaster film didn't age well, and the only reason I can think to watch it now is to give some context to "Airplane!"
- JBJNBOctober 19, 2025The attraction of this film for me, and I will agree it's not for everyone, is that it is a window on the US civil aviation industry at the beginning of the 70s. I enjoyed seeing the interior of a 707 again (a couple of name checks for Boeing which must have irritated the Douglas Corporation). I enjoyed the reminder of how clunky the overhead units were and the very small luggage rails with nothing to stop bags falling off. Then the reminder of how inflight entertainment used to be provided by plastic stephascopes 😀 steel cutlery and glassware in economy The acting is generally stiff and a bit anguished a lot of the time. Arthur Halley's stories are best read I think, not dramatized, at least not back in the early 70s. I enjoyed the film but most people born >2000 won't get its attractions.
- AdminOctober 3, 2025Overall just an entertaining movie. Interesting to see interactions in relationships.
- RobotDevilm8June 30, 2025zzz. boring.
- .LAGJune 29, 2025For an entry in the action/thriller category, the pacing here is painfully slow. Filled with a star-studded cast, there is far too much back-story, and not enough cinematic foreshadowing of the impending doom. I understand this story is based on a best-selling novel at the time (1970), and that I'm evaluating this with 2025 sensibilities and attention-span, but the build-up to the big reveal of the threat here is yawn-inducing. Perhaps if Hitchcock had directed this, we may have gotten more drama and a more satisfying simmering of psychological excitement, but--to me--this mooophie commits the ultimate sin: it's boring.
- Dan S TurpinJanuary 15, 2025Ugh. THIS Shit was old-fashioned and cliched in 1970 and has not aged well. It might have worked had the action been more frequent, the tension unbearable, but it's not and here we are. Dean Martin and Burt Lancaster both called it, "Junk" and "The worst one of my career." STILL was a massive hit at the box office and a ratings smash when it aired for the first time in 1973.
Airport Trivia
Airport was released on March 5, 1970.
Airport was directed by George Seaton.
Airport has a runtime of 2 hr 17 min.
Airport was produced by Ross Hunter.
The key characters in Airport are Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster), Cindy Bakersfeld (Dana Wynter), Vernon Demerest (Dean Martin).
Airport is rated G.
Airport is an Action, Drama, Thriller film.
Airport has an audience rating of 5.4 out of 10.