Airport
First screened in July 2004 / Most recently screened in July 2013
Director: George Seaton. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Seberg, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Dana Wynter, Barry Nelson, Barbara Hale, Lloyd Nolan. Screenplay: George Seaton (based on the novel by Arthur Hailey).

Twitter Capsule: Lighting, scenario, acting, and visuals feel 20 years out of date. Significant that a key motif is a wheel stuck in a rut.

VOR:   I guess you have to extend it a certain cachet of influence, given how many movies mimicked its recipe. But Airport itself is a mimic, and in no other way a movie to study.



Photo © 1970 Universal Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C–


Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress: Helen Hayes
Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton
Best Adapted Screenplay: George Seaton
Best Cinematography: Ernest Laszlo
Best Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Preston Ames
Best Costume Design: Edith Head
Best Film Editing: Stuart Gilmore
Best Original Score: Alfred Newman
Best Sound

Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture (Drama)
Best Supporting Actress (tie): Maureen Stapleton
Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy
Best Original Score: Alfred Newman

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