The third film in the airport series finds a jet full of people 50 feet below sea level in the bermuda triangle. As a third film usually is one of the worst films in the series, this is not the case with airport 77 is a good film filled with suspense, thrills and has you hooked from start to finish. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Vintage airline boeing 747 from airport 77 movie prop. Sep 30, 2016 the jennings lang production of airport 77 1977 music composed by john cacavas. It is the third in the highly successful airport series. Universal studios hollywood airport 77 screen test theatre 1978 198. Released march 20th, 2006, airport 77 stars jack lemmon, lee grant, george kennedy, brenda vaccaro the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 53 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Note that universal currently makes airport 77 available only as part of the four film airport terminal pack. In honor of its 40th anniversary, were looking back at the airport franchise this week, one film at a time. The first half of the film is a bit on the corny side especially the subsoap opera romance between jack lemmon and brenda vaccaro but the story rolls along smoothly and the engaging cast keeps it entertaining, especially a scenestealing lee grant as the planes resident venomous alcoholic. Watch airport 77 starring jack lemmon in this drama on directv.
Airport 77 trailer directed by jerry jameson and starring jack lemmon, joseph cotten, james stewart, george kennedy, darren mcgavin. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in airport 77 1977. Airport 77 where to watch streaming and online flicks. The rescue is well staged, and if they did try to bring up a sunken jumbo jet from the sea bed i guess thats how theyd do it, but in this series, the worse they are the better, so airport 77 isnt really bad enough. In most ways the film succeeds and can be considered an admirable sequel as the silly humor from the first two is taken out and the audience gets left with a high. James stewart is the philanthropic owner of the doomed plane and jack lemmon is the. Flight 23 has crashed in the bermuda triangle while taking. I was told that it was used for early promotion for the movie airport 77.
But the film ends with the ritual and almost gleeful destruction of the jet and its excesses. Art thieves hijack a private jet, hit fog and wind up trapped 100 feet under water. The photography of airport 77 american cinematographer. Airport 79 1977 starring jack lemmon and lee grant on dvd and bluray. Oxygen and credibility grows short, and jimmy stewart plays an art collector targeted for a heist. Airport 77 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Airport 77 is a 1977 disaster film about a boeing 747 in flight is hickjacked, and is blown off course, to the bermuda triangle directed by jerry jameson. Add a few desperate hijackers for good measure and youve got the makings of one of the most harrowing adventure stories ever put on film. Find out if alternate versions exist for airport 77, 1977, directed by jerry j jameson, with jack lemmon, lee grant, brenda vaccaro. Today, airport 77 which is basically the poseidon adventure on a plane. Airport 79 on the first flight of tycoon phillip stevens luxury 747, art thieves mount a hijacking to steal the paintings being transported on the plane. Villa vizcaya, 3251 south miami avenue, coconut grove, south miami, florida surely the sight alone of joe patroni george kennedy would send the crew, never mind the passengers, into a panic. When it moved to the newly opened amphitheater in 1971, stage 70 was built in its place, and was used to demonstrate some of the techniques used in tv shows such as adam 12.
So airport 77 isnt merely a remake of the first two airport pictures, but also of the poseidon adventure. The area used for the screen test theatre was originally the home of the stunt show. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. A customized 747, owned by a wealthy industrialist, played by stewart, is hijacked and crashes in the atlantic ocean. A few more bucks and they could have thrown in run silent, run deep. With an excellent cast and a theoretically interesting scenario, the film could have been the best of the series. Airport 77 charlton heston either busy elsewhere or exhausted from earthquakes, world war ii and previous aerial disasters, jack lemmon assumed the noah lead in airport 77. Airport 77 is a 1977 suspense film about a luxury airplane that crashes into the atlantic after it is hijacked.
Airport 77 invites a certain amount of fantasizing about the luxury of this experimental plane as it pours over the details of its lavishly appointed lounge and bar. During preproduction consultation with boeing aircraft, airport 77 s producer, william frye, learned that an actual jet built to the specifications of the film s jet would cost in the neighborhood of 45 million dollars, 30 million for the basic craft, with an additional 15 million for private detailing. Universals megabudget disaster series rolled on with this wet and wild third installment. William frye, learned that an actual jet built to the specifications of the film s jet would cost in the neighborhood of 45 million dollars, 30 million for the basic craft, with an additional 15 million for private detailing. Airport 77 starring jack lemmon as captain don galagher. This time around, a stateoftheart luxury airliner its got pong. This also includes the original airport plus sequels airport 1975 and the concorde airport 79. Although airport 1975 did well at the box office it was critically maligned and producer jennings lang wanted to come up with some way to keep the theme fresh and inventive. Airport 77 has the best pitch of the series, though it never quite makes enough of it. The story about the midair hijack of a multimillionaires private 747 carrying a collection of priceless works of art. Stretching the airport concept as far as it will go, this third film in the series sticks a jet full of old actors 50 feet underwater in the bermuda triangle. Jack lemmon and james stewart star in this deepsea disaster movie about a 747 trapped underwater in the bermuda triangle, the second sequel in the 70s airport franchise. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing airport 77 near you. Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases.
Load it with a cargo of priceless art treasures and send it flying over the hazardous bermuda triangle. Theres probably a few too many stars to keep our eyes on in this story of a privatelyowned boeing 747 luxury jetliner that gets lost in the bermuda triangle and crashes into the ocean. Airport 77 features a wide array of hollywood stars, including jimmy stewart, jack lemmon, olivia dehavilland, christopher lee, joseph cotten, and lee grant. Airport 77 is a 1977 american air disaster film, and the third installment of the airport film series. Airport 77 is a 1977 american air disaster film and the third installment of the airport franchise. On the first flight of tycoon phillip stevens luxury 747, art thieves mount a hijacking to steal the paintings being transported on the plane. The gentleman who sold it to the shop used to work for the film company and had retired. Jan 09, 2012 airport 77 trailer directed by jerry jameson and starring jack lemmon, joseph cotten, james stewart, george kennedy, darren mcgavin. The jennings lang production of airport 77 1977 music composed by john cacavas. The film stars charlton heston, karen black and george kennedy, as well as gloria swanson in her final screen appearance.
Airport 77 pg action, thriller, adventure movie 1977 a luxury 747 is hijacked over the atlantic ocean and sinks into the bermuda triangle can the desperate passengers remain alive while a daring underw. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Surely the sight alone of joe patroni george kennedy would send the crew, never mind the passengers, into a panic. The order was a rush, so space models took on and did it according to universal pictures specfications, no livery airline logo, as it was a private 747, with a red stripe over windows. Airport 1975 was directed by jack smight, produced by william frye and jennings lang and has a screenplay by don ingalls. Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water. The first half of the film is a bit on the corny side especially the subsoap opera romance between jack lemmon and brenda vaccaro but the story rolls along smoothly and the engaging cast keeps it entertaining, especially a scenestealing lee grant as the. Here we go againits time for a 747 to meet disaster once more with a host of colorful characters to worry about as they go downand this time they go down 50 feet into the ocean. Jimmy stewart, jack lemmon, and george kennedy lead a cast of stars in airport 77. Apr 01, 2018 although airport 1975 did well at the box office it was critically maligned and producer jennings lang wanted to come up with some way to keep the theme fresh and inventive. However, they fail and crash the jumbo jet into the bermuda triangle leading to the passengers being trapped underwater. A cast of hollywood stalwarts gamely bounce about on a jet set mounted on cantilevers in the universal studio, hollywood. A tedious and dull disaster movie, airport 77 didnt live up to its potential.
Screenplay by david spector, michael scheff, charles kuenstle. Its good fun from start to finish, but its never anything special. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Video archive for the film airport 77, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 1977. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. Take a luxurious, privatelyowned 747 jumbo jet full of vips.
Unfortunately, it bores us to death with its endless focus on logistics. Airport 1975 also known as airport 75 is a 1974 american air disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 film airport. Airport 77 2006 stream and watch online the story about the midair hijack of a multimillionaires private 747 carrying a collection of priceless works of art. To add variety to the midair crisis plot, the plane in airport 77 plummets to the bottom of the ocean remember when the bermuda triangle was fashionable. The third entry in the muchlampooned airport series is neither the best nor the worst. Airport 77 1977 pg 114 min action, drama, thriller. But when hijackers take off the plane and knock everyone out with sleeping gas the plane crashes in the sea. A luxury 747 passenger plane carrying artwork by wealthy businessman philip stephens james stewart and over 100 passengers, is hijacked by a gang of thieves. But this landmark series is now almost totally forgotten, long eclipsed by the film that so brilliantly spoofed the genre tropes it helped define.
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