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In the wake of the 45-million-dollar gross of the original Airport (1970), Universal was all but required by an act of Congress to produce Airport '75. Charlton Heston heads the all-star cast as Alan ... read more read more...Murdock, the former test pilot who must keep a disabled 747 from crashing in flames. The crisis begins when a businessman (Dana Andrews), flying his small private plane, suffers a fatal heart attack and the plane smashes into the cockpit of the 747. Following Murdock's radioed instructions, stewardess Nancy Pryor (Karen Black) takes over the controls. The special-guest passenger lineup includes Helen Reddy as a singing nun (a character wickedly satirized in the 1980 parody Airplane!), Myrna Loy as an alcoholic, and Sid Caesar as a garrulous passenger. While Airport '75 yielded only 25 million dollars at the box office, the franchise continued, spawning Airport '77 a few years later and Airport '79 two years after that. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Jack Smight

Release Date: October 18, 1974

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DVD Release Date: April 7, 1998

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  • June 22, 2011
    Remember watching a few of these airport disaster films as a kid, always had a big budget for the time and A list actors, not bad films but ended up being quite a few in the end. Ok to pass the time.
  • December 31, 2010
    I liked this Airport sequel a bit better than the first, but it still isn't as good as a disaster movie could be.
  • September 29, 2009
    Classic 70's disaster movie but can never be taken seriously ever again thanks to the great comedy Airplane!
  • August 19, 2007
    cheesy and rather sloppily made but for fans of disaster films still passable.
  • October 9, 2009
    A decent follow-up to Airport 5 years earlier. Charlton Heston and Karen Black are the feature stars here, and the storyline provides a fair amont of suspense and thrills with believable acting. George Kennedy returns to provide continuity to the series and provides decent supp... read moreort. The series should have stopped right here, but the mid 70's were littered with disaster movies such as towering inferno and earthquake, and while this movie is not on such a grand scale, is a worthy entry. Recommended.
  • December 21, 2011
    Though it features more special effects and stunts than the original, it doesn't invest as much time developing the characters. The majority of the film focuses largely on Karen Black's character. Few of the passenger characters receive much screen time or lines. It's fairly good... read more as airplane based disaster movies go. With competition from Earthquake, The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno released after the original 'Airport' I would assume the producers of it's sequel felt they needed to ramp up the action.
  • July 3, 2010
    The original Airport was not that good but it had a good cast and made money so they made this sequel with another good cast but it didn't make as much money. Why? You Ask. Because it was worse than its predecessor and a good cast can only fool the public once.
  • March 29, 2009
    I was only 14 when this first came out so I thought it was pretty neat. I just watched it again and in 2009, it is laughable.
  • September 18, 2008
    See the book 'The Stewardess is Flying the Plane' for everything you want to know about this. Priceless in its cheesyness today.
  • July 23, 2007
    Have to admit that I too found this movie quite funny, probably more so than it should have been, especially Karen Black learning that she needs to fly the plane. Also George Kennedy trying not to beat up Larry Storch. Classic! The movie turned out to be much more entertaining t... read morehan I was expecting, not the classic that the first 'Airport' is, but quite watchable in its own right.

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Wesley Lovell
August 15, 2011
Wesley Lovell, Oscar Guy

A film that's so outlandish, it almost becomes a self-parody. Full Review

Bob Bloom
December 7, 2003
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Another sequel that should have been grounded.

Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

The best of the "Airport" sequels, though that's hardly a glowing recommendation.

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Vincent Canby
May 9, 2005
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Roger Ebert
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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Chuck O'Leary
October 9, 2005
Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily

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Emanuel Levy
June 28, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Robin Clifford
November 19, 2004
Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews

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