Airport '77

Airport '77 (1977)

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle... passengers still alive, trapped underwater...

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.

Date of release
1977-03-11
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (347)
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Director
Jerry Jameson
Collection
Airport Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $91M
  • Budget: $6M
  • Earned 15.2× its budget
  • Filmed in: San Diego
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

Airport '77 is a 1977 American disaster film, and the third installment of the Airport film series. It is directed by Jerry Jameson, produced by William Frye, from a screenplay by Michael Scheff and David Spector and a story by H. A. L. Craig and Charles Kuenstle. The film's ensemble cast features Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland, Brenda Vaccaro, Darren McGavin, and Christopher Lee as well as the return of George Kennedy from the two previous Airport films.

Production

Although the disaster portrayed in the film is fictional, rescue operations depicted in the movie are actual rescue operations used by the Navy in the event of similar emergencies or disasters, as indicated at the end of the film prior to the closing credits. The disaster itself—a hard water landing as shown in the film, and an intact sinking—would not be likely given the hard tailstrike, which would have demolished the aircraft.

For the interior of the submerging Boeing 747, production designer George C. Webb designed a three-storey, 4000-square foot interior mounted on gimbals. A 72-foot portion of the 747's exterior was submerged in a Florida lake for the underwater shots.

Edith Head was the film's co-costume designer, receiving her 35th and final Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.

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