Airport 1975
Directed by	Jack Smight
Produced by	William Frye Jennings Lang
Written by	Don Ingalls (screenplay)
Starring	Charlton Heston Karen Black
Music by	John Cacavas
Cinematography	Philip H. Lathrop
Editing by	J. Terry Williams
Distributed by	Universal
Release date(s)	October 18, 1974
Running time	106 min.
Language	English
Preceded by	Airport
Followed by	Airport '77
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Airport 1975 is a 1974 disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 hit Airport. Unlike the original film, Airport 1975 was a bona fide "blockbuster" disaster film, with an "all-star" cast and extensive promotional campaign. The film is one among many of a class of campy 1970s disaster movies. Its plot devices and shallow characterizations, including a singing nun (Helen Reddy), a former glamorous star (Gloria Swanson as herself), an alcoholic (Myrna Loy), a child in need of an organ transplant (Linda Blair), and a chatterbox (Sid Caesar) were parodied in part in 1980's Airplane!. The characteristics of Airport 1975 were also used in numerous similar films to come, including the film's own sequels: Airport '77 and The Concorde: Airport '79. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (501x755, 105 KB) movie poster for the American theatrical release of the film Airport 1975 (1974) Source URL: http://www. ... Jack Smight (March 9, 1925 - September 1, 2003) American film director. ... William Pierce Frye William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830—August 8, 1911) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. ... Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1924) is an American film actor, known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes, and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ... Karen Black (born July 1, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. ... Composer and conductor John Cacavas (born 13 August 1930 in Aberdeen, South Dakota) is probably best known for his television scores, notably Kojak, for which he was the chief composer. ... Philip H. Lathrop (October 22, 1912-April 12, 1995) was an American cinematographer for such films as The Driver (1978), Earthquake (1974), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), and The Americanization of Emily (1964) Categories: Film biographical stubs ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... See also: 1973 in film 1974 1975 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in USA May 1 - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... A Disaster film is a movie genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster (a damaged airliner, fire, shipwreck or an asteroid collision) as its subject. ... // Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... 2003 Greatest Hits compilation Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer and actor. ... Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 - April 4, 1983), was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American Hollywood actress. ... Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. ... Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959 in St. ... Sid Caesar (born September 8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning American comic actor and writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows, and to younger generations as Coach Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2. ... The year 1980 in film involved some significant events. ... Airplane! is an American comedy film, first released on 27 June 1980, produced, directed, and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. ...

Though derided by the critics upon its release, Airport 1975 was ultimately a success. With a budget of US$3 million, the film made over US$47 million [1] at the box office. Helen Reddy was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female. The film was included, however, in the popular book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time three years later in 1978. 2003 Greatest Hits compilation Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer and actor. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Fifty Worst Films Of All Time (ISBN 0449041395) is a 1978 book by Harry and Michael Medved, which represents their nominations for the 50 worst sound films ever made, in alphabetical order. ... // Events February 1 - Bob Dylans film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour premieres in Los Angeles, California March 1 - Charlie Chaplins coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery 3 months after burial March - Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for Star Wars Episode...

Plot

While flying his small Beechcraft Baron private plane from New Mexico to Idaho, businessman Scott Freeman (Dana Andrews) suffers a fatal heart attack and crashes into the flight deck of a commercial Boeing 747 airliner attempting to land at Salt Lake City, Utah, tearing a hole over the co-pilot's seat. With the co-pilot (Roy Thinnes) blown out, the flight engineer (Erik Estrada) dead, and the pilot (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) blinded, First Stewardess Nancy Pryor (Karen Black) takes control of the damaged plane with the help (over the radio) of chief training pilot/lover Alan Murdock (Charlton Heston). Unable to climb, leaking fuel, and dodging the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains, an air to air rescue attempt is undertaken from a jet-powered HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant helicopter flown by the USAF Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service. Finally, Captain Murdock is able to land the plane safely at Salt Lake City Airport. Beechcraft model 58 Baron Beechcraft Baron BE55 The Beechcraft Baron is a light-medium twin-engine piston aircraft originally developed by Beech Aircraft Corporation and currently manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of Raytheon Aircraft. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Largest metro area Albuquerque metropolitan area Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... Official language(s) English [1] Capital Boise Largest city Boise Largest metro area Boise metropolitan area Area  Ranked 14th  - Total 83,642 sq mi (216,632 km²)  - Width 305 miles (491 km)  - Length 479 miles (771 km)  - % water 0. ... Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 - December 17, 1992) was an American film actor. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... The Boeing 747, sometimes nicknamed the Jumbo Jet,[4][5] is long-haul, widebody commercial airliner manufactured by Boeing in the United States. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Roy Thinnes (born April 6. ... Erik Estrada at DragonCon 07 in Atlanta, GA Erik Estrada (born March 16, 1949 in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 US television series CHiPs. ... Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. ... Karen Black (born July 1, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. ... Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1924) is an American film actor, known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes, and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ... The Wasatch Range (also seen as Wasatch Mountains and Wahsatch Range) is a mountain range that stretches from southern Idaho and Wyoming south through central Utah in the Western United States. ... The Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant is a USAF version of the CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter for long-range combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopters. ...

Trivia

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Columbia Airlines is the name of a fictional airline used in the film. The plane used in the film was an American Airlines Boeing 747-123, registration number N9675, which was delivered to the carrier in 1971. The aircraft was redressed in the "Columbia Airlines" livery for this film. American flew the aircraft both as a passenger jet and later as a freighter only, under the "American Freighter" titles (a vintage picture of the actual aircraft used in the film can be found here: [2]). The aircraft's current owner and operator is United Parcel Service under the registration number N675UP and, as of 2005, is now stored at Roswell, New Mexico. The latest picture of the aircraft (prior to retirement in 2005) can be found here: [3] Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... American Airlines, Inc. ... The Boeing 747, sometimes nicknamed the Jumbo Jet,[4][5] is long-haul, widebody commercial airliner manufactured by Boeing in the United States. ... United Parcel Service, Inc. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico. ...

The exterior shots in the beginning of the film were shot at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, as were shots from the following two "Airport" films. , FAA Airport Diagram Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport located 25 miles (40 km) west of the central business district of Washington, D.C., in Loudoun County and Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. ...

Charlton Heston spent time training to fly a Boeing 747 during production, and several scenes show him actually flying a real 747. Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1924) is an American film actor, known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes, and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ...

The 1960 film "The Crowded Sky" tells a similar story of a U.S. Navy training aircraft involved in a midair collision with an airliner. In this film, Efram Zimbalist, Jr., played the U.S. Navy pilot killed in the collision while Dana Andrews is the captain of the airliner.[4]

The Beech Baron in the film uses the callsign 232 Zulu, which implies that its registration would be N232Z. Exterior shots show the registration as N9750Y. In a tragic coincidence, N9750Y was involved in a fatal midair collision with a Cessna 180 near Stockton, California on August 24, 1989 killing both pilots. [5] Specifications (B55) General Characteristics Crew: one, pilot Capacity: three passengers Length: 28 ft 0 in (8. ... The Cessna 180 is a four- or six-seat, fixed conventional gear general aviation airplane which was produced between 1953 and 1981. ... Nickname: Motto: Stocktons Great, Take A Look! Location in San Joaquin County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County San Joaquin Incorporated 1850 Government  - Mayor Edward J. Chavez  - City Manager J. Gordon Palmer, Jr. ... is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

Footage of the Boeing 747 featured in "Airport 1975" has been re-used numerous times as stock footage in various other films (such as Elizabethtown), due to the fictional "Columbia Airlines" logo on the aircraft. The footage of takeoff was also re-used in the sequel, Airport '77 -- without editing out the "Columbia" logo on the tail of the aircraft. Elizabethtown is a 2005 film written and directed by Cameron Crowe. ...

The Boeing was also seen in The Incredible Hulk TV series Season 1, Episode 5: "747" Original Air Date: 7 April 1978. Here is the link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0610850 The Incredible Hulk The Hulk, often called The Incredible Hulk, is a Marvel Comics superhero. ...

The movie is referenced in an episode of Family Guy, where the actress Karen Black appears in order to land a plane. Peter Griffin mentions that she landed a plane in "Airport '75", but the cast of Dawson's Creek is too young to remember the movie. Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Karen Black (born July 1, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. ... Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Dawsons Creek Dawsons Creek is an American primetime television drama which aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network. ...

Cast

• Charlton Heston as Alan Murdock
• Karen Black as Nancy Pryor
• George Kennedy as Joe Patroni
• Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Captain Stacy
• Susan Clark as Mrs. Patroni
• Gloria Swanson as Gloria Swanson
• Martha Scott as Sister Beatrice
• Helen Reddy as Sister Ruth
• Guy Stockwell as Col. Moss
• Jerry Stiller as Sam
• Roy Thinnes as First Officer Urias
• Erik Estrada as Flight Engineer Julio
• Dana Andrews as Scott Freeman
• Sid Caesar as Barney
• Linda Blair as Janice Abbott
• Nancy Olson as Mrs. Abbott
• Kip Niven as Lt. Thatcher
• Ed Nelson as Maj. Alexander
• Beverly Garland as Mrs. Freeman
• Myrna Loy as Mrs. Devaney
• Linda Harrison as Winnie (credited as Augusta Summerland)
• Christopher Norris as Stewardess Bette

Charlton Heston (born October 4, 1924) is an American film actor, known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes, and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ... Karen Black (born July 1, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. ... This article is about the actor. ... Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. ... Susan Clark (born March 8, 1940 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, best known as Katherine Papadapolis in the TV sitcom Webster. ... Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 - April 4, 1983), was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American Hollywood actress. ... Martha Scott (September 22, 1912 - May 28, 2003) was an American actress. ... 2003 Greatest Hits compilation Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer and actor. ... Guy Stockwell (16 November 1934 – 6 February 2002) was an American actor who appeared in nearly 30 movies and 250 television series episodes. ... Jerry Stiller (born June 8, 1927) is an American comedian, actor, and father of Ben Stiller. ... Roy Thinnes (born April 6. ... Erik Estrada at DragonCon 07 in Atlanta, GA Erik Estrada (born March 16, 1949 in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 US television series CHiPs. ... Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 - December 17, 1992) was an American film actor. ... Sid Caesar (born September 8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning American comic actor and writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows, and to younger generations as Coach Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2. ... Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959 in St. ... Nancy Olson and William Holden in Sunset Boulevard Nancy Olson (born July 14, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actress. ... Edwin Stafford Nelson (born December 21, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American actor. ... Beverly Garland (born Beverly Lucy Fessenden on October 17, 1926) is a veteran American film and television actress with a half-century of credits, from cult 1950s B movies to the hit WB series 7th Heaven. ... Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. ... Linda Harrison as Nova in Planet of the Apes. ...

Sequels

• Airport '77
• The Concorde: Airport '79

External links

• Airport 1975 at the Internet Movie Database
• Photo of the aircraft used in the film prior to retirement in 2005: [6]