Airport (film)

Airport is a 1970 film which tells the story of an airport manager trying to keep his fictional Chicago airport open during a snowstorm, whilst a bomber plots to blow up an airplane (a Boeing 707 in this movie).

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1970 - Airport - Chicago - Boeing 707

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Although it had a complex plot, Airport paved the way for the disaster movie genre and established many of the conventions for that genre.

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It stars Burt Lancaster as Mel Bakersfeld, Dean Martin as Vernon Demarest, Jean Seberg as Tanya Livingston, Jacqueline Bisset as Gwen Meighen, George Kennedy as Joe Patroni, Helen Hayes as Mrs. Quonsett, Van Heflin as D. O. Guerrero, Maureen Stapleton as Mrs. Inez Guerrero, Barry Nelson as pilot Anson Harris, Dana Wynter as Cindy Bakersfeld, Lloyd Nolan as Standish, the head of Customs, Barbara Hale as Sarah Demarest and Gary Collins as the third officer of Flight 2, Cy Jordan.

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Burt Lancaster - Dean Martin - Jean Seberg - Jacqueline Bisset - George Kennedy - Helen Hayes - Van Heflin - Maureen Stapleton - Barry Nelson - Dana Wynter - Lloyd Nolan - Barbara Hale - Gary Collins

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The movie was adapted by George Seaton from the novel of the same name by Arthur Hailey. It was directed by Seaton and Henry Hathaway. It would be the last film scored by Alfred Newman before his death.

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George Seaton - Novel of the same name - Arthur Hailey - Henry Hathaway - Alfred Newman

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It won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Helen Hayes), and was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Maureen Stapleton), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design (Edith Head), Best Film Editing, Best Music, Original Score, Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Best Cinematography - Best Costume Design - Best Film Editing - Best Music, Original Score - Best Picture - Best Sound - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

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The majority of the filming was done at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, which stood in for the fictional Lincoln International Airport which was supposedly in Chicago. Only one Boeing 707 was used in the filming, N324F a 707-349C was leased from Flying Tigers by Universal Studios and had an El Al cheatline over a bare metal finish with the fictional Trans Global Airlines titles and tail.

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Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport - Boeing 707 - Flying Tigers - Universal Studios - El Al - Cheatline

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Trans Global Airlines has been seen in many other Universal Studios productions, such as Emergency!, when a fictional airline is needed.

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Universal Studios - Emergency!

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