Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50856 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-05-01
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 137 minutes

Amazon.com
One of the first of the big disaster films, this stodgy Hollywood product lumbers and creaks as it tries to sort out the various plot threads of Arthur Hailey's doorstop of a novel. Set at (what else?) a busy metropolitan airport, it details what happens one eventful night when, among other things, a huge blizzard threatens to disrupt air traffic for the airport manager (Burt Lancaster) even as a suicidal bomber (Van Heflin) heads into the air with mayhem on his mind. There's also an impish old lady (Helen Hayes, who won an Oscar for this role) who specializes in sneaking aboard airliners, and the married pilot (Dean Martin) is having an affair with a stewardess (Jacqueline Bisset). An old-fashioned movie that inspired a bunch of sequels, the Airplane spoofs, and a host of other disaster films. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

IT MAY BE THE FIRST DISASTER, BUT IT'S NOT THE BEST!
Watching 'Airport' after all these years, I found it disappointing to a degree. It's overly long with little action or suspense and it's cast reminded me of a predecessor to the 'Love Boat'. I give it some respect for being the first of many films of this nature, but it's really not as good as I remembered it to be. It's available on a box set with the other 3 Airport films at a bargain price so it your a fan of the series.......

The Original "Disaster" Movie.
Jean Seberg isn't real convincing, but then again she wasn't that great of an actress. Everyone else; superb. Still 5 stars.

They don't make them like they used to ...
A great cast, wonderful performances, and most important - more then half the film is dedicated to character and plot development. Not like "action" flicks today.

What a brilliant film!