“人生の哀歓をのせ今日も旅客機が飛びたつ!”
ローマ行きの旅客機内に、爆弾が持ち込まれているという通報が入った。機長と主任スチュワーデスは、爆弾の入ったアタッシュ・ケースを確保しようとするが、犯人は爆弾もろとも自殺してしまう。そしてその衝撃で、旅客機の胴体に亀裂が入り、空中分解の危機が訪れる。急遽、旅客機はケネディ空港へ向けて転回するが、空港は猛吹雪のため一切の機能を停止していた……。
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製作費: $10,000,000 (15億円)
興行収入: $100,489,151 (151億円)
推定収支: $90,489,151 (136億円)
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監督: George Seaton
脚本: Arthur Hailey / George Seaton
音楽: Alfred Newman
制作: Ross Hunter
撮影監督: Ernest Laszlo
制作会社: Ross Hunter Productions
_**Quaint, but fairly compelling airport soap opera with a disaster element**_ During a snowstorm at Lincoln International Airport in Chicago, the manager of the airport (Burt Lancaster) works overtime to clear the main runway of a Boeing 707 that’s stuck in the snow while dealing with his failing marriage. Meanwhile the next flight to Rome piloted by his brother-in-law (Dean Martin) has a suspicious person with an attaché case on board (Van Heflin). George Kennedy plays the head mechanic, Jean Seberg a customer relations agent, Jacqueline Bisset a flight attendant and Helen Hayes a stowaway. "Airport" (1970) was the movie that kicked-off the disaster craze of the 70s. It’s not great like “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972), but it’s more compelling and less bloated than “The Towering Inferno” (1974). The soap operatic first half paves the way for the disaster-oriented second. It’s intentionally old-fashioned and was a huge hit at the box office. I wasn’t sure about it for the first 20 minutes, but I then found myself involved in the characters and their story, keeping my interest till the end. After disaster films developed a bad rap years later, Lancaster panned “Airport” as the “worst piece of junk ever made,” which is ironic considering it was his most successful movie at the box office BY FAR. The film runs 2 hours, 16 minutes, and was shot at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, and Universal Studios, Universal City, California. GRADE: B
