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| Airport '77 | 
 enlarge | Director: Jerry Jameson
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Cotten, Olivia De Havilland
Studio: Good Times Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 92308
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 114
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 6305137161
UPC: 018713810144
EAN: 9786305137160
ASIN: 6305137161
Theatrical Release Date: March 11, 1977
Release Date: May 1, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Airport '77 November 2, 2008
In this installemnt, a 747 is taken over by would-be art thieves (who are assisted by the co-pilot) andultimately crash in the Bermuda Triangle. Fortunately for the passengers, the plane lands on a sandbar in relatively shallow water. Tensions raise and eventually the Navy comes to the rescue, but not before we get the usual 1970's drama of watching people come unglued.
There is a good bunch of characters, including three guys who intend to be drunk the entire flight, the nun who plays guitar, the old lady with a taste for boilermakers, and of course the bad guys. Some, well most, of the acting is mediocre though there once again is a surprizing number of big name stars (Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, George Kennedy, etc.) who for whatever reason became part of the cast.
While this movie isn't awful, it's not great, either. But it makes for a good night of entertainment provided you don't have something more important to do like cleaning your bathroom or changing the oil in your car.
 "SET A COURSE FOR ADVENTURE,.. YOUR MIND ON A NEW ROMANCE!" July 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I know, I know it's not that bad!......'Airport 77' is actually better than I rememebered, but it's hard not to think of these films as predecessors to the 'Love Boat'! Like most of these movies the first three quarters of an hour or so is just meeting the cast and setting up the inevitable disaster that will unfold, but once this one gets going, it does keep up the tension....just don't think about the credibility of it too long! 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.......
 Airport '77 is the best of the series July 7, 2007
This is my favorite of the Airport series and one of my favorite films period. The characters are more developed and not as Hollyward Squarist as in Airport 1975. The all star is great with Lee Grant taking honors for her performance as a spoiled, drunken wife of Christopher Lee. Jack Lemmon in a dramtic performance is very good as the pilot with Brenda Vaccaro as his girlfriend and in charge of overseeing making sure all the passengers are attended too. Olivia De Havilland and Joseph Cotton are old friends who met again. George Kennedy returns as Joe Patroni. Darren McGavin, Monica Lewis, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Hooks, Robert Foxworth, Monte Markham and James Stewart as Philip Stevens also star.
The story is pretty intertaining even before disaster strikes. The plane crashes and sinks underwater. The special effects are awesome; with the cast reacting to when the plane actually sinks and the rescue is as well.
The scene with Lee Grant and Brenda Vaccaro is quite something, I loved it.
The Third Picture of the Airport 4 Picture Series March 4, 2007
This Picture Titled Airport 77 was release to the public in the year of course 1977. Jack Lemmon played the role of Captain Don Gallagher, Lee Grant played the role of the head Stewardess Karen Wallace and James Stewart played the role of Phillip Stevens. The picture opens with Phillip Stevens arriving at this usage mansion by helicopter. When the helicopter lands Stevens is met by a gallery of media correspondents. Stevens tells the media that the usage plane he built will revolutionize the airplane industry. While in a local airport a man and a pilot changes briefcases in a magazine store. The pilot then heads to restroom and changes not only his clothes but his facial appearance. Then two men meet up and grab a bag and processed to get on Stevens plane through the luggage compartment. The two men connect a small cr-7 gas military tank to the local air vents in the plane. At a local apartment Captain Gallagher and his Head Stewardess Karen Wallace are discussing there future together. Once the Captain and Karen Wallace are on the plane, Karen starts to bring on the remaining guests. After everyone is aboard and the door is latched Karen begins to tell the guest about the aircraft. Karen starts with the room there in which is the main lounge which is next to the communication center and followed by the library and the bedrooms. Down below is the cruise sitting area followed by the cargo storage and a kitchen. Up above the main lounge are a small office and the flight deck. After the plane is in the air for a while the ledge hijackers filter the gas through out the venting system through out the aircraft which puts the passengers a sleep. After Captain Gallagher disappears the plane starts to go of course on radar somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle. However, no ones where plane went of the radar at and did it crash on a desert island or did it go down in the ocean. This movie wasn't as good as the other two in this series. Outside of James Stewart there were no well known actors or actresses. Therefore I give this picture 6 weasel stars and hope that Airport 79 is better. [...].
 Airport '77 is all wet June 13, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Airport '77 is the story of bazillionaire Phillip Stevens (a slumming James Stewart) who is jetting some of his friends and colleagues and others on a luxury 747 to view his art collection which is going to become a museum, because, as we learn later...he has A FEW MONTHS TO LIVE!!! Unfortunately, some hijackers unleash some gas on the passengers and plan to swipe the artwork. But the plan goes awry when the plane crashes into the Bermuda Triangle.Quite realistic, don't you think? The problem is the movie is boring. None of the characters make an impression. Let's see, there's the feuding couple with the wife who cheated on her husband, but that's never mentioned again; the old lady renewing a friendship with an old man; some kids who like to play Pong; a blind pianist who sings about seeing through "the eye of the beholder"; a bartender whose wife is about to give birth to twins, etc., etc. What are their names? I don't know, all I know is that they're bland characterizations meant to sustain interest before the big crash scene. Jack Lemmon is the pilot, and Brenda Vacarro is Eve, his love interest. They generate no heat at all. To make a boring movie short, I just found this film bland and uninteresting. The big rescue scene is silly, and everything leading up to it is a waste of time. George Kennedy, who appeared in every Airport movie as Patroni, has about one minute of screentime here wherein he does nothing. Most of the movie is spent with people staring vacantly out the window, or squealing in pain. Much like the viewer would do.
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