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  2. The film is about an airport manager trying to keep his airport open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight. It takes place at fictional Lincoln International Airport near Chicago. The film was a commercial success and surpassed Spartacus as Universal Pictures' biggest moneymaker.

  3. www.imdb.com › title › tt0065377Airport (1970) - IMDb

    Mar 5, 1970 · Airport: Directed by George Seaton, Henry Hathaway. With Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset. A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.

    • George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
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    • 3 min
  4. Airport (1970) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  5. Synopsis In this large-ensemble disaster movie, Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster), the general manager of a Chicago-area airport, must contend with a massive snowstorm and other issues, both work...

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    • George Seaton
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    • Burt Lancaster
  6. The disaster film became a unique and profitable film genre unto itself in the early seventies, thanks to the box office success of Airport (1970). Based on the best selling novel by Arthur Hailey, the film is a contemporary update of Grand Hotel (1932) for the jet age.

  7. Reviews. Airport. Roger Ebert January 01, 1970. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. On some dumb fundamental level, "Airport" kept me interested for a couple of hours. I can't quite remember why. The plot has few surprises (you know and I know that no airplane piloted by Dean Martin ever crashed).

  8. The story takes place during one long night during a sudden blizzard at Lincoln International, a fictional Chicago airport based very loosely on O'Hare International Airport. The action mainly centers on Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster), the airport general manager.

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