Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy

In this sequel to the well-received AIRPORT, a small private plane crashes into a 747 in flight. Most of the crew is destroyed by the crash, but one flight attendant steps up to act as a pilot. Can sh...( read more  read more... )e safely land the plane before an even greater disaster occurs? Like its predecessor, this film features an impressive list of stars, and earned its place in the catastrophe-film genre.

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PG, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Jack Smight

Release Date: October 18, 1974

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DVD Release Date: April 7, 1998

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  • September 29, 2009
    Classic 70's disaster movie but can never be taken seriously ever again thanks to the great comedy Airplane!
  • March 29, 2009
    I was only 14 when this first came out so I thought it was pretty neat. I just watched it again and in 2009, it is laughable.
  • September 18, 2008
    See the book 'The Stewardess is Flying the Plane' for everything you want to know about this. Priceless in its cheesyness today.
  • October 9, 2009
    A decent follow-up to Airport 5 years earlier. Charlton Heston and Karen Black are the feature stars here, and the storyline provides a fair amont of suspense and thrills with believable acting. George Kennedy returns to provide continuity to the series and provides decent supp...( read more)ort. The series should have stopped right here, but the mid 70's were littered with disaster movies such as towering inferno and earthquake, and while this movie is not on such a grand scale, is a worthy entry. Recommended.
  • April 12, 2009
    Not as good as the first. Not really about an airport anyway rather an airplane.
  • March 29, 2009
    Nothing spectacular.
  • February 12, 2009
    Decent story that was fucked up in just about every possible way. George Kennedy is ok though.
  • August 18, 2008
    This is a good movie
  • July 11, 2008
    This movie made me laugh.

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