The Concorde... Airport '79

Concorde: Airport 1979 (1979)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 20% of users liked it
    (961 ratings)

The fourth Airport film may be the silliest of them all, as George Kennedy returns, this time co-piloting with Alain Delon. The plane is on its way to the Moscow Olympics, has a bomb on board, and gets fired upon with missiles that necessitate flying upside-down. A look at the cast list resembles a… More

PG,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Aug 3, 1979 Wide
Universal Studios

Critic Reviews

  • , Time Out

    A deafening sonic yawn signs off this desperate finale to Universal's Arthur Hailey-inspired quartet of in-flight entertainments.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Aeronautically and otherwise, it's a bumpy trip.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Unintentional comedy still seems the Airport series' forte, although excellent special effects work, and some decent dramatics help Concorde take off.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    The picture's one distinction is that there are more bedroom scenes and suicides than in any other airport movie.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Easily the silliest entry in a series chock-full of silly entries. Not among the very worst disaster flicks, but surely you could find something better.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Fourth and final film in the series is a predictable affair, and is a boring uninteresting end to this series of average disaster films. The first three films were amusing popcorn flicks that couldn't be taken seriously. However with this fourth film, everything about it seems… More

  • jay n


    Terrible junk that is low rent in every category. Abysmal special effects, a script that is pratically incoherent, and great, good and bad actors all going down with the ship mostly because the characters they play make absolutely no sense. Avoid this if at all possible.

  • Ross C


    An incredible story where a passenger-carrying Concorde is under attack by the French Air Force. This movie has to be seen just to experience the appalling special effects as the Concorde banks to avoid a missile.

  • alan j


    Final installment of the Airport series which had been steadily declining since the original in 1970. The efx are pathetic, but even worse the storyline is poor with plot holes big enough to fly the concorde through. The script is downright awful, with plenty of awkward moments,… More

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