Airport
First screened in July 2004 / Most recently screened in July 2013

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Director: George Seaton. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Seberg, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Dana Wynter, Barry Nelson, Barbara Hale, Lloyd Nolan. Screenplay: George Seaton (based on the novel by Arthur Hailey).

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Twitter Capsule: Lighting, scenario, acting, and visuals feel 20 years out of date. Significant that a key motif is a wheel stuck in a rut.

VOR: ②  I guess you have to extend it a certain cachet of influence, given how many movies mimicked its recipe. But Airport itself is a mimic, and in no other way a movie to study.

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Photo © 1970 Universal Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C–

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture
★	Best Supporting Actress: Helen Hayes
	Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton
	Best Adapted Screenplay: George Seaton
	Best Cinematography: Ernest Laszlo
	Best Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Preston Ames
	Best Costume Design: Edith Head
	Best Film Editing: Stuart Gilmore
	Best Original Score: Alfred Newman
	Best Sound
Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture (Drama)
★	Best Supporting Actress (tie): Maureen Stapleton
	Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy
	Best Original Score: Alfred Newman

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