Airport '77 (1977) on Netflix
PG19771h 54mActionDramaThriller
Thieves led by co-pilot Bob Chambers hijack a private 747 carrying Philip Stevens' art collection and his VIP guests. Capt. Don Gallagher is among those aboard.
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- IMDb5.8/1014,086 votes
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Plot summary
Mr. Phillip Stevens is flying in a load of VIPs to the grand opening of his art collection when a trio of hijackers knock out the passengers with gas and try to steal the priceless cargo of art treasures. But everything goes wrong for the hijackers when the 747 crashes in the Bermuda triangle. While the passengers remain alive in the shallow water a daring rescue operation is planned to bring the plane up without breaking it in two.
Cast
- Anthony Battagliaas Benjy
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Airport '77 (1977)
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- For the underwater scenes, production designer George C. Webb built a three-story, 4,000-square-foot interior of the sinking Boeing 747 mounted on gimbals, while a 72-foot section of the plane's exterior was submerged in a Florida lake.
- Edith Head was the film's co-costume designer, and it brought her a 35th and final Academy Award nomination, for Best Costume Design.
- From late 1977 into the early 1980s, the Universal Studios Tour in California ran the Airport '77 Screen Test Theater, where sets were recreated and audience members were chosen to act in scenes that were edited into a digest version of the film shown on monitors.
