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Airport '77 is a 1977 American air disaster film, and the third installment of the ''Airport'' film series.[1]

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  1. 72 relations: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Awards, Aircraft hijacking, Airport (1970 film), Airport (film series), Arlene Golonka, Arthur Hailey, Aviation accidents and incidents, Bermuda Triangle, Boeing 747, Brenda Vaccaro, Burton Miller, Charles Kuenstle, Chicago Sun-Times, Christopher Lee, Darren McGavin, Drilling rig, Edith Head, Elizabeth Cheshire, Ensemble cast, George C. Webb, George Furth, George Kennedy, Gil Gerard, Incapacitating agent, J. Terry Williams, Jack Lemmon, James Booth, James Stewart, Jennings Lang, Jerry Jameson, John Cacavas, Joseph Cotten, Kathleen Quinlan, Lee Grant, M. Emmet Walsh, Maidie Norman, Metacritic, Michael Pataki, Mickey S. Michaels, Monica Lewis, Monte Markham, NBC, Olivia de Havilland, Palm Beach, Florida, Pamela Bellwood, Paramount Streaming, Philanthropy, Philip H. Lathrop, ... Expand index (22 more) »

  2. 1970s disaster films
  3. 1977 thriller films
  4. Airport (film series)
  5. Films based on works by Arthur Hailey
  6. Films directed by Jerry Jameson
  7. Films scored by John Cacavas
  8. Films set in the Bermuda Triangle

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for achievement in film costume design.

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Academy Award for Best Production Design

The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Aircraft hijacking

Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery, air piracy, or aircraft piracy, with the last term used within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States) is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group.

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Airport (1970 film)

Airport is a 1970 American air disaster–drama film written and directed by George Seaton and starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin. Airport '77 and Airport (1970 film) are 1970s disaster films, Airport (film series), American aviation films, American disaster films, films about aviation accidents or incidents, films based on works by Arthur Hailey and films set on airplanes.

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Airport (film series)

Airport is a 1970s film series consisting of four airplane-themed disaster films: Airport, Airport 1975, Airport '77 and The Concorde... Airport '79. Airport '77 and Airport (film series) are 1970s disaster films, American disaster films, films about aviation accidents or incidents and films based on works by Arthur Hailey.

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Arlene Golonka

Arlene Leanore Golonka (January 23, 1936 – May 31, 2021) was an American actress.

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Arthur Hailey

Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries.

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Aviation accidents and incidents

An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that causes serious injury, death, or destruction.

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Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where, according to an urban legend, a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

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Boeing 747

The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023.

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Brenda Vaccaro

Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939) is an American stage, film and television actress.

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Burton Miller

Burton Miller (January 17, 1926 – March 5, 1982) was an American costume designer.

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Charles Kuenstle

Charles Kuenstle (b May 3, 1936) is an American writer and actor.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Christopher Lee

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, and military officer.

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Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin (born William Lyle Richardson; May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor.

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Drilling rig

A drilling rig is an integrated system that drills wells, such as oil or water wells, or holes for piling and other construction purposes, into the earth's subsurface.

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Edith Head

Edith Claire Head (née Posenor, October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy's history.

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Elizabeth Cheshire

Elizabeth Cheshire is an American actress known for appearing in the films as Airport '77 (1977), Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Sunshine Christmas (1977), Melvin and Howard (1980) and Strange Behavior (1980), and television series such as The Family Holvak and Sunshine.

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Ensemble cast

In a dramatic production, an ensemble cast is one that comprises many principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.

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George C. Webb

George C. Webb was an American art director and set designer.

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George Furth

George Furth (born George Schweinfurth; December 14, 1932 – August 11, 2008) was an American librettist, playwright, and actor.

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George Kennedy

George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions.

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Gil Gerard

Gil Gerard (born January 23, 1943) is an American actor, whose roles include Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979–81 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

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Incapacitating agent

Incapacitating agent is a chemical or biological agent which renders a person unable to harm themselves or others, regardless of consciousness.

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J. Terry Williams

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Jack Lemmon

John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor.

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James Booth

James Booth (born David Noel Geeves; 19 December 1927 – 11 August 2005) was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter.

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James Stewart

James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor.

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Jennings Lang

Jennings Lang (May 28, 1915, New York City – May 29, 1996, Palm Desert, California) was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor.

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Jerry Jameson

Jerry Jameson (born November 26, 1934) is an American television and film director, editor and producer.

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John Cacavas

John Harry Cacavas (August 13, 1930 – January 28, 2014) was an American composer and conductor probably best known for his television scores, such as Kojak, and The Time Machine, for which he was the chief composer.

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Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor.

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Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress.

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Lee Grant

Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) is an American actress, documentarian, and director.

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M. Emmet Walsh

Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles as Earl Frank in Straight Time (1978), the Madman in The Jerk (1979), Captain Bryant in Blade Runner (1982), Harv in Critters (1986), and Walt Scheel in Christmas with the Kranks (2004).

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Maidie Norman

Maidie Ruth Norman (October 16, 1912 – May 2, 1998) was an American radio, stage, film, and television actress as well as an instructor in African-American literature and theater.

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Michael Pataki

Michael Pataki (January 16, 1938 – April 15, 2010) was an American actor of stage, film and television.

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Mickey S. Michaels

Mickey S. Michaels (October 9, 1931 – March 20, 1999) was an American set decorator.

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Monica Lewis

Monica Lewis (born May Lewis; May 5, 1922 – June 12, 2015) was an American jazz singer and film actress.

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Monte Markham

Monte Markham (born June 21, 1935) is an American actor.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Olivia de Havilland

Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British and American actress.

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Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Pamela Bellwood

Pamela Bellwood (born Pamela King) is an American actress known for her role as Claudia Blaisdel Carrington on the 1980s prime time soap opera, Dynasty.

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Paramount Streaming

Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life".

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Philip H. Lathrop

Philip H. Lathrop, A.S.C. (October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995) was an American cinematographer noted for his skills with wide screen technology and detailed approach to lighting and camera placement.

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Review aggregator

A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, and cars.

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Richard Venture

Richard Venture (born Richard Charles Venturella; November 12, 1923 – December 19, 2017) was an American actor.

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Robert Foxworth

Robert Foxworth is an American film, stage, and television actor.

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Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks (born Bobby Dean Hooks; April 18, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and activist.

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Robert Watts

Robert Watts (born 23 May 1938)Adam Pirani, Robert Watts: Secrets of "The Temple of Doom", Starlog #94, April 1985, pp 23–26,62.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Studio Tour

The Studio Tour (also known as The Backlot Tour) is a ride attraction at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in Universal City, California near Los Angeles.

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Tailstrike

In aviation, a tailstrike or tail strike occurs when the tail or empennage of an aircraft strikes the ground or other stationary object.

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Technicolor

Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Numbers (website)

The Numbers is a film industry data website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way.

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Tom Sullivan (singer)

Tom Sullivan (born March 27, 1947) is an American singer, actor, writer, and motivational speaker.

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Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Universal Pictures

Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (informally as Universal Studios or also known simply as Universal) is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Universal Studios, which is owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.

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USS Agerholm

USS Agerholm (DD-826) was a of the United States Navy.

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USS Cayuga (LST-1186)

USS Cayuga (LST-1186) was a of the United States Navy which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs).

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Very important person

A very important person (VIP or V.I.P.) or personage is a person who is accorded special privileges due to their high social rank, status, influence, or importance.

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Weighted arithmetic mean

The weighted arithmetic mean is similar to an ordinary arithmetic mean (the most common type of average), except that instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others.

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William Frye (producer)

William Frye (October 5, 1921 – November 3, 2017) was an American producer.

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50th Academy Awards

The 50th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1977 and took place on April 3, 1978, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.

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See also

1970s disaster films

1977 thriller films

Airport (film series)

Films based on works by Arthur Hailey

Films directed by Jerry Jameson

Films scored by John Cacavas

Films set in the Bermuda Triangle

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_'77

Also known as Airport 1977, Airport 77, Airport'77.

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