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. They are based on the 1968 novel Airport by Arthur Hailey. The four films grossed $387.5 million worldwide.
| Airport | |
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| Directed by | George Seaton Jack Smight Jerry Jameson David Lowell Rich |
| Screenplay by | George Seaton Don Ingalls Jennings Lang Eric Roth |
| Based on | Airport by Arthur Hailey |
| Produced by | Ross Hunter William Frye Jennings Lang |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster George Kennedy Charlton Heston Alain Delon Jack Lemmon |
| Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo Philip H. Lathrop |
| Edited by | Stuart Gilmore |
| Music by | Alfred Newman John Cacavas Lalo Schifrin |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $387.5 million |
The only actor who appeared in all four films is George Kennedy, in his recurring role of Joe Patroni, who progresses from a chief mechanic, to a vice president of operations, to a consultant, to an airline pilot.
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