Airport '77
1977 · Movie · PG · 114 min · ★ 5.6 · 35% critics
After a hijacking goes wrong, a passenger jet crashes and sinks in the Bermuda Triangle, trapping survivors deep underwater. With panic rising and air running low as water seeps in, they must work together on a risky plan to signal rescuers and stay alive long enough to be found.
Also known as Airport 1977 · Airport 3: Airport 1977
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Details
- Years
- 1977
- Release date
- 1977-03-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 35/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (329 votes)
- Box office
- $91,000,000
- Budget
- $6,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic 1970s disaster thriller with escalating peril, familiar faces, and a long rescue effort; Not for you if you need realism, fast pacing, or subtle drama like Earthquake.
Pros: tense underwater survival setup; big ensemble cast; exciting rescue moments | Cons: far-fetched premise; uneven pacing; bland character drama
Themes
- rescue
- airplane
- stewardess
- painting
- pilot
- hijacking
- u.s. navy
- bermuda triangle
- sequel
- airplane hijacking
- disaster
- underwater
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1978 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1978 · nominated
Cast & crew
Jack Lemmon
as Don Gallagher
Lee Grant
as Karen Wallace
Brenda Vaccaro
as Eve Clayton
Joseph Cotten
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Olivia de Havilland
as Emily Livingston
Darren McGavin
as Stan Buchek
Christopher Lee
as Martin Wallace
George Kennedy
as Joe Patroni
James Stewart
as Philip Stevens
Maidie Norman
as Dorothy
Directed by Jerry Jameson