Boy that plane is loaded with perfect disaster movie characters. Young black couple, old white movie star, a couple of nuns, teenage girl needing an operation. All that plane needed was the ex alcoholic played by some old character actor in his last role, flying to see his Grandchildren for the first time before he dies.
But what do you talks about ?, I was just eleven when saw this great disaster movie and is a great movie for the intensity emotions that knows how to give. After the crash Nancy gives a great interpretation that value the intere movie.
This was my favorite movie growing up and the reason I love aviation to this day.. I remember having both airport 75 & 77 on vhs 📼. Still so awesome to see this. Had a huge crush on Karen Black back then..
Even if they did it could have been so much better handled. The bg plates are terrible and the pilot getting sucked out could have been handled much better. A total lack of understanding physics. (They're going 300mph) Mad Mad World had a very similar scene at an airport control tower and the rear screen of an approaching plane is fabulously done. It has drama and gravitas. This scene would have benefited from the same FX team.
This sequence was bad enough, but the scenes where Ed Nelson was trying to get in the plane were pretty bad too. He looked so clumsy hanging on that wire with the poor back projection shots behind him. A school play group could have done better!
This movie happened to be my first drive-in theatre attendance as a 10 year old during spring break. The following flick after this movie was crime drama Newman's Law starring George Peppard who was a vigilante cop fighting corruption in his own department. What terrific memories of being a kid seeing this movie with the family. RIP Mom,Stepop and Dad whom myself and my siblings went to see other movies separately all throughout the 1970s.
This movie made me fascinated with visiting Salt Lake City. Finally came in 2016. Ran the SLC Marathon. Nice to have the Wasatch Mountain range as your backdrop. Best time ever. Cant wait to visit again! Thanks to this movie!
That's what I said. They didn't even raise their voices to be heard over the non existent wind noise that should have been ripping thru the flight deck.
The pilot of that small plane played by Dana Andrews was Ted Striker in "Zero Hour", the movie that inspired "Airplane!". Well actually, that movie more than inspired it, the "Zero Hour" was used practically line by line in "Airplane!".
Here’s another interesting trivia - before Airport 1975, both Andrews and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. were in another disaster movie about a mid air collision. In that movie, Zimbalist played a Navy pilot that crashed into a commercial airliner piloted by Andrews!
this film, Airport 1975, also inspired many of the gags & jokes used in Airplane, similar to how the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice, inspired many of the gags & jokes used in the Austin Powers films.
@@k1productions87 the first 5 James Bond films, all starring Sean Connery, were so iconic & memorable. this includes "Doctor No", "From Russia with Love" & "Goldfinger", in addition to the 2 we already mentioned.
When I was a kid a friend of mine went to see this in the theater and swore this collision scene included the pilot's eye landing in a cup. Does anyone remember that? I can't find it anywhere, but the fact that the actor's eye isn't visible under all the blood makes me think that maybe there was a cut that included this scene.
They wanted to use a real guy being sucked out. Stunt team decided it was too dangerous. Bring in the dummy. Theres actually an outtake of the shot that looks 100x better than the take they used
@@christianloepfe179 The stunt team wanted to have a real guy go out the side but it was deemed too injurious. Theres an outtake of the dummy that was a far better take. More explosive
Now That’s an Esther Shocker because I’ve watched this movie over 30Something years ago as a young boy because I remember seeing a 55 to 60 year old fella having a heart attack while flying his plane then it went off course hitting a bigger aircraft killing one co-pilot & the plane’s navigator & injuring the plane’s Captain then having all of the passengers screaming & all because it was up to the head flight attendant to control this giant aircraft until someone came to the rescue & it was very amazing .
The co-pilot being sucked out of the smashed cockpit looked like he was pulled up with a cable or something 😄😄😄 In such a dire situation it would make more sense if he was thrown out of the plane from the side, especially with the sudden decompression and the plane's speed... Anyway...Good movie for the times... Brings back some memories, my father took me to watch it when it came out in Paris...
Makes me think that small planes should have to have at least two people on board at all times in case the pilot goes unconscious. It does happen in real life. What are you supposed to do to keep them from crashing into others?
They should’ve had more pilots on board! The more the pilots the safer the plane! A plane packed full of pilots? Pilots in the cockpit, pilots in the cabin, pilots in the seats, pilots in the aisles, pilots in the stowaways, pilots in the restrooms, pilots in the baggage compartment, pilots in the landing gear, pilots strapped to the fuselage? Un-crashable. Fact.
@@justaguyhere2397 Ehm excuse me? It's 10 pilots for each explosive power unit. If there are more pilots onboard than the total explosive power of the bomb, the plane flies just fine. It's the law.
You wanna hear something scary? Every plane featured in the entire "Airport" movies, except for 1977, all crashed and killed everyone on board after the popularity peaked. Seeing this scene makes it even more haunting knowing that eventually, this level of terror would actually happen.
No, the 747 used in this movie didn't crash. In fact it was converted into a freighter and flew with UPS until its retirement in the 2000s. However the plane used in Airport and Airport 79 did crash. With the Concorde being the most prominent.
Seen this many times since I was very young, but never realized the serious alarm you hear in the captains voice when he says, "Jesus!" He actually sounds like he's in REAL danger. Great acting.
To be honest, I wished the filmmakers could've utilized models to simulate the crash sequence. How I feel they would've pulled it off is by using a medium custom-built miniature Boeing 747 cockpit made of steel, while the Beechcraft Twin-Engine Aircraft would be made of breakable material that would shatter upon impact, filming it all in close up, and then later splice it with the interior collision footage.
It was. They wanted to use an actual stuntman but it was "too dangerous". I won't lie, I know that's a dummy, but watching urias get sucked out of the plane like that is haunting to me.
Wouldn't the Co pilot disappear in a flash out the window toward the rear of the plane? Ever tossed a coffee cup out your window on the highway? It doesn't go UP.
No "TCAS" back then to give the 747 an RA (Resolution Advisory) ordering them to dive or climb out of the way. Many souls died in Mid Air Collisions to bring you todays modern TCAS IV System preventing such accidents.
I don't think they're flying very high at that point. They are descending on final approach and those look like low-altitude cumulus clouds. They're probably at just a few thousand feet.
Is there anybody reading these comments because I remember the scene back on airport 1975 movie which featured a 50 to 60-year-old man flying a twin engine propeller powered airplane in the sky but instead of that he had a heart attack during flight and his airplane kind of flew off course where it came and contact with a much bigger aircraft which caused the mid air collision and caused the death of the planes copilot and his navigator and seriously injuring the The pilot flying the jet liner in which the lady wood later on control the plane herself until help arrives.
It WAS a former plane owned by American. They kept the silver red n blue color scheme, just painted the tail "CA" (fir the fictiinal Columbia Airlines).
Everytime the call sign for this flight was spoken....there were women in the audience thinking 'Oh crap...Ive got to clean the goddamn kitchen when we get home.'
Gran película 🎥 del género de catástrofes que tan de moda se puso en los años 70. Por lo demás, grandes actores, la mayoría de ellos desgraciadamente nos dejaron hace unos años.
Ugh. This happened to me and let me tell you, it’s scary. Fortunately, I was able to save all the people aboard the plane and land it with MINIMAL damage. It’s what I do.
That's a great little joke. This time, Dana Andrews hit Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Fifteen years earlier, it was the other way around! Those two fellows must have gotten a laugh out of that!
gotta love the exterior real life shots of these aircraft
Oh yes
I never like when filmmakers go back and tamper with their own films but a good CGI hole in the plane in the flying shots could really work I think.
@@gargantuaism Ask that to Universal Pictures.
Boy that plane is loaded with perfect disaster movie characters. Young black couple, old white movie star, a couple of nuns, teenage girl needing an operation. All that plane needed was the ex alcoholic played by some old character actor in his last role, flying to see his Grandchildren for the first time before he dies.
The nuns is what makes it. LOL!
They forgot midgets with nipple rings.
But what do you talks about ?, I was just eleven when saw this great disaster movie and is a great movie for the intensity emotions that knows how to give. After the crash Nancy gives a great interpretation that value the intere movie.
It SET the genre of star studded disaster dramas.
Surely you can't be serious?
This was my favorite movie growing up and the reason I love aviation to this day.. I remember having both airport 75 & 77 on vhs 📼. Still so awesome to see this. Had a huge crush on Karen Black back then..
Who is Karen black 📼
Airport 1975 1977
Aka 75 77
@@gabrielflores7372 she’s Nancy & the lead flight attendant flying the plane.
I love that they definitely didn’t use bad rear projection and a dummy for the collision effect.
Even if they did it could have been so much better handled. The bg plates are terrible and the pilot getting sucked out could have been handled much better. A total lack of understanding physics. (They're going 300mph) Mad Mad World had a very similar scene at an airport control tower and the rear screen of an approaching plane is fabulously done. It has drama and gravitas. This scene would have benefited from the same FX team.
This sequence was bad enough, but the scenes where Ed Nelson was trying to get in the plane were pretty bad too. He looked so clumsy hanging on that wire with the poor back projection shots behind him. A school play group could have done better!
Standard poor MCA TV-influenced Universal special effects of the era. At least they spent the money to get air-to-air shots of a custom painted plane.
That first officer getting sucked out of the cockpit looked like a mannequin from Macy's.
This movie happened to be my first drive-in theatre attendance as a 10 year old during spring break. The following flick after this movie was crime drama Newman's Law starring George Peppard who was a vigilante cop fighting corruption in his own department. What terrific memories of being a kid seeing this movie with the family. RIP Mom,Stepop and Dad whom myself and my siblings went to see other movies separately all throughout the 1970s.
Best Actress Ever: Passenger in the Blue Dress screaming!
That lady kills me. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH............AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH
Time stamp…
@@shanet56041:13
Love the old lady in powder blue screaming and holding onto the seat in front of her LMAO!
Panic, Hysteric and Fear of Death.
RIP Karen Black. Hero. Savior. Badass.
actress
Sadly, the Beech twin used in the movie had a real life midair collision in August 24, 1989 near Tracy, CA killing the pilot and pilot of a Cessna.
Fiction and Reality are much closer than you thinking!
That's tragic and incredible. Seems like it was destined to succumb to such a dire fate all along.
😂
Ironically and sadly the same type of collision involving a small Cessna plane and a PSA commercial airliner happened in San Diego, CA in 1978.
Cast includes Screaming Woman #1, Screaming Woman #2, Screaming Woman #3, Screaming Woman #4, Screaming Woman #5, Screaming Woman #6, Screaming Woman #7, Screaming Woman #8, Screaming Woman #9, Screaming Woman #10, Screaming Woman #11, Screaming Woman #12, Screaming Woman #13, Screaming Woman #14, Screaming Woman #15, Screaming Woman #16, Screaming Woman #17, Screaming Woman #18, Screaming Woman #19, Screaming Woman #20, Screaming Woman #21, Screaming Woman #22, Screaming Woman #23...
You forgot Screaming woman #24. An acting tour de force!😀
Don’t forget “surprised Yorkshire Terrier”
1:08 the lady standing up towards the back and screaming. Hilarious.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Or the guy jumping up out of his seat throwing his hands in the air
Well it was a typical overacting, every single of them. What you expect?
@@mr.adventure0142 you must be popular at parties
Funnily enough, I know some people crazy enough to scream like that at any stressful situation.
Karen Black yelling, "Oh my God!" Seems so real.
This is why I always bring a parachute on every flight.
😬
This movie made me fascinated with visiting Salt Lake City. Finally came in 2016. Ran the SLC Marathon. Nice to have the Wasatch Mountain range as your backdrop. Best time ever. Cant wait to visit again! Thanks to this movie!
I had the same fascination and visited SLC the same year as you.
That cockpit had no wind. Her hair was perfect.
That's what I said. They didn't even raise their voices to be heard over the non existent wind noise that should have been ripping thru the flight deck.
Hairspray of the 70's turned hair into a hair helmet. The air is rushing by so fast it doesn't have time to go into the hole.
Dummy going out the cockpit hole like an episode of Thunderbirds.
omg I know it was so fake!
The pilot of that small plane played by Dana Andrews was Ted Striker in "Zero Hour", the movie that inspired "Airplane!". Well actually, that movie more than inspired it, the "Zero Hour" was used practically line by line in "Airplane!".
The Zucker bros did not know how to write a script. They took zero hour and used it nearly line for line
Here’s another interesting trivia - before Airport 1975, both Andrews and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. were in another disaster movie about a mid air collision. In that movie, Zimbalist played a Navy pilot that crashed into a commercial airliner piloted by Andrews!
this film, Airport 1975, also inspired many of the gags & jokes used in Airplane, similar to how the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice, inspired many of the gags & jokes used in the Austin Powers films.
@@johnbrennan4449 Don't forget about Thunderball, there was a lot of that in Austin Powers too. Specifically "Number Two"
@@k1productions87 the first 5 James Bond films, all starring Sean Connery, were so iconic & memorable. this includes "Doctor No", "From Russia with Love" & "Goldfinger", in addition to the 2 we already mentioned.
I like this movie. So dramatic and hilarious.
God I hope that manikin was OK
When I was a kid a friend of mine went to see this in the theater and swore this collision scene included the pilot's eye landing in a cup.
Does anyone remember that? I can't find it anywhere, but the fact that the actor's eye isn't visible under all the blood makes me think that maybe there was a cut that included this scene.
Sounds like he got that from an episode of Red Dwarf.
Love the Airport Movies now Karen Black has to fly the plane R I P Karen Black George Kennedy and Charlton Heston.
I just wanna tell you both good luck...........we're all counting on you.
surely you can't be serious?
@@solanosmedia3764 I am, and don't call me Shirley.
@@greatjob2023 🤣🤣🤣
Niiiiice beaver
@@greatjob2023Johnny, do you like movies about gladiators?
Back in those days 1975’s
"Put out your cigarettes when the light comes on!"
haha omg I know
Did nobody notice the body that flew out XD I was dying LOL
yea i dont know why he jumped out, there wasnt much chance of landing on the floor alive...
"I was dying"
so the body was too
They wanted to use a real guy being sucked out. Stunt team decided it was too dangerous. Bring in the dummy. Theres actually an outtake of the shot that looks 100x better than the take they used
@@roquefortfiles
Exactly, I think that one is in the Trailer. Never understood why the obvious Dummie- Shot made it in the Final Cut.
@@christianloepfe179 The stunt team wanted to have a real guy go out the side but it was deemed too injurious. Theres an outtake of the dummy that was a far better take. More explosive
I just saw this on Netflix, along with Airport 70, and Airport '77
Dont firget that Concorde Airport 79...lol
1:23 this dude is laughing 😆
😂😂
Now That’s an Esther Shocker because I’ve watched this movie over 30Something years ago as a young boy because I remember seeing a 55 to 60 year old fella having a heart attack while flying his plane then it went off course hitting a bigger aircraft killing one co-pilot & the plane’s navigator & injuring the plane’s Captain then having all of the passengers screaming & all because it was up to the head flight attendant to control this giant aircraft until someone came to the rescue & it was very amazing .
The co-pilot being sucked out of the smashed cockpit looked like he was pulled up with a cable or something 😄😄😄
In such a dire situation it would make more sense if he was thrown out of the plane from the side, especially with the sudden decompression and the plane's speed...
Anyway...Good movie for the times...
Brings back some memories, my father took me to watch it when it came out in Paris...
In reality the co pilot would vanish around the corner of the hole in the blink of an eye.
It looked like a Real Dummy 🥴
How did they get the small plane to hover in front of the jet before impacting?
Sid Caesar looks like he's having a great time at 1:22.
Pissing himself laughing after a mid air collision Lol
frightening sequence
Poor Urias. He had about a minute to contemplate what was going to happen.
A min is 60 seconds. More like 2 seconds
1:22 He's laughing uncontrollably along with the audience, he must have seen the pilot float out too
Thanks Columbia Airling, to bo our catastrophic preferered our catastrophic movies
I remember seeing this in the theater. Sat with my dad with popcorn and a cigarette 🚬. Good times good times 😊
Makes me think that small planes should have to have at least two people on board at all times in case the pilot goes unconscious. It does happen in real life. What are you supposed to do to keep them from crashing into others?
That’s what atc is for and TCAS
Or if they eat fish
1:01 the way the co pilot when out of the cockpit must’ve Ben a mannequin or a doll
That one dude looks like he's laughing. LOL
They should’ve had more pilots on board! The more the pilots the safer the plane! A plane packed full of pilots? Pilots in the cockpit, pilots in the cabin, pilots in the seats, pilots in the aisles, pilots in the stowaways, pilots in the restrooms, pilots in the baggage compartment, pilots in the landing gear, pilots strapped to the fuselage? Un-crashable. Fact.
Pilot Holding a bomb? I don't think so
@@justaguyhere2397 Ehm excuse me? It's 10 pilots for each explosive power unit. If there are more pilots onboard than the total explosive power of the bomb, the plane flies just fine. It's the law.
@@MaxPlayne87 how'd the company make Money If the Plane is full like your comment?
@@justaguyhere2397 By flying the plane. Easy.
I couldn't stop laughing because of the airplane parody scenes...
George Zipp laughed too.
You wanna hear something scary? Every plane featured in the entire "Airport" movies, except for 1977, all crashed and killed everyone on board after the popularity peaked. Seeing this scene makes it even more haunting knowing that eventually, this level of terror would actually happen.
No, the 747 used in this movie didn't crash. In fact it was converted into a freighter and flew with UPS until its retirement in the 2000s.
However the plane used in Airport and Airport 79 did crash. With the Concorde being the most prominent.
Seen this many times since I was very young, but never realized the serious alarm you hear in the captains voice when he says, "Jesus!" He actually sounds like he's in REAL danger. Great acting.
The flight enginner who was killed in the collision was none other than Frank Poncherello! (CHiPs).
@@bhinbayoucity5691 Not George Zipp?
These movies unironically rule 🤘
To be honest, I wished the filmmakers could've utilized models to simulate the crash sequence. How I feel they would've pulled it off is by using a medium custom-built miniature Boeing 747 cockpit made of steel, while the Beechcraft Twin-Engine Aircraft would be made of breakable material that would shatter upon impact, filming it all in close up, and then later splice it with the interior collision footage.
0:15 cessna pilot heart attack 1:02 pilot dead
airplane is out of coffee 1:09
The co pilot looked like a dummy getting sucked out🤦🏻♂️ rip ponch😢
It was. They wanted to use an actual stuntman but it was "too dangerous".
I won't lie, I know that's a dummy, but watching urias get sucked out of the plane like that is haunting to me.
Ponch wasnt the one sucked out, it was First officer Urias....
This is Colombia Airlines flight incident😊
That lady at 1:26 was in the elevator in the movie "Earthquake."
"Oh my god! How did I end up in this movie?"
Poor Poncherello punched out.
Then...he became a cop!
1:02 david vincent encountered with aliens sucked out taken to their ufo
When I was a kid, they told me that the pilot lost an eyeball after the crash
I believe the Capt is Efrem Zymbalist Jr
It was him, he just finished the TV show The FBI about a year before this movie.
Yep. His real life dsughter was actress Stephanie Zimbalist, costar of Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele on NBC!
This is one of the movie that inspired airplanr
Wouldn't the Co pilot disappear in a flash out the window toward the rear of the plane? Ever tossed a coffee cup out your window on the highway? It doesn't go UP.
No "TCAS" back then to give the 747 an RA (Resolution Advisory) ordering them to dive or climb out of the way. Many souls died in Mid Air Collisions to bring you todays modern TCAS IV System preventing such accidents.
Good job by ATC ..
Kinda surprise a small aircraft can reach that high of an altitude
I don't think they're flying very high at that point. They are descending on final approach and those look like low-altitude cumulus clouds. They're probably at just a few thousand feet.
The Beechcraft Baron’s service ceiling is around 19,000 ft so they are able to fly at around 13-14 thousand feet.
58P Baron was pressurized.
Is there anybody reading these comments because I remember the scene back on airport 1975 movie which featured a 50 to 60-year-old man flying a twin engine propeller powered airplane in the sky but instead of that he had a heart attack during flight and his airplane kind of flew off course where it came and contact with a much bigger aircraft which caused the mid air collision and caused the death of the planes copilot and his navigator and seriously injuring the The pilot flying the jet liner in which the lady wood later on control the plane herself until help arrives.
now i understand the scene in the movie airplane 🙂
1:12 Instead of the fire alarm the cabin altitude alarm should have sounded
Music composed and conducted by John Cacavas
This movie is damn good !!!!
Based on American Airlines B747.😊
Urias flies away !
Yep the "Junior" is always the one to be sacrificed first....
This movie made me want to be an airliner pilot.
That looks like a American Airlines!
It WAS a former plane owned by American. They kept the silver red n blue color scheme, just painted the tail "CA" (fir the fictiinal Columbia Airlines).
I remember when you could smoke on the plane, little ash trays on the seat. I smoked hash in the bathroom once those were the days.
"Yes Mam, I speak jive"... 😂
Ahhh the 1970s, where private prop planes and commercial jets shared the same cruising altitudes and air traffic control didn't exist. 🤣
ATC DID exist, they were all just smokin weed in da tower!😂😅
The guy in the small plane had a heart attack and hit the big plane ripping open the cockpit.
How did a prop jet make it so high up
The 747 was descending into Salt Lake City.
1:25 the woman holding the dog is Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Everytime the call sign for this flight was spoken....there were women in the audience thinking 'Oh crap...Ive got to clean the goddamn kitchen when we get home.'
interiors look more like a night club than an airplane
The original film was interesting. The sequels never should have been made at all.
I remember I vhs recorded this movie
I know it's a movie in real life that jet would be destroyed heading for ground 😂
She has to find someone who knows how to fly, and who DIDN'T have a plane crash into their face.
LOL!!!!! That made me cough up some heavy duty 420, dude!!!
Gran película 🎥 del género de catástrofes que tan de moda se puso en los años 70. Por lo demás, grandes actores, la mayoría de ellos desgraciadamente nos dejaron hace unos años.
Its easy to fly the plane. Bird do it all the time
When was the last time you saw a BIRD fly a plane?lol
Zero hour! in 1957 Dana Andrews as Ted striker.
And in Airport 1974 Dana Andrews as Scotty.
in 1:00 you can see the small plane is not moving
It was annoying how the passengers were screaming on board
Ugh. This happened to me and let me tell you, it’s scary. Fortunately, I was able to save all the people aboard the plane and land it with MINIMAL damage.
It’s what I do.
Almost was going to watch this movie, but wow is that goofy
It was the Red Eye but it looked like daylight.
Did that guy that flew out of the plane die?
Nope. He just simply "landed" the hard way, in Salt Lake City!
0:10 It happens to me when I eat pasta
That's a great little joke. This time, Dana Andrews hit Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Fifteen years earlier, it was the other way around! Those two fellows must have gotten a laugh out of that!
I think Efrem had the bigger laugh, cuz he survived even though injured..
Was this Efrem Zimblaist Jr.'s very first Post F.B.I. assignment after the series ended after 9 years? I await your answer.
Yes.
@@roquefortfilesThank you for your reply.
@@matthewbulger6883 I am a huge fan of AP75. Some of the best aerial photography
The part in 1:03 was just unrealistic.
1:09 lady in blue
"Put out your cigarettes"
Cigarrettes?
The 70s
Yea back in 70s you can smoke 🚬 in airplanes ✈️
Where are the 02 masks?
1:12 747 FIRE Bell？
Put out your cigarettes when the light goes on Amazing! It was definitely 1975
Uh doesn’t a 747 fly 10000 to 15000 feet higher than a Baron?