Too cool to see so many other people remember this theme/movie! It was great as a kid! No movie involving an airport is complete without George Kennedy,RIP.
Very Nice.. I lived in Minneapolis in 1969 during the filming. I was actually an "extra" in the movie...! Lots of fun, But long nights. MSP Airport sure has changed since then. Thanks for the great clip.
Event movies that were epic dramas usually had a "set piece,, " which was a sequence of spectacle that the audience usually had to wait for at the climax. In AIRPORT, it was the decompression; the parting of the Red Sea is another, Chariot race in BEN HUR- nowadays there is no buildup to anything. The audience has to be bombarded with spectacle the minute the screen lights up. I think we are missing alot today- especially a story line that would hold your attention to that moment!
saw this movie in 1970 in one of the old style 70mm theatres with the Cinerama curved screens...this was all pretty impressive stuff to a kid, I can tell ya! Think I'll watch this tonight ;)
Just a nice side note.. if anyone wants the score (open) from Airport, its now available on iTunes.. and its pretty much what you hear here. An amazing replica.. if not the original.
Don't forget Dana Wynter,Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Lloyd Noland, Ross Hunter, & the author of the novel Arthur Hailey. We saw this movie @ it's East Coast in March 1970 @ Radio City Music Hall in NYC on a 9th grade class trip. It started the disaster genre of movies. It was a great movie & it won best picture @ the Academy Award & it deserved it.The theme is also one of the best ever. Colonel Santo A. Chase,USA(Ret.)
I totally agree with mplsmn. I remember hanging out at the aiport when this was being shot...and I used to work in the building right next to the control tower (about 10 years later). The Mpls/St. Paul airport is almost unrecognizable today.
I love this movie. It has a great score but with the footage shot for the opening credits, the movie should have been titled Snow Plowers Terminal, or Carpark. As for airplanes, I counted just three or four at the most.
There is a version of the main theme that was recorded by the Johnny Gibbs Orchestra, available on iTunes. Very good rendition, and you're right, it's great motivation before the daily grind.
The Boeing 707 in this movie was "borrowed" from American Airlines. It was later sold by AA to a South American airline and turned into a cargo hauler, where it subsequently crashed and burned a few years later.
Man I wish we would get that much snow in St. Louis last few winters have been mild. Always like the sight of those snowblasts shooting snow as they clear the runway. Do they still use flamethrowers on the runways anymore?
Nope, George is still with us. But sadly, many of the other folks are gone--Burt Lancaster, Helen Hayes, Jean Seberg, and Albert Reed (the man who played the security guard). He played Alderman Fred C. Davis on "Good Times" in the 1970s.
Too cool to see so many other people remember this theme/movie! It was great as a kid! No movie involving an airport is complete without George Kennedy,RIP.
I listen to this soundtrack every morning before I start work. It gets me motivated. Try it.
Very Nice.. I lived in Minneapolis in 1969 during the filming. I was actually an "extra" in the movie...! Lots of fun, But long nights. MSP Airport sure has changed since then. Thanks for the great clip.
Absolutely fabulous score! The horns entering at 1.57 are brill! Thank you for this; will listen again and again...
Love the terminal building! Still the main piece in place at MSP! Was an extra in terminal crowd scene 1in 1969. Lots of fun, no sleep!
Event movies that were epic dramas usually had a "set piece,, " which was a sequence of spectacle that the audience usually had to wait for at the climax. In AIRPORT, it was the decompression; the parting of the Red Sea is another, Chariot race in BEN HUR- nowadays there is no buildup to anything. The audience has to be bombarded with spectacle the minute the screen lights up. I think we are missing alot today- especially a story line that would hold your attention to that moment!
It is set in Chicago but was filmed at Minneapolis/St Paul airport.
Old movie music is awesome - this is one of the classics.
saw this movie in 1970 in one of the old style 70mm theatres with the Cinerama curved screens...this was all pretty impressive stuff to a kid, I can tell ya!
Think I'll watch this tonight ;)
Helen Hayes won the best supporting-actress award as the cantakerous old stowaway.
I love this movie!
Actually, I think there would have been less mayhem in the movie if Lancaster was flying the plane and Dean was singing at the airport lounge.
Just a nice side note.. if anyone wants the score (open) from Airport, its now available on iTunes.. and its pretty much what you hear here. An amazing replica.. if not the original.
Two-niner is CLOSED! Call Patroni!
Don't forget Dana Wynter,Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Lloyd Noland, Ross Hunter, & the author of the novel Arthur Hailey. We saw this movie @ it's East Coast in March 1970 @ Radio City Music Hall in NYC on a 9th grade class trip. It started the disaster genre of movies. It was a great movie & it won best picture @ the Academy Award & it deserved it.The theme is also one of the best ever.
Colonel Santo A. Chase,USA(Ret.)
I totally agree with mplsmn. I remember hanging out at the aiport when this was being shot...and I used to work in the building right next to the control tower (about 10 years later). The Mpls/St. Paul airport is almost unrecognizable today.
I love this movie. It has a great score but with the footage shot for the opening credits, the movie should have been titled Snow Plowers Terminal, or Carpark. As for airplanes, I counted just three or four at the most.
There is a version of the main theme that was recorded by the Johnny Gibbs Orchestra, available on iTunes. Very good rendition, and you're right, it's great motivation before the daily grind.
Great theme!
The Boeing 707 in this movie was "borrowed" from American Airlines. It was later sold by AA to a South American airline and turned into a cargo hauler, where it subsequently crashed and burned a few years later.
I wish I wrote the score! It's fantastic!
Sounds like the theme to the local 11:00 news in the '80s.
Ah, the good old days when commercial aircraft sometimes took off on time.
Man I wish we would get that much snow in St. Louis last few winters have been mild. Always like the sight of those snowblasts shooting snow as they clear the runway. Do they still use flamethrowers on the runways anymore?
Can you believe that this music was up against Woodstock for an academy award in music
Somebody should really upload the whole movie.
"...you guys have a broad stashed in there or what.....?? Joe Patroni, Lincoln Airport Maint. Chief, Trans Global Airlines
thanks for the correction - that will teach me for listening to a "buff" for this movie (as am I).
and by the way----remind me to send a thank you note to Mr. Boeing!
Nope, George is still with us. But sadly, many of the other folks are gone--Burt Lancaster, Helen Hayes, Jean Seberg, and Albert Reed (the man who played the security guard). He played Alderman Fred C. Davis on "Good Times" in the 1970s.
Flyoma - Are you going to add the next segment of the movie? :D
Your local video store or from Universal Studios on line or at the Theme Parks in California or Florida.
Nope. The airport used to have a display which stated that the weather was clear and that director George Seaton had to use plastic snow..
Where is this movie set?
just read the book..was actually not bad ..great period aviation info..is the movie available to buy ?
j adore se film je viens de le trouve en dvd il est genial
ahhh,another balmy day in Minneapolis...
No? I was thinking he'd passed several year back, well cool, George Kennedy rocks.
I second that!
GR8 ICON MOVIE
Like the pilots say -- "If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going."
:)cool
It is so the « I know it, I saw it on TV» type of film :P
Almost 4 minutes of movie for just a few bucks.
You haven't been reading the news much lately. ;O)
Hard to buy Dean Martin as an airline pilot. Haha!
He isn't dead!!!!
Yes they should remake this great movie but do it right with added drama
Yeah, and you can still see the shadows from the sun!
Yes remake this great movie with more drama and do it right
? what ? what are you tolking about .wen were thengs good 70s? i dont think there was aver a good time all whas war going on.