Airport (film series)

Airport
Directed byGeorge Seaton (1)
Jack Smight (2)
Jerry Jameson (3)
David Lowell Rich (4)
Screenplay byGeorge Seaton (1)
Don Ingalls (2)
Michael Scheff (3)
David Spector (3)
Eric Roth (4)
Based onAirport
by Arthur Hailey
Produced byRoss Hunter (1)
William Frye (2-3)
Jennings Lang (4)
StarringBurt Lancaster
George Kennedy
Charlton Heston
Alain Delon
Jack Lemmon
CinematographyErnest Laszlo
Philip H. Lathrop
Edited byStuart Gilmore
Music byAlfred Newman
John Cacavas
Lalo Schifrin
Production
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Release dates
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$387.5 million

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.

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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