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The Concorde ... Airport '79 (Airport 1980) (1979)

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The fourth Airport film may be the silliest of them all, as George Kennedy returns, this time co-piloting with Alain Delon. The plane is on its way to the Moscow Olympics, has a bomb on board, and gets fired upon with missiles that necessitate flying upside-down. A look at the cast list resembles a bad episode of Fantasy Island, but it's always fun to see shameless touches like casting Mercedes McCambridge (Johnny Guitar) as the coach of the Soviet team. If you don't understand the significance

PG, 1 hr. 54 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: David Lowell Rich

In Theaters: Aug 3, 1979 Wide

Cast

Alain Delon
Capt. Paul Metrand
Susan Blakely
Maggie Whelan
Robert Wagner
Kevin Harrison
Sylvia Kristel
Isabelle
George Kennedy
Capt. Joe Patroni
Eddie Albert
Eli
Bibi Andersson
Francine
Charo
Margarita
John Davidson
Robert Palmer
Andrea Marcovicci
Alicia
Martha Raye
Loretta
Cicely Tyson
Elaine
Jimmie "J.J." Walker
Boise
David Warner
O'Neill
Mercedes McCambridge
Nelli
Avery Schreiber
Coach Markov
Sybil Danning
Amy
Monica Lewis
Gretchen
Nicolas Coster
Dr. Stone
Robin Gammell
William Halpern
Jon Cedar
Froelich
Selma Archerd
Passenger
Ed Begley Jr
Sheila DeWindt
Mario Machado
Kathleen Maguire
Mary Parker
David Matthau
Macon McCalman
Dick McGarvin
George Sawava
Conrad Palmisano
Brian Cutler
Hettie Lynne Hurtes
Reporter #2
Victoria Woodbeck
Russian Olympic Athlete
Frank Parker

Critic Reviews for The Concorde ... Airport '79 (Airport 1980)

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)

Aeronautically and otherwise, it's a bumpy trip.

September 7, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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Unintentional comedy still seems the Airport series' forte, although excellent special effects work, and some decent dramatics help Concorde take off.

September 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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A deafening sonic yawn signs off this desperate finale to Universal's Arthur Hailey-inspired quartet of in-flight entertainments.

September 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

The picture's one distinction is that there are more bedroom scenes and suicides than in any other airport movie.

September 7, 2010 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Easily the silliest entry in a series chock-full of silly entries. Not among the very worst disaster flicks, but surely you could find something better.

April 3, 2005 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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Terrible junk that is low rent in every category. Abysmal special effects, a script that is pratically incoherent, and great, good and bad actors all going down with the ship mostly because the characters they play make absolutely no sense. Avoid this if at all possible.

November 10, 2010

jay nixon

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An incredible story where a passenger-carrying Concorde is under attack by the French Air Force. This movie has to be seen just to experience the appalling special effects as the Concorde banks to avoid a missile.

May 31, 2007

Ross Collins

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