“Airport 79: Concorde” ( The Concorde ... Airport '79 ) is a film by David Lowell Rich . The last of the films of the “ Airport ” series, which began in 1970 with the film “Airport” (an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Arthur Haley ). It was released on August 17, 1979 (in the USA).
| Airport 79: Concord | |
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| The Concorde ... Airport '79 | |
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| Genre | disaster movie action movie drama thriller |
| Producer | David Lowell Rich |
| Producer | Jennings lang |
| Author script | Jennings lang Eric Roth |
| In the main cast | Alain Delon Susan Blakely |
| Operator | Philip Lathrop |
| Composer | Lalo Shifrin |
| Film company | Universal pictures |
| Duration | 123 minutes |
| Budget | $ 14 million (estimate) |
| A country |  USA |
| Language | |
| Year | 1979 |
| IMDb | ID 0078740 |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Shooting
- 4 References
- 5 See also
Story
For Concord pilots, as well as for passengers, this is the most common transatlantic flight from Washington to Paris . They do not yet know that they will face the failure of navigation systems, a missile attack and an emergency landing in the Alps . The plane, following the usual Washington-Paris flight, falls into a real bind: he has to flee from a homing missile, evade the attack of a French fighter and make an emergency landing in the absence of brakes. And all the fault is one of the passengers of the plane - Maggie, who carries with her very important secret documents that prove that the powerful corporation Harrison Industries is engaged in the production of nuclear weapons. The company’s management intends to prevent the publication of these documents at any cost.
Cast
- Alain Delon - Captain Paul Metrand
- Susan Blakely - Maggie Whelan
- Robert Wagner - Kevin Harrison
- Sylvia Christel - Isabelle
- Mercedes McCambridge - Nelly
- Cicely Tyson - Elaine
- George Kennedy - Captain Joe Patroni
- Ed Begley Jr. - lifeguard
- Eddie Albert - Eli Sands
- Bibi Andersson - Francine
- John Davidson - Robert Palmer
- Jimmy walker
- Robert Kerman
- Monica Lewis
Filming
In some countries (France, Great Britain, Finland) this film is known as “Airport-80”, since it was in 1980 that it was released in these countries.
George Kennedy played the mechanics of Patroni in all the films in the series.
During takeoff, the BTSC tail number is visible on the wing at the beginning of the film. This is the number of the plane that crashed in 2000 in Paris .
Links
- “Airport 79: Concord” at the Internet Movie Database
- “Airport-79:“ Concord “” on the site Video Guide
See also
- Save the Concord! ( ital. Concorde Affaire '79 ) - a film by Ruggiero Deodato, 1979.