A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device t... Read allA supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
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- 2 nominations
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- Boisie
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- TriviaSylvia Kristel recounted the making of this film in her autobiography. According to her, Alain Delon felt he was not being taken seriously in Hollywood. On the first day, he demanded to switch trailers with director David Lowell Rich because his trailer wasn't large enough. At first Delon and Kristel did not get along, and he refused to get down on one knee in front of her for one scene. It wasn't until director David Lowell Rich began to treat Sylvia unkindly that Delon became more friendly toward her and they finished the production on good terms.
- GoofsThe Concorde was not designed to perform a loop-the-loop, but it could do a barrel-roll. Considering the power available, if the plane were below mach speeds and the loop were large enough, it is possible for such a maneuver to work.
- Quotes
Peter O'Neill: Last night I woke up in a cold sweat, I dreamt I was being chased by a giant banana.
- Alternate versionsJosé Ferrer appears in the footage added to the film when it was shown on ABC-TV. He does not appear in the theatrical release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Murder, She Wrote: Tough Guys Don't Die (1985)
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The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
1/2 (out of 4)
An American company buys a Concorde jet and they plan on making the first flight to Paris and then to Russia. The only problem is that a group of people has some secrets and they decide to try and bring down the plane, which causes Capt. Joe Patroni (George Kennedy) to become a STAR WARS pilot.
THE CONCORDE... AIRPORT '79 would bring the franchise to a crashing halt. Even before it hit theaters the film pretty much became known as a bomb and once the public got to it the film was over. The incredibly awful reviews led to a really bad box office total and that was the end of the series. Since then the film has become known as one of the worst ever made and rightfully so.
The most shocking thing about this movie is the fact that someone read the screenplay and gave money for it to be filmed. I guess there's a chance that the studio thought people would watch anything with the AIRPORT title but the film is certainly one of the dumbest that you'll ever see. I said STAR WARS earlier because some of the action scenes appear to be wanting to be like that George Lucas film.
Some of the action scenes are embarrassingly bad including the ones where the plane comes under attack by some missiles. Seeing the plane fight off these missiles was just so bad that you couldn't help wonder what the filmmakers were doing. Even worse is the fact that the direction is so poor that there's never any suspense during any of the scenes and even dumber is how the screenplay has all sorts of things going wrong with the plane.
The lack of any suspense is what really kills the film and makes its long running time seem even longer. The only nice thing I could say about the picture is that it at least let Kennedy upgrade to the lead role but then again he's no match for Dean Martin, Charlton Heston or Jack Lemmon. Kennedy is at least good here and you've got a wide range of other notable stars who show up. Can you believe there are three Oscar-winners in this mess?
THE CONCORDE... AIRPORT '79 is an awful picture but I guess we should all be grateful that it was so bad since we did get AIRPLANE! because of it.
1/2 (out of 4)
An American company buys a Concorde jet and they plan on making the first flight to Paris and then to Russia. The only problem is that a group of people has some secrets and they decide to try and bring down the plane, which causes Capt. Joe Patroni (George Kennedy) to become a STAR WARS pilot.
THE CONCORDE... AIRPORT '79 would bring the franchise to a crashing halt. Even before it hit theaters the film pretty much became known as a bomb and once the public got to it the film was over. The incredibly awful reviews led to a really bad box office total and that was the end of the series. Since then the film has become known as one of the worst ever made and rightfully so.
The most shocking thing about this movie is the fact that someone read the screenplay and gave money for it to be filmed. I guess there's a chance that the studio thought people would watch anything with the AIRPORT title but the film is certainly one of the dumbest that you'll ever see. I said STAR WARS earlier because some of the action scenes appear to be wanting to be like that George Lucas film.
Some of the action scenes are embarrassingly bad including the ones where the plane comes under attack by some missiles. Seeing the plane fight off these missiles was just so bad that you couldn't help wonder what the filmmakers were doing. Even worse is the fact that the direction is so poor that there's never any suspense during any of the scenes and even dumber is how the screenplay has all sorts of things going wrong with the plane.
The lack of any suspense is what really kills the film and makes its long running time seem even longer. The only nice thing I could say about the picture is that it at least let Kennedy upgrade to the lead role but then again he's no match for Dean Martin, Charlton Heston or Jack Lemmon. Kennedy is at least good here and you've got a wide range of other notable stars who show up. Can you believe there are three Oscar-winners in this mess?
THE CONCORDE... AIRPORT '79 is an awful picture but I guess we should all be grateful that it was so bad since we did get AIRPLANE! because of it.
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Box office
- Budget
- $14,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,015,688
- Gross worldwide
- $13,015,688
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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