Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton

Director: Henry Hathaway

Summary: Based on a best seller by Arthur Hailey, the story tells of the manager of a glamorous international airport who must juggle personal crisis with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard torn facility open to rescue a bomb damaged jetliner.

One of the original 'disaster' movies, this all-star nail-biter follows a series of emergencies at a large Midwestern airport on a snowy night. The weather's bad enough, but then a passenger threatens to blow up an inbound plane. Based on Arthur Hailey's novel. Sequels include Airport 1975, Airport '77 and The Concorde - Airport '79 and dozens of other catastrophe epics built from the same blueprint. Academy Award Nominations: 10, including Best Picture, Best (Adapted) Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress--Helen Hayes.

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Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer
Subtitles:	Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
Year:	1970
Release Date:	February 16, 2004
Runtime:	129 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	822 205 6
Keywords:	Airport, General, Wide, Screen, Drama
Genre:	Drama