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Posted by Patrick Walsh (Member # 637) on July 29, 2007, 04:07 AM:

UNIVERSAL 8 release AIRPORT 77 1x400ft adapted scope.
film begins with the credits rolling over stills of an airport Jerry Jameson directs and Richard Fry produces and and 3 years later they together will bring us the epic RAISE THE TITANIC, also a number of actors in this film will also appear in RAISE.
1st we see Jack Lemmon as captain looking at the cargo being loaded on the plane "I wonder what is worth more?, the cargo or the plane?" he says to another guy with him, we see the passengers abord, James Stewart appears on the big TV screen in the plane welcoming everyone to the 1st flight "Of the STEVENS corporation's new airplane", we cut to Mike Pataka's villian character in the cieling of the plane, he pumps a gas into the cabin and the cast drop into a deep sleep, also Jack Lemmon get's a wack on the head by one of the stewards, we see the plane flying through some fog then it hit's the top of an oil rig and crashes into the sea, the passengers wake up when the plane hits the water, (this footage of the plane crashing has been used in a couple of TV shows over the years most recent in the popular daytime soap DAYS OF OUR LIVES)
The plane sinks, we see Christopher Lee die by drowning when the cargo door opens and he gets hit on the head by it, the navy is called and plans are made to raise the plane to the surface, Jimmy Stewart appears in person onboard the navy ship talking how his daughter and grandson are onboard the plane, divers attach gas ballons on the plant and it raises and everyone is rescued.
Not a bad edited film, sound is good.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on July 29, 2007, 11:56 AM:

Patrick,

Thanks for the review. I'm working on an article about the Airport series on Super 8, and I feel "Airport 77" is the weakest of the lot. Slow moving for a digest, the first few minutes had me bored.
It's a shame that the only time we get to see Chris Lee is in his death scene!
How's the color on your print? Mine has faded badly.

Doug

Posted by Brad Kimball (Member # 5) on July 29, 2007, 03:22 PM:

I agree... I was very disappointed not to see more of Mr. Lee. My print is faded, but not hrribly red/amber just yet. Sound on mine is good, too. FYI....Mr. Lee's footage in the 400' KEN release of "Musketeers" is practically non-existent - just a quick shot as the camera pans the cast at the finale.

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on July 29, 2007, 06:18 PM:

Hi Pat
A slight exaggeration of what would happen to an aircraft hitting the water [Roll Eyes]

Not a bad film though.

Graham. [Smile]

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on July 29, 2007, 08:17 PM:

Going from that view, a small party should have made an attempt to climb out through the vertical stabilizer (...kind of a Poseidon Adventure crossover.)

Could never happen? -Just as likely as an aircraft holding together upon hitting the water in a crash.

Water is very viscous, just ask anybody that's ever dived off the high board and hit the water flat!

(Musta given the Airframe Engineers over at Boeing a chuckle!)

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on July 29, 2007, 09:30 PM:

Steve
The Boeing 747 engine mounts are designed with a structural fuse the theory is that on impact with water this structure should fail, and as a result this would allow the engine struts and engines to break away without "hopefully" damaging the wing tanks etc, thats the idea however in practice things might me a bit different.

Back in 1982 a fully laden British Airways 747 flying from "London to Auckland, New Zealand" came very close to ditching in the Indian Ocean, the aircraft had flown into a volcanic ash cloud at 37000ft near Java late at night, the result was they lost all four engines, the flight crew were totally mystified what was going on, the aircraft lost all power and 24000ft before the flight engineer managed to restart just one engine, then slowly the rest, the aircraft had been badly damaged, and with very little visibility the captain managed to land at Jakarta. The captain had decided that if the engines had not re-started by the time they reached 12000ft he was going to turn the aircaft away from Jakarta due to the mountains, and initiate a ditching in the sea, it was a very close call indeed and thankfully it was never put to the test, later the flight crew recieved official commendations and awards for there actions.

Graham.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on July 29, 2007, 10:13 PM:

The problem you run into though is whichever point (wingtip, nose, etc.) first dives below the surface becomes a fulcrum that the rest of the aircraft (or the pieces it's made of) tumbles around, and the forces are immense with that much mass and velocity at play.

(It still amazes me they can fly in the first place!)

It could be worse: I seem to remember some 1970s TV movie drivel about an entire ocean liner going to the bottom in the 1930s and trapping all hands alive inside an air bubble. They developed an entire new set of undersea technologies that allowed them to survive something like 40 years until they were rescued.

(Anyone remember the title?)

Posted by Patrick Walsh (Member # 637) on July 30, 2007, 04:46 AM:

Yes my film has good colour and sound.
Pat

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on July 30, 2007, 07:47 PM:

Thank you, Pat.

Steve,

I remember that film, mostly because Frank Gorshin was in it! "Goliath Awaits".

Doug

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on July 30, 2007, 08:37 PM:

Good Call, Doug!

...and Christopher Lee was in both films!

Posted by Andrew Wilson (Member # 538) on July 31, 2007, 01:37 PM:

I liked Airport77,but this edit is below par.Andy.

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