Airport (film series)
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| Directed by | George Seaton (1) Jack Smight (2) Jerry Jameson (3) David Lowell Rich (4) |
| Screenplay by | George Seaton (1) Don Ingalls (2) Michael Scheff (3) David Spector (3) Eric Roth (4) |
| Based on | Airport by Arthur Hailey |
| Produced by | Ross Hunter (1) William Frye (2–3) Jennings Lang (4) |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster George Kennedy Charlton Heston Jack Lemmon Alain Delon |
| Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo Philip H. Lathrop |
| Edited by | Stuart Gilmore |
| Music by | Alfred Newman John Cacavas Lalo Schifrin |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $33.2 million |
| Box office | $387.5 million |
Airport is a 1970s film series consisting of four airplane-themed disaster films: Airport, Airport 1975, Airport '77 and The Concorde... Airport '79. They are based on the 1968 novel Airport by Arthur Hailey. The four films grossed $387.5 million worldwide, on a collective budget of $33.2 million.
The only actor who appeared in all four films is George Kennedy, in his recurring role of Joe Patroni, who progresses from a chief mechanic, to a vice president of operations, to a consultant, to an airline pilot.