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Airport

1970 film directed by George Seaton
Movie film Q409022
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Summary

Airport is a film[1]. Airport ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,849 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3]
  • Director: George Seaton[4]
  • Screenwriter: George Seaton[5]
  • Composer: Alfred Newman[6]
  • Movement: New Hollywood[7]
  • Genre: disaster film[8]
  • Based on: Airport[9]
  • Cast member: Burt Lancaster[10], Dean Martin[11], Jean Seberg[12], Jacqueline Bisset[13], George Kennedy[14], Helen Hayes[15], Van Heflin[16], Maureen Stapleton[17], Barry Nelson[18], Dana Wynter[19], Lloyd Nolan[20], Barbara Hale[21], Jessie Royce Landis[22], Whit Bissell[23]
  • Producer: Ross Hunter[24]
  • Part of the series: Airport[25]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[26]
  • Director of photography: Ernest Laszlo[27]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[29]
  • Review score: 6.2/10[30], 42/100[31], 72%[32]
  • Color: color[33]
  • Country of origin: United States[34]
  • Publication date: March 5, 1970[35], March 30, 1970[36], March 25, 1970[37], 1970[38]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[39]
  • Contributor to the creative work or subject: Carol Daniels[40]
  • Narrative location: Chicago[41]
  • Main subject: aviation[42], aviation accident[43]
  • Film editor: Stuart Gilmore[44]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[45], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[46], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[47], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[48], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[49], Academy Award for Best Costume Design[50], Academy Award for Best Production Design[51], Academy Award for Best Original Score[52], Academy Award for Best Sound[53]

Why It Matters

Airport has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Airport is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

FAQs

What awards did Airport receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3].

Related Entities

Alfred Newman Barbara Hale Barry Nelson Burt Lancaster Dean Martin film George Kennedy Helen Hayes Jacqueline Bisset Jean Seberg Maureen Stapleton United States Van Heflin

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  22. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . boxofficemojo.com. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . sfi.se. sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he',
    Ampas collections film id → W060542
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 65377
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 8568
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → E. Preston Ames
    Publication date → +1970-03-05T00:00:00Z, +1970-03-30T00:00:00Z, +1970-03-25T00:00:00Z +1
    Screenwriter → George Seaton
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+137'}
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