Airport 1975 4K 1974

I noticed one interesting feature about 1974: that year saw the release of the largest number of disaster movies compared to other years in this generally pivotal decade in the history of cinema, some of the most vivid and memorable in the genre: The Towering Inferno (starring Paul Newman and Steve McQueen), Earthquake with Charlton Heston, and our patient today: the film Airport 1975, based on Arthur Hailey's novel Airport, with the incomparable Heston.

The stunning atmosphere created by John Kacavas' magnificent music (despite his far from melodious surname, he coped with the task assigned to him with flying colors) and the brilliant camera work of cinematographer Philip H. Letrop, you watch and believe in the authenticity of everything happening on the screen. Of course, the film's effects and the scale of events are far from the level of the Oscar-winning ‘Heaven's Gate’, where these components were simply stunning in their sophistication, Here, judging by all appearances, the creators of the film did not plan to claim their creation as a masterpiece, but they managed to create a truly vivid, profound, and very interesting film about the power of the human spirit, or more accurately, the power of the female spirit in an emergency situation.

The actors' performances are also worth mentioning: Heston is magnificent in the film; I have only seen him in such an interesting and vivid role in Planet of the Apes and Omega Man; in other films, he played rather mediocre roles, and at the end of his acting career, he went into politics... A sad culmination of this actor's generally good work. Karen Black's performance is also worth mentioning separately; she created a truly stunning image of a strong, strong-willed flight attendant who knows how to navigate even the most difficult situations (believe me, it is unlikely that any modern girl (with rare exceptions) would be able to take the controls of an unmanned aircraft and take responsibility for the lives and fates of 140 passengers).

Overall, we have an interesting, quite spectacular, and memorable film that will most likely appeal to both fans of the genre and people who simply want to spend an evening watching a decent movie.