As guilty pleasures go, watching Airport 75 (forward thinkingly marketed and released in 1974) is top.
It's been so mercilessly spoofed by Airplane that's it's hard not to get confused like i did between the this and that. When the singing nun Helen Reddy started up I cried with laughter recalling the Zucker/ Abraham version.
They're just so damn sincere. Extra points go to Linda Blair who plays prostrate again. With a nun. You see what I mean? I was imagining all sorts of pressure inducing introductory exposition (5 days to retirement; we'll talk later; we're running out of beer, etc)
Still it's not all unintentional hilarity; once the plane gets hit and the drama unfolds it's a belter. Karen Black plays things beautifully so that you are convinced she can fly and have a nervous breakdown at the same time while her boyfriend (Heston sleepwalking) gave me goosebumps with his "climb baby climb!" I was rooting for her all the way. Even George Kennedy from Naked Gun got suitably intense.
100 minutes of high concept low budget (check out the exploding shed at the climax) camp hilarious fantasy nonsense it's brilliant rubbish to enjoy with mates.
It's been so mercilessly spoofed by Airplane that's it's hard not to get confused like i did between the this and that. When the singing nun Helen Reddy started up I cried with laughter recalling the Zucker/ Abraham version.
They're just so damn sincere. Extra points go to Linda Blair who plays prostrate again. With a nun. You see what I mean? I was imagining all sorts of pressure inducing introductory exposition (5 days to retirement; we'll talk later; we're running out of beer, etc)
Still it's not all unintentional hilarity; once the plane gets hit and the drama unfolds it's a belter. Karen Black plays things beautifully so that you are convinced she can fly and have a nervous breakdown at the same time while her boyfriend (Heston sleepwalking) gave me goosebumps with his "climb baby climb!" I was rooting for her all the way. Even George Kennedy from Naked Gun got suitably intense.
100 minutes of high concept low budget (check out the exploding shed at the climax) camp hilarious fantasy nonsense it's brilliant rubbish to enjoy with mates.