Airport (1970) - Video Detective

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In this large-ensemble disaster movie, Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster), the general manager of a Chicago-area airport, must contend with a massive snowstorm and other issues, both work-related and personal, while the troubled D.O. Guerrero (Van Heflin) threatens to blow up an airliner. As pilot Vernon Demerest (Dean Martin) attempts to calm Guerrero down and dissuade him from setting off explosives on the plane, tensions increase in the air and on the ground, and danger is imminent.

Original Release

03/05/1970

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Cast

Name	Character

Burt Lancaster	Mel Bakersfeld
Dean Martin	Vernon Demerest
Jean Seberg	Tanya Livingston
Jacqueline Bisset	Gwen Meighen
George Kennedy	Patroni
Helen Hayes	Ada Quonsett
Van Heflin	D.O. Guerrero
Maureen Stapleton	Inez Guerrero
Barry Nelson	Anson Harris
Dana Wynter	Cindy

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

George Seaton, Henry Hathaway

Writers

Arthur Hailey, George Seaton

Cast

Name	Character

Burt Lancaster	Mel Bakersfeld
Dean Martin	Vernon Demerest
Jean Seberg	Tanya Livingston
Jacqueline Bisset	Gwen Meighen
George Kennedy	Patroni
Helen Hayes	Ada Quonsett
Van Heflin	D.O. Guerrero
Maureen Stapleton	Inez Guerrero
Barry Nelson	Anson Harris
Dana Wynter	Cindy
Lloyd Nolan	Harry Standish
Barbara Hale	Sarah Demerest
Gary Collins	Cy Jordan
John Findlater	Peter Coakley
Jessie Royce Landis	Mrs. Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Whit Bissell	Mr. Davidson
Virginia Grey	Mrs. Schultz
Larry Gates	Commissioner Ackerman
Lisa Gerritsen	Libby Bakersfeld (as Lisa Gerritson)
Sandra Gould	Millie Miles

Producers

Name	Role

Ross Hunter	Producer
Jacques Mapes	Producer
Gordon Cornell Layne	Producer

Editors

Stuart Gilmore

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Year	Type	Category	Won

1971	Oscar	Best Picture	Nominated
1971	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Won
1971	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nominated
1971	Oscar	Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium	Nominated
1971	Oscar	Best Cinematography	Nominated
1971	Oscar	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration	Nominated
1971	Oscar	Best Costume Design	Nominated
1971	Oscar	Best Sound	Nominated
1971	Oscar	Best Film Editing	Nominated
1971	Oscar	Best Music, Original Score	Nominated
1971	Golden Globe	Best Motion Picture - Drama	Nominated
1971	Golden Globe	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	Won
1971	Golden Globe	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	Nominated
1971	Golden Globe	Best Original Score - Motion Picture	Nominated