Airport

**Airport** is a UK VHS release by CIC Video and Universal on 16th November 1987. It got re-released by Universal, CIC, PolyGram Video and Karussell on 10th October 1994.

## Description

Take a non-stop flight with an all-star cast to a world of tension-filled human drama in this trend-setting box office blockbuster. Based on Arthur Hailey's runaway best seller, the emotion-charged adventure stars Burt Lancaster as the manager of a glamorous international airport who must juggle personal crisis with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner. The lavish Ross Hunter production co-stars a ventable Who's Who of Hollywood's most glittering personalities including Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bissett, George Kennedy, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Lloyd Nolan and Helen Hayes in the role that won her a second Oscar. The often imitated but never duplicated movie milestone remains a gripping trip from suspenseful take-off to senses-shattering landing.

## Cast

* Burt Lancaster as Mel Bakersfeld, airport manager at Lincoln International Airport near Chicago, Illinois
* Dean Martin as Vernon Demerest, checkride captain (only for Flight Two) for Trans Global Airlines (TGA)
* Jean Seberg as Tanya Livingston, customer relations agent for TGA
* Jacqueline Bisset as Gwen Meighen, chief stewardess for TGA's *Golden Argosy*
* George Kennedy as Joseph "Joe" Patroni, chief mechanic for Trans World Airlines at Lincoln International, on loan to TGA
* Helen Hayes as Mrs. Ada Quonsett, stowaway
* Van Heflin as D. O. Guerrero, failed contractor, and bomber of The Golden Argosy (Heflin's final film role)
* Maureen Stapleton as Inez Guerrero, wife of D.O. Guerrero
* Barry Nelson as Anson Harris, TGA line captain
* Dana Wynter as Cindy Bakersfeld, wife of Mel Bakersfeld
* Lloyd Nolan as Harry Standish, head of the U.S. Customs Service at the airport
* Barbara Hale as Sarah Demerest (sister of Mel Bakersfeld, wife of Vernon Demerest)
* Gary Collins as Cy Jordan, second officer/flight engineer
* Larry Gates as Commissioner Ackerman
* Jessie Royce Landis as Mrs. Mossman
* Whit Bissell as Mr. Davidson (seat neighbor of Mrs. Quonsett - passenger)
* Virginia Grey as Mrs. Schultz (mother of Schuyler Schultz - passenger)
* Dort Clark as Dr. Henry Bron (Bron, M.D. - passenger)
* Eve McVeagh as Mrs. Henry Bron (wife of Bron, M.D. - passenger)
* Jodean Russo as Marie Patroni, wife of Joe Patroni
* Lou Wagner as Schuyler Schultz (brainy child passenger)
* Janis Hansen as Sister Katherine Grace
* William Boyett as Jack Ingram
* John Findlater as Peter Coakley

## Opening (Original 1987 release) (with no trailer)

* (C) 1987 CIC Video
* CIC Video Warning Scroll (1986-1988)
* CIC Video Ident (1986-1991)/CIC Video - Great Films from the Hollywood studios of PARAMOUNT & UNIVERSAL (silent)
* BBFC PG card (1985-1997)
* A Universal Picture logo (1963-1990)
* Start of Airport (1970)

## Closing (Original 1987 release) (with no trailer)

* End of Airport (1970)
* The End
* Closing Credits
* (C) 1987 CIC Video

## Opening (1994 Re-Release)

1. CIC Video Warning Screen (1991-1996)
2. The Universal Pictures Big Screen, Best Sellers trailer from 1993 with clips of "Back to the Future", "Back to the Future Part II", "Back to the Future Part III", "Out of Africa", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Kindergarten Cop", "The Blue Brothers", "The Land Before Time", "Twins", "An American Tail", "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "Backdraft".
3. Sneakers Trailer
4. BBFC PG Card (1985-1997)
5. A Universal Picture logo (1963-1990)
6. Start of Airport (1970)

## Closing (1994 Re-Release)

1. End of Airport (1970)
2. The End
3. Closing Credits
4. CIC Video Warning Scroll

## Trailers and info

### 1994 Re-release

1. The Universal Pictures Big Screen, Best Sellers trailer from 1993 with clips of "Back to the Future", "Back to the Future Part II", "Back to the Future Part III", "Out of Africa", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Kindergarten Cop", "The Blue Brothers", "The Land Before Time", "Twins", "An American Tail", "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "Backdraft".
2. Sneakers