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Airport is a 1970 American air disaster-drama film directed and written by George Seaton and starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel of the same name, it originated the 1970s disaster film genre.

Plot
In this large-ensemble disaster movie, Mel Bakersfield (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.

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Reception
The film received mixed to favorable reviews from critics and audience alike. It has a 73% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. Almost retrospective, some disaster movie fans that it's the beginning of the golden age of disaster movie in the 1970s.