airport 77 start a a brand new luxury 747 plane be load up with valuable painting and such belonging to rich businessman philip stevens ( james stewart ) who be fly them and a bunch of vip to his estate in preparation of it be open to the public a a museum and also on board be stevens daughter julie ( kathleen quinlan ) and her son . the luxury jetliner take off a plan but mid air the plane be hi jack by the co pilot chamber ( robert foxworth ) and his two accomplice banker ( monte markham ) and wilson ( michael pataki ) who knock the passenger and crew out with sleep gas and they plan to steal the valuable cargo and land on a disused plane strip on an isolated island but while make his descent chamber almost hit an oil rig in the ocean and lose control of the plane send it crash into the sea where it sink to the bottom right bang in the middle of the bermuda triangle . with air in short supply and water leaking in and have fly over 200 mile off course the problem mount for the survivor a they await help with time fast run out . also know under the slightly different tile airport 1977 this second sequel to the smash hit disaster thriller airport ( 1970 ) be direct by jerry jameson and while once again like it predecessors i can not say airport 77 be any sort of forgotten classic it be entertain although not necessarily for the right reason . out of the three airport film i have see so far i actually like this one the best and just . it have my favourite plot of the three with a nice mid air hi jacking and then the crashing ( do not he see the oil rig . ) and sinking of the 747 ( maybe the maker be try to cross the original airport with another popular disaster flick of the period the poseidon adventure ( 1972 ) ) and submerge be where it stay until the end with a stark dilemma face those trap inside and either suffocate when the air run out or drown a the 747 flood or if any of the door be open and it a decent idea that could have make for a great little disaster flick but bad unsympathetic character and dull dialogue and lethargic set piece and a real lack of danger or suspense or tension mean this be a missed opportunity . while the rather sluggish plot keep one entertain for 108 odd minute not that much happens after the plane sink and there not a much urgency a i think there should have be . even when the navy become involved thing do not pick up that much with a few shot of huge ship and helicopter fly about but there just something lack here . george kennedy a the jinxed airline worker joe patroni be back but only get a couple of scene and barely even say anything prefer to just look worried in the background . the home video and theatrical version of airport 77 run 108 minute while the u tv version add an extra hour of footage include a new opening credit sequence and many more scene with george kennedy a patroni and flashback to flesh out character and long rescue scene and the discovery or another couple of dead body include the navigator . while i would like to see this extra footage i be not sure i could sit through a near three hour cut of airport 77. a expect the film have date badly with horrible fashion and interior design choice and i will say no more other than the toy plane model effect aren not great either . along with the other two airport sequel this take pride of place in the razzie award hall of shame although i can think of lot of bad film than this so i reckon that a little harsh . the action scene be a little dull unfortunately and the pace be slow and not much excitement or tension be generate which be a shame a i reckon this could have be a pretty good film if make properly . the production value be alright if nothing spectacular . the act isn not great and two time oscar winner jack lemmon have say since it be a mistake to star in this and one time oscar winner james stewart look old and frail and also one time oscar winner lee grant look drink while sir christopher lee be give little to do and there be plenty of other familiar face to look out for too . airport 77 be the most disaster orientate of the three airport film so far and i like the idea behind it even if they be a bit silly and the production and bland direction doesn not help though and a film about a sunken plane just shouldn not be this boring or lethargic . follow by the concorde . airport 79 ( 1979 ) .