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Airport 1975 is a 1974 disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 film Airport. It stars Charlton Heston and Karen Black and is directed by Jack Smight.
This is one among many of a class of disaster films that became a movie-going craze during the 1970s. Its plot devices and characterizations, including a singing nun (Helen Reddy), a former glamorous star (Gloria Swanson as herself), an alcoholic (Myrna Loy), a child in need of an organ transplant (Linda Blair) and a chatterbox (Sid Caesar) were parodied in 1980's Airplane! and on the Carol Burnett Show as "Disaster '75". The characteristics of Airport 1975 were used in numerous similar films to come, including this one's sequels Airport '77 and The Concorde ... Airport '79.
Derided by critics upon its release, Airport 1975 was nonetheless a commercial success. With a budget of US$4 million, the film made over US$47 million at the box office. Helen Reddy was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female. The film was included in the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time published in 1978.