March 5 1970 

AIRPORT opens in NY. Dir. George Seaton's star-studded adapt. of Arthur Hailey's best-seller chronicling 12 chaotic hours in the lives of passengers & crew stranded at a snow-bound mid-west airport. Film spawns 4 sequels and ushers in the decade of the disaster movie. Starring Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jacqueline  Bisset, Jean Seberg and Van Heflin.

 

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