good movies about airlines/airport ops/ air travel?
Dec 28, 2009, 1:45 am
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Loved The Aviary which is about flight attendants and was actually written by a flight attendant. Has some of the same dark comedic elements and themes as Up In The Air.
Dec 28, 2009, 5:05 pm
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Airport (stowaway passenger plus another passenger with a bomb)
Airport '75 (small plane collides with 747)
Airport '77 (private 747 crashes in Bermuda Triangle...bare-chested Navy saves the day!)
Airport '79 - The Concorde (sabotage!)
Red Eye (Jodie Foster loses her daughter on a plane)
Airport '75 (small plane collides with 747)
Airport '77 (private 747 crashes in Bermuda Triangle...bare-chested Navy saves the day!)
Airport '79 - The Concorde (sabotage!)
Red Eye (Jodie Foster loses her daughter on a plane)
Also: Air Force One, Harrison Ford
Dec 28, 2009, 5:08 pm
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Also worth noting, in the film, the plane falls victim to bird strikes right after takeoff. No joke. This was right before Sully's miracle, actually.
Dec 29, 2009, 9:46 am
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I would second (third?) others and recommend "Airport" - The subsequent 'sequels' are largely rubbish, but this film is quite watchable.
In terms of cheese-ball action, I also like "Executive Decision."
(Poor old Oceanic...)
In terms of cheese-ball action, I also like "Executive Decision."
(Poor old Oceanic...)
Dec 29, 2009, 2:16 pm
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I especially like the scene when the newly FA was given a bottle of the Japanese made diaherra medicine (正露丸), then somehow the bottle fell off her pocket while secure the food cart during take off, the bottle roll all the way down to the aisle with the cap also roll open (what a coincident), then the pax smell something horrible wonder what that is.
If one is not Japanese or asia born asian would not have understand the joke at all.
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Dec 29, 2009, 3:36 pm
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Fate is the Hunter, about an aircraft crash investigation. Ernest K Gann's book of the same title is much better and not at all like the film.
Dec 29, 2009, 8:13 pm
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Dec 30, 2009, 9:35 am
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(Slaps forehead)
Can't believe I forgot about that one!
Very enjoyable movie. The 'airport' set that they built for the film had real businesses in it - The fast food establishments actually cooked fast food for the crew.
Can't believe I forgot about that one!
Very enjoyable movie. The 'airport' set that they built for the film had real businesses in it - The fast food establishments actually cooked fast food for the crew.
Dec 30, 2009, 4:44 pm
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I don't think it's in their IFE rotation anymore. I haven't been on NH since, but their website doesn't show it. And while NH sponsored a few US screenings, a full release here is, of course, doubtful.
Also worth noting, in the film, the plane falls victim to bird strikes right after takeoff. No joke. This was right before Sully's miracle, actually.
Also worth noting, in the film, the plane falls victim to bird strikes right after takeoff. No joke. This was right before Sully's miracle, actually.
Jan 1, 2010, 12:26 am
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