Chuck
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah. I don't blame you. I never saw it, but I remember that kind of as a holdover, you know, came out the year I was born. So, but I remember it just being a thing.
Yeah. I don't blame you. I never saw it, but I remember that kind of as a holdover, you know, came out the year I was born. So, but I remember it just being a thing.
Yeah. I don't blame you. I never saw it, but I remember that kind of as a holdover, you know, came out the year I was born. So, but I remember it just being a thing.
Yeah. I mean, airport was in 1970 and that's the one that, you know, kicked off a huge, I mean, it had sequels. It led to airport 75, airport 77, and then Concorde colon airport 79. Yeah. Which all eventually led to airplane as, I mean, that had to be the first spoof, right? Like disaster spoof?
Yeah. I mean, airport was in 1970 and that's the one that, you know, kicked off a huge, I mean, it had sequels. It led to airport 75, airport 77, and then Concorde colon airport 79. Yeah. Which all eventually led to airplane as, I mean, that had to be the first spoof, right? Like disaster spoof?
Yeah. I mean, airport was in 1970 and that's the one that, you know, kicked off a huge, I mean, it had sequels. It led to airport 75, airport 77, and then Concorde colon airport 79. Yeah. Which all eventually led to airplane as, I mean, that had to be the first spoof, right? Like disaster spoof?
I think it was before. But Airport was a very lauded film. It got 10 Oscar nods. It actually won. Helen Hayes won for supporting actress. And this is something that we'll see over and over again. Most of these movies, they make a huge, huge return on, even if they cost a lot to make. Like that cost $10 million in 1970, which was a lot. But it brought in $100 million in 1970. Yeah.
I think it was before. But Airport was a very lauded film. It got 10 Oscar nods. It actually won. Helen Hayes won for supporting actress. And this is something that we'll see over and over again. Most of these movies, they make a huge, huge return on, even if they cost a lot to make. Like that cost $10 million in 1970, which was a lot. But it brought in $100 million in 1970. Yeah.
I think it was before. But Airport was a very lauded film. It got 10 Oscar nods. It actually won. Helen Hayes won for supporting actress. And this is something that we'll see over and over again. Most of these movies, they make a huge, huge return on, even if they cost a lot to make. Like that cost $10 million in 1970, which was a lot. But it brought in $100 million in 1970. Yeah.
All right. I'll check that out. And Airport 77, of course, brings in the Bermuda Triangle because I think 1977 was peak Bermuda Triangle paranoia.
All right. I'll check that out. And Airport 77, of course, brings in the Bermuda Triangle because I think 1977 was peak Bermuda Triangle paranoia.
All right. I'll check that out. And Airport 77, of course, brings in the Bermuda Triangle because I think 1977 was peak Bermuda Triangle paranoia.
Yeah. And, you know, they movie posters back then reflected that, too, because I remember stuff like Towering Inferno. They would be the more artistic, like the Inferno, you know, the building on fire. But then like at the top or the bottom, they would literally just have like frames of people's faces of the cast, like just just tagged on there. Like, look at all these all the star power.
Yeah. And, you know, they movie posters back then reflected that, too, because I remember stuff like Towering Inferno. They would be the more artistic, like the Inferno, you know, the building on fire. But then like at the top or the bottom, they would literally just have like frames of people's faces of the cast, like just just tagged on there. Like, look at all these all the star power.