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Disaster: |
Air Disaster |
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Plot
Summary: |
An attention-deprived 13 year old
girl is trapped on board a private 727 jet after the plane is
hit by lightning, rendering everyone else on board unconscious,
including the pilots. As the plane heads ever closer to the ground,
the authorities plan to hitch the jet to a 707 mid-air in order
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Comments: |
At first glance 'Airspeed' didn't
look as if it would have anything new to offer the air-disaster
movie genre, but it does. The dialogue was interesting, and to
some extent, realistic. The plot moved along at a believable
and still exciting pace and most of the characters were enjoyable
enough to watch for the full hour and a half. 'Airspeed' certainly
isn't the best I've seen but ranks fairly high for character,
and to some extent, plot originality. Better than most. |
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Special
Effects: |
The special effects were fairly
limited in this film, but still impressive. The initial explosion
and decompression were quite believable and fairly exciting.
Most of the outer shots of the aircraft were also quite believable,
though at times you could tell that a scale model was used. That
being said, it's good to see that the producers didn't rely on
computer graphics, as they look even more obvious. Nothing new
here, but it's still an enjoyable film. |
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Status: |
Limited Availability
- Try Ebay or Amazon.com |
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Released: |
1998 |
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Runtime: |
90 mins |
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Color
System: |
Color |
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Screen
Ratio: |
Fullscreen (1.33:1) |
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Starring: |
Elisha Cuthbert,
Joe Mantegna |
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Producer: |
Jeffrey Tinnell |
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Director: |
Robert Tinnell |
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AKA: |
none |
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