The Concorde... Airport '79 - 79 Airport movies is a LOT

About this episode

The episode discusses the absurdity and charm of the disaster film The Concorde... Airport '79.

Everything you want in a cheesy disaster...disaster. If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if a disaster movie inhaled a gallon of jet fuel, ignored every known law of physics, and then sprinted straight into absurdity with a grin, The Concorde... Airport '79 is your answer. This is high “so bad it’s good” cinema - a movie so committed to escalating nonsense that it becomes a kind of accidental masterpiece. It doesn’t just jump the shark; it straps the shark to the Concorde and fires it into international airspace. The effects are gloriously, unapologetically cheesy. Miniatures wobble, explosions bloom like overcooked popcorn, and the Concorde itself seems to operate on a proprietary fuel source called “plot convenience.” Missiles zigzag like confused bottle rockets, fighter jets materialize only to be obliterated moments later, and physics as a concept is treated less like a rulebook and more like a vague suggestion. The sheer number of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II s that get blown out of the sky “just because” is almost impressive - like the movie is trying to win a bulk discount on destruction. Then there’s Robert Wagner as the villain, a man so dedicated to covering…

Topics covered

• disaster movies
• absurd cinema
• cheesy effects
• bad movies
• film analysis

Keywords

• disaster movie
• absurdity
• cheesy effects
• Robert Wagner
• F-4 Phantom II

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McDonnell Douglas

Products: F-4 Phantom II

Books & works: The Concorde... Airport '79

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