Ridiculously plotted, but fun disaster movie that sees a light aircraft crashing into the cockpit of a Boeing 747. With the crew either dead or incapacitated stewardess Nancy (Karen Black) is forced to take the controls. Her estranged boyfriend, ace 747 pilot Alan Murdock (Charlton Heston) and highly strung engineer Joe Patroni (George Kennedy), whose family also happen to be on the stricken plane, try and devise a daring rescue attempt involving transferring a pilot from a helicopter onto the 747. "Airport 1975" is played as over-ripe melodrama and for most of its runtime comes across as its own satire. Director Jack Smight has a widescreen, made-for-TV approach and goes about his business with little inspiration. The film is populated by an off all-star cast including Gloria Swanson in her final screen appearance. All the characters have their own melodramatic backstories, with most of them offering the stereotypes that are mercilessly satirised in the classic comedy "Airplane!" (1980). "Airport 1975" is ridiculous and unintentionally funny throughout - but that is what makes it such an enjoyably daft effort. ( )