“The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane!”
And she was freaking out while doing so! Yes, the late Actress Karen Black was in the cockpit as those words were uttered! It’s just one reason I love 70’s films, and a great book tells the whole wild wild tale!
“The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane! American Films Of The 1970s!”
I’ve been looking back at the golden age of 70’s cinema, with an in-depth look at some of the greatest films of that decade – which this book captures beautifully!
Author Ron Hogan is joined by Director Peter Bogdanovich, who made such seminal 70’s films as “The Last Picture Show” and “What’s Up Doc?” for this terrific look at a decade where disaster films ruled!
The classic “Stewardess flying the plane” scene happened in the disaster film “Airport ’75” – a film that showcased 70’s cinema at its most disastrous!
“It’s Nancy Pryor… stewardess. Something hit us! All the flight crew is dead or badly injured! There’s no one left to fly the plane! Help us! Oh my God, help us!”
How can you not love this dialogue?
Yes, Karen Black was the “Stewardess Who Flew The Plane”! This book is a fantastic love letter to the movies of the 70’s, looking at disaster films, comedies, blaxploitation, cult films and more.
The 70’s were the decade for classic films like these:
“The Godfather” is my favorite film of all time – and did you know this piece of classic trivia?
Yes, Marla Brando read some of his lines off of cue cards held by Actor Robert Duvall!
There are so many great moments about the making of this film – you can read them all here:
There are so many great films from this decade, including a pair of disaster epics in the vein of “Airport ’75” – with hilarious “celebrity catfights” behind the scenes!
Click here to read about the wild celebrity fights that took place off screen!
What a decade for cinema!
Look at this classic poster from 1975 – a classic thriller that changed Hollywood forever:
“Jaws” was the first “blockbuster” film, and changed how films were released to theaters forever!
Oh, and it also became this hilariously funny part of the Universal Studios tour:
“Jaws” turned 50 years old last summer, and here is everything you need to know about the film!
Oh, and another film turned 50 that year, and was, as they said in their poster:
What a cult classic!
Here is everything you want to know about this film as well – as fresh today as the day it was released!
I could read through this book forever – so much great cinema to discuss!
Here is what Publishers Weekly had to say about this great book:
“With films such as The Godfather, Star Wars, The Sting, Rocky, Apocalypse Now, Jaws and M*A*S*H, the 1970s is now considered the second Golden Age of Hollywood. There is renewed interest in some of the decade’s most durable genres, including disaster films and blaxsploitation flicks, allowing viewers to rediscover early performances from major stars such as Jeff Bridges, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton.”
The book helps uncover some of the decade’s “forgotten” films, like “Looking For Mr. Goodbar” – the intense story of a lonely schoolteacher roaming the bar of New York in the 70’s…you can see the trailer plus much more about this film by clicking on my story here:
“The Stewardess is Flying the Plane!” is a lavishly illustrated, fun and informative look at more than 400 films of the decade!
It was a decade of some of the best films of all time – and some great action thrillers as well:
Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw and Hector Alizondo head up a stellar cast – the story of the hijacking of a New York subway car!
Click here to see the trailer and so much more:
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I am pleased to say that I have seen all of these, and enjoyed them. Shared on Twitter, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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There were so many good movies in the 70s. The Last Picture Show was excellent.
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Never been a fan of disaster films….Rocky Horror was great….Godfather was good but only once….chuq
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