Panic in the clouds
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Panic in the clouds |
| Original title | Terror in the Sky |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1971 |
| length | 74 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bernard L. Kowalski |
| script |
Arthur Hailey Elinor Karpf Steven Karpf Dick Nelson |
| production | Matthew Rapf |
| music | Patrick Williams |
| camera | Howard Schwartz |
| cut | Art J. Nelson |
| occupation | |
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Panic in the Clouds (Original title: Terror in the Sky ) is an American film from 1971 about an impending plane crash. The film is based on a novel by Arthur Hailey .
action
On a domestic flight, which initially looks like routine, there is a dramatic situation when the captain and copilot become victims of food poisoning on board. Both pilots fail. The passenger Dr. Ralph Baird, who made the diagnosis, recalls that his seatmate George Spencer told him before take-off that he had flown military aircraft during the Vietnam War. Although he only has experience with small machines, Spencer tries to land the machine. With precise instructions from the experienced aviator Marty Treleavan from the control center of an airport, Spencer can finally land the plane without causing any major damage to an occupant.
background
For the film, a four-engine has piston engine - propeller aircraft of the type Douglas DC-6 used a 1971 even more frequently, but already outdated, and installed only by budget airlines aircraft type. In contrast to the plot in the film, a flight engineer is usually part of the cockpit crew of a DC-6 .
Keenan Wynn played a suffering passenger in the 1959 aircraft disaster film SOS for flight T 17 ( The Crowded Sky ).
Further films
The plot of the film is based on a book by Arthur Hailey. His novel Flight into Danger ( : Runway Zero-Eight Flight Into Danger he wrote after he had the idea of failing because of food poisoning pilots used initially for a television film of 1956). This TV movie was subsequently remake for the cinema in 1957 as 714 does not answer ( Zero Hour! ) With Dana Andrews . In panic in the clouds so it is the remake of a remake. In 1964, Theo Mezger shot a German version under the title Flight in Danger for German television based on the original of the first two films .
Much better known today than its predecessors is the parody of the subject matter by Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers David and Jerry . They bought the rights to 714 does not answer and in 1980 shot The incredible journey in a crazy airplane (Airplane!), A film which, according to the lexicon of international films , turns the subject into a "totally over-the-top parody" with the same plot and partly the same dialogues .
criticism
The film service described Panic in the Clouds as "a somewhat exciting television remake of the cinema thriller 714 does not respond ".
Others
All of the leading actors involved died of cancer .
Web links
- Terror in the Sky at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Panic in the clouds. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .