The only way I can imagine a producer undertaking such a film project is similar to the famous sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus in which Graham Chapman, dressed as megalomaniac Howard Hughes (Big hat & cigar) states loudly before a bunch of "yes-men" something like:
"I see a plane" (the Concorde).
Applause.
"I see the hottest french leading man of the moment as the pilot" (Alain Delon).
Roar of applause.
"I see the not so hot french girl from Emmanuelle as the stewardess" (Sylvia Kristel who is rather dutch for that matter).
Louder roar of applause.
"I see a missile that goes up to the plane... and doesn't even touch it."
Explosion of enthusiasm from the audience.
Or is it?...
Actually, this film cannot possibly taken seriously for one second and that's exactly why I like it. It's interesting to compare the laughs of mockery this stupid show provides with the deliberate parody of Airplane. I also had that strange feeling of watching a very very long and badly made commercial for the now "retired" Concorde. You never get very convinced by the solidity of the damn plane seeing it cracking from all parts like that.
This was one of the last attempts in the disaster movie category by the end of the 70s., including some memorable box office flops as When Time Run Out, Meteor, or one of my favorite, in the unintentionally funny type, The Swarm.
"I see a plane" (the Concorde).
Applause.
"I see the hottest french leading man of the moment as the pilot" (Alain Delon).
Roar of applause.
"I see the not so hot french girl from Emmanuelle as the stewardess" (Sylvia Kristel who is rather dutch for that matter).
Louder roar of applause.
"I see a missile that goes up to the plane... and doesn't even touch it."
Explosion of enthusiasm from the audience.
Or is it?...
Actually, this film cannot possibly taken seriously for one second and that's exactly why I like it. It's interesting to compare the laughs of mockery this stupid show provides with the deliberate parody of Airplane. I also had that strange feeling of watching a very very long and badly made commercial for the now "retired" Concorde. You never get very convinced by the solidity of the damn plane seeing it cracking from all parts like that.
This was one of the last attempts in the disaster movie category by the end of the 70s., including some memorable box office flops as When Time Run Out, Meteor, or one of my favorite, in the unintentionally funny type, The Swarm.