Airport '77
(see also Screen Test Theater)

Airport 77 seen in 1981 (photo courtesy Dean Mardon)

Survive the crash of a jumbo jet.
For our special Screen Test Theatre sound stage, Universal has recreated five of the sets used in "Airport '77," one of their blockbuster major films. If you're selected from the audience, you are assigned a part, costumed and rehearsed for your big break in the movies. Live video tape cameras roll as you re-enact scenes from the movie, including a terrifying crash and thrilling underwater rescue. The whole adventure is taped by the Screen Test cameras. They you see yourself in action on the television monitors, only minutes after the director says "Cut! Print!."

Photos and text from "Inside Universal Studios", 1979