Charles de Gaulle Airport - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• The video of the U2 song "Beautiful Day" is entirely set at the airport, featuring some of the dramatic architecture. The band also plays on the runway with, apparently, jumbo jets taking off and landing just above. Both Air France and MEA make a cameo in the video. The cover photo for their album All That You Can't Leave Behind was also taken at the airport.
• The airport tarmac was used in the Disneyland Resort Paris attraction film The Timekeeper (Le Visionarium), featuring an Air France Concorde and a Union des Transports Aériens McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
• Many scenes were filmed at the airport for the film The Concorde ... Airport '79.
• The distinctive escalator tubes of Terminal 1 are featured in the films Private Benjamin and French Kiss and are used as the backdrop of the album cover for I Robot by The Alan Parsons Project.
• The check-in area of Terminal 2F is a favourite film location for French directors and can frequently be seen in French films that require an airport location.
• The film Décalage Horaire (Jet Lag) is set primarily at the airport and a nearby hotel.
• The movie Frantic features a scene in terminal one when Harrison Ford and Emmanuelle Seigner pick up lost baggage.
• The movie Rush Hour 3 features Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker arriving at Terminal 2F