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  • First Do No Harm on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Fred Ward,  Seth Adkins
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this alternately heartbreaking and uplifting drama inspired by actual events, a small town Midwest family discovers that their youngest son suffers from epilepsy. Left without hope after their insurance runs out, the mother presses on, studies everything she can find about the illness, and, ..read more »
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  • Hot Shots Part Deux on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Lloyd Bridges,  Valeria Golino
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A spot-on parody of TOP GUN, HOT SHOTS! follows the expolits of ace pilot Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen), who is obsessed with living down his father's disastrous reputation and winning the heart of beautiful psychiatrist Ramada (Valeria Golino) from professional and romantic rival Kent Gregory (..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,588 members
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  • Hot Shots on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Lloyd Bridges,  Valeria Golino
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Charlie Sheen stars in this TOP GUN spoof by the folks who created AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN, playing Topper Harley, a heartthrob fighter pilot assigned to the Navy on a secret mission, the details of which never entirely become clear. The jokes come fast and furious as Topper attempts to clear his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,292 members
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  • Big Business on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Bette Midler,  Lily Tomlin,  Edward Herrmann
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two sets of female twins are mixed up at birth. One set becomes the chief executives of a Manhattan conglomerate, while the other set succeeds at becoming poor country bumpkins. They all accidentally meet up at New York's Plaza Hotel, and from then on it's chaos all the way...
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,653 member
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  • Top Secret on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Lucy Gutteridge,  Michael Gough
    Director: Jim Abrahams,  David Zucker,  Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops along the way. East Germany is planning a cultural festival, and invites rock-and-roll ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,564 members
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  • Airplane! on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Robert Hays,  Julie Hagerty,  Lloyd Bridges
    Director: Jim Abrahams,  David Zucker,  Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The spoof comedy that set the gold standard for all that followed it, AIRPLANE takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that peppered cinemas in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot (who has a drinking problem and is afraid of ..read more »
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  • Top Secret to Watch Now (1984)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Lucy Gutteridge,  Michael Gough
    Director: Jim Abrahams,  David Zucker,  Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 86 minutes
    Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops along the way. East Germany is planning a cultural festival, and invites rock-and-roll ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 32 members
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Jim Abrahams facts

5 most recent films

Mafia! - 3.0 stars
First Do No Harm - 3.0 stars
Hot Shots Part Deux - 3.5 stars
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael - 3.0 stars
Hot Shots - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Hot Shots - 3.5 stars
Airplane! - 3.5 stars
Hot Shots Part Deux - 3.5 stars
Ruthless People - 3.5 stars
Big Business - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Mafia! - 3.0 stars
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael - 3.0 stars
First Do No Harm - 3.0 stars
Top Secret - 3.0 stars
Big Business - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lloyd Bridges - 4 times - show films
Peter Cushing - 2 times - show films
Jeff Daniels - 2 times - show films
Michael Gough - 2 times - show films
Bette Midler - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Zucker - 4 times - show films
Jerry Zucker - 4 times - show films