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Airplane!
1980
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 flying) must cooperate with his ex-.. Read more
| Starring | Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves |
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| Director | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Airplane!
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 flying) must cooperate with his ex-girlfriend turned stewardess to bring the plane to a safe landing. No disaster flick cliche is left unroasted, and the musical score itself takes a less than reverent look at overly melodramatic compositions.
| Starring | Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Ethel Merman, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker |
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| Director | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 24 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 05 Mar 2001 Production year: 1980 |
| Format | DVD |
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This is the first, and still the best, of Zucker, Zucker and Abrahams's wonderful movie send-ups. There's hardly a second that passes without an assault by a wickedly accurate spoof, cringe-inducing pun or inspired sight gag, and the years have not diminished its dumb appeal. Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty are the nominal stars, but the most fun is had by the distinguished supporting cast. It's the film that made a comedy star out of Leslie (“don't call me Shirley”) Nielsen, but a whole troupe of veteran character actors — Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges — also have a hugely enjoyable time sending up their screen personae. And, best of all, it drove a large nail into the coffin of what was becoming a very tired Hollywood institution, the Airport series.
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Zapping every disaster movie cliché with the cartoon subtlety of Mad magazine may be nothing more than cannibal glee,... read more on Time Out
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
all time classic
you will never see a better spoof comedy, this film is awesome.
best line: lorraine, we've got a problem, we have to get to the hospital.
the hospital, what is it?
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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A great take-off
The granddaddy of the Gags-at-100-mph style of film-making, the irreverence that 'Airplane!' demonstrates from the get-go is its biggest strength. Gloriously tasteless jokes (mainly at the expense of 'Airport 1975') and a normally serious cast taking it all in their best deadpan manner mean that the laughs come more consistently than most other comedies. Sure, there are misses, but the hits are right on the money.
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Airplane!
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 ...
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