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Airplane! (1980) 7.8
An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley. Writers:Jim Abrahams (written for the screen by), David Zucker (written for the screen by), 5 more credits » |
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Roger Murdock
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| Lorna Patterson | ... | ||
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Stephen Stucker | ... | |
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Otto | ... |
Himself
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| Jim Abrahams | ... |
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| Frank Ashmore | ... |
Victor Basta
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Craig Berenson | ... |
Paul Carey
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Still craving for the love of his life, Ted Striker follows Elaine onto the flight that she is working on as a member of the cabin crew. Elaine doesn't want to be with Ted anymore, but when the crew and passengers fall ill from food poisoning, all eyes are on Ted. Written by FilmFanUk
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The craziest flight you'll ever take! See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 July 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Kentucky Fried Airplane See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
$83,400,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Male announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a red zone.
Female announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a red zone.
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Did You Know?
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According to Jim Abrahams and the Zuckers in the DVD commentary, when pitching the movie to Robert Stack, they told him to do "Eliot Ness" in reference to Stack's signature character on The Untouchables. Capt. Kramer's speeches were specifically written with the intention of hiring Stack and mocking Ness' "big speeches". Rather than being offended, Stack understood the joke and took the role. Coincidentally, Barbara Stuart', who plays Kramer's wife, had a guest role in an "Untouchables" episode, The Untouchables: The George 'Bugs' Moran Story. See more »Goofs
When he first begins to tell his story to the old lady there is a seatcover between the back of the two seats they are sitting on and the upholstery on both seats is the same. at the end of the story, the seat upholstery is different on both seats and the center seatcover is missing. The upholstery is the same and the center seatback cover is back however a bit later in the film when Ted is sitting next to Elaine. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Male announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a red zone.
Female announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a red zone.
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It is my understanding that there are still a few people in the world that haven't seen "Airplane!" yet.
Those people probably are still waiting for electricity, indoor plumbing and all the other great advances in humanity, too.
To see "Airplane!" is to take part in the great move to subvert all self-importance in movies, which this film does with great relish (and plenty of corn).
You get a chance to see such "serious" actors as Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen subvert themselves and their own personnae into near oblivion thanks to the writing/directing team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. Not to mention visual and verbal send-ups of darn near every movie that ever took place in the air, and a few that didn't, but should have.
Kudos to Leslie Nielsen, who with this movie gave himself the greatest reinvention of any actor this century. At one time, he was the very model of stoic sensibility.
I swear. Seriously.
A looooong time ago.
Ten stars. A laugh riot.
And I STILL think this would make a great in-flight movie.