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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   50,577 votes
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Writers:
Jim Abrahams (written by) &
David Zucker (written by) ...
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Release Date:
2 July 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
You've read the ad, now see the movie! more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(12 articles)
Bridges Matriarch Dies
 (From WENN. 19 February 2009, 11:10 PM, PST)

Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
 (From IMDb News. 19 August 2004)

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We have clearance, Clarence.... more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Flying High! (New Zealand: English title) (Philippines: English title)
Flying High (Australia)
Kentucky Fried Airplane (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Spain:13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | UK:PG (2001 re-rating) | USA:PG (Certificate #25740) | Sweden:11 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:K-12 | Iceland:L | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 (video rating) | Norway:12 (original rating) | UK:A (original rating) | West Germany:12

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ethel Merman insisted on bringing her own hairdresser to set. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: If you look closely at the "Girl Scouts" fighting, you can see one wearing a safety pad on her back. 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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "What a Year: 1980 (#2.1)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Everthing's Coming Up Roses more

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83 out of 94 people found the following comment useful:-
We have clearance, Clarence...., 15 August 1999
10/10
Author: George Litman from Marietta, OH USA

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.

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