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2 July 1980 (USA) moreTagline:
You've read the ad, now see the movie! morePlot:
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 | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Movie Reviews: The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 17 August 2009, 4:25 AM, PDT)
Bridges Matriarch Dies
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"I am serious... and don't call me Shirley." more (338 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | ... | Roger Murdock (as Kareem Abdul-Jabaar) | |
| Lloyd Bridges | ... | McCroskey | |
| Peter Graves | ... | Captain Oveur | |
| Julie Hagerty | ... | Elaine | |
| Robert Hays | ... | Ted Striker | |
| Leslie Nielsen | ... | Dr. Rumack | |
| Lorna Patterson | ... | Randy | |
| Robert Stack | ... | Rex Kramer | |
| Stephen Stucker | ... | Johnny | |
| Otto | ... | Himself | |
| Jim Abrahams | ... | Religious Zealot #6 | |
| Frank Ashmore | ... | Victor Basta | |
| Jonathan Banks | ... | Gunderson | |
| Craig Berenson | ... | Paul Carey | |
| Barbara Billingsley | ... | Jive Lady |
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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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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
88 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
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:12Fun Stuff
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The casting of professional basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a member of the flight crew was a reference to pro football player Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch's role as a pilot in the serious airplane disaster film Zero Hour! (1957) moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Captain Rex Kramer is going into the airport and throwing the different annoying solicitors around, you can see the tan and blue mat that the stuntmen fall on by Kramer's leg. moreQuotes:
[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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In a tense moment where Ted Striker (Robert Hays) needs to land an airplane where the pilots (Peter Graves and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) have fallen sick, and several passengers need to get off the airplane for various reasons, all Striker can think to himself (with an echo in his mind, of course) is "I've got to concentrate... concentrate... concentrate... I've got to concentrate... concentrate... concentrate... Hello?... hello... hello... Echo... echo... echo... Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon... Manny Mota... Mota... Mota..." That pretty much sums up the seriousness of Airplane!, the lampoon of the 1970s Airport movies, and pretty much every other disaster movie pumped out by Hollywood. The same guys who pieced together the Naked Gun movies write and direct this silly movie. Most of the jokes need to be seen to be properly experienced, the first rate actors are what brings the laughs. Robert Stack plays it straight, over-the-top straight, as a problem solver for the airline who happens to wear 2 pairs of sunglasses at all times. Stack's comedic timing and deadpan delivery bring out some of the biggest laughs of the film. Lloyd Bridges is the over-worked, over-stressed traffic controller who has picked the wrong week to stop drinking, smoking, and sniffing glue. And Leslie Neilson plays a doctor who has an acute sense for the obvious, surely one who could save the passengers and airline crew if they land safely, just don't call him Shirley. A few cheap laughs, a few misses, but over all, a pretty funny movie. If you like The Naked Gun, you'll like Airplane!