A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick.A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick.A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick.
- Writers
- Jim Abrahams(written for the screen by)
- David Zucker(written for the screen by)
- Jerry Zucker(written for the screen by)
- Stars
- Writers
- Jim Abrahams(written for the screen by)
- David Zucker(written for the screen by)
- Jerry Zucker(written for the screen by)
- Stars
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Roger Murdock
- (as Kareem Abdul-Jabaar)
- Writers
- Jim Abrahams(written for the screen by)
- David Zucker(written for the screen by)
- Jerry Zucker(written for the screen by)
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- TriviaFor the argument between announcers concerning the white and red zones at the airport, the producers hired the same voice artists who had made the real-world announcements at Los Angeles International Airport. At the real airport, the white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only, and there's no stopping in the red zone (except for transit buses). They were also married to each other in real life.
- GoofsDuring the disco dance scene, when Elaine tosses Ted up in the air and he (his stunt double) flies into the audience, you can see Robert Hays (Ted) among the spectators, waiting to run back onto the dance floor.
- Quotes
Rumack: You'd better tell the Captain we've got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.
Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it?
Rumack: It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.
- Crazy creditsAuthor of A Tale of Two Cities ... Charles Dickens
- Alternate versionsSome versions do not have subtitles on a part where the Jive Dudes are talking. The original theatrical release had subtitles.
- ConnectionsEdited into The A-Team: The Beast from the Belly of a Boeing (1983)
- SoundtracksStayin' Alive
Written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
Performed by The Bee Gees
Courtesy of RSO Records
Published by Stigwood Music, Inc.
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Comedy heights
Disaster films were the rage in the 1970s and as the decade wore on the films got even more star studded and the stakes got higher, the script flabbier and our square jawed heroes getting even more po faced with each impending disaster.
Surely this could not continue and after Airplane it did not, as it burst the disaster film bubble and stop calling me Shirley!
Airplane with its deadpan humour, jokes with double meanings and risqué gags both visual and spoken broke the mould.
Even more than 30 years later it entices a new generation even though some of the topical references (Gerald Ford, Ethel Merman) might be meaningless to some new viewers.
The real beauty of Airplane was getting solid actors to play their part straight. Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen shine in their roles, totally ignoring the mayhem around them.
For Neilsen a man known for playing solid drama roles, it gave him a lucrative extension in his career as a slapstick comedy actor.
Airplane is just plane crazy.
Surely this could not continue and after Airplane it did not, as it burst the disaster film bubble and stop calling me Shirley!
Airplane with its deadpan humour, jokes with double meanings and risqué gags both visual and spoken broke the mould.
Even more than 30 years later it entices a new generation even though some of the topical references (Gerald Ford, Ethel Merman) might be meaningless to some new viewers.
The real beauty of Airplane was getting solid actors to play their part straight. Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen shine in their roles, totally ignoring the mayhem around them.
For Neilsen a man known for playing solid drama roles, it gave him a lucrative extension in his career as a slapstick comedy actor.
Airplane is just plane crazy.
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- Prismark10
- Aug 24, 2013
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