Airplane!
1980
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Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, and produced by Jon Davison.
Jul 2, 1980 · Airplane!: Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty. After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
This spoof comedy takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that were released in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot with a ...
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Ex-fighter pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays) is a traumatized war veteran turned taxi driver. Because of his neurotic fear of flying and his drinking problem - he splashes beverages anywhere but into his mouth - Ted has been unable to hold down a responsible job.
After the pilots of a commercial airline fall sick, a man who is afraid of flying must ensure that the plane lands safely. 11,506 IMDb 7.7 1 h 27 min 1980. X-Ray HDR UHD PG. Comedy · Understated · Nail-Biting · Strange.
“Airplane!” is a comedy in the great tradition of high school skits, the Sid Caesar TV show, Mad magazine, and the dog-eared screenplays people's nephews write in lieu of earning their college diplomas. It is sophomoric, obvious, predictable, corny, and quite often very funny.
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning. Jim Abrahams. Director, Writer. David Zucker.
A masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy, Airplane! features Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot... The persons and events in this film are fictitious - fortunately!
