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Comedy

Airplane!

- What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Release Date : 1980-07-02

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesHoward W. Koch Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : AirplaneKentucky Fried Airplane!

Cast

Robert Hays

Character Name : Ted Striker

Original Name : Robert Hays

Gender : Male

Julie Hagerty

Character Name : Elaine Dickinson

Original Name : Julie Hagerty

Gender : Female

Leslie Nielsen

Character Name : Dr. Rumack

Original Name : Leslie Nielsen

Gender : Male

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Character Name : Roger Murdock

Original Name : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Gender : Male

Lloyd Bridges

Character Name : Steve McCroskey

Original Name : Lloyd Bridges

Gender : Male

Peter Graves

Character Name : Capt. Clarence Oveur

Original Name : Peter Graves

Gender : Male

Lorna Patterson

Character Name : Randy

Original Name : Lorna Patterson

Gender : Female

Robert Stack

Character Name : Captain Rex Kramer

Original Name : Robert Stack

Gender : Male

Jim Abrahams

Character Name : Religious Zealot #6

Original Name : Jim Abrahams

Gender : Male

Jonathan Banks

Character Name : Gunderson

Original Name : Jonathan Banks

Gender : Male

Stephen Stucker

Character Name : Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs

Original Name : Stephen Stucker

Gender : Male

Frank Ashmore

Character Name : Victor Basta

Original Name : Frank Ashmore

Gender : Male

Craig Berenson

Character Name : Paul Carey

Original Name : Craig Berenson

Gender : Male

Barbara Billingsley

Character Name : Jive Lady

Original Name : Barbara Billingsley

Gender : Female

Lee Bryant

Character Name : Mrs. Hammen

Original Name : Lee Bryant

Gender : Female

Joyce Bulifant

Character Name : Mrs. Davis

Original Name : Joyce Bulifant

Gender : Female

Mae E. Campbell

Character Name : Security Lady

Original Name : Mae E. Campbell

Gender : Female

Ethel Merman

Character Name : Lieutenant Hurwitz

Original Name : Ethel Merman

Gender : Female

Jimmie Walker

Character Name : Windshield Wiper Man

Original Name : Jimmie Walker

Gender : Male

Jill Whelan

Character Name : Lisa Davis

Original Name : Jill Whelan

Gender : Female

Nora Meerbaum

Character Name : Cocaine Lady

Original Name : Nora Meerbaum

Gender : Male

Kenneth Tobey

Character Name : Air Controller Neubauer

Original Name : Kenneth Tobey

Gender : Male

James Hong

Character Name : Japanese General

Original Name : James Hong

Gender : Male

Michelle Stacy

Character Name : Young Girl with Coffee

Original Name : Michelle Stacy

Gender : Female

David Leisure

Character Name : First Krishna

Original Name : David Leisure

Gender : Male

Ann Nelson

Character Name : Hanging Lady

Original Name : Ann Nelson

Gender : Female

Al White

Character Name : Second Jive Dude

Original Name : Al White

Gender : Male

Nicholas Pryor

Character Name : Mr. Hammen

Original Name : Nicholas Pryor

Gender : Male

Cyril O'Reilly

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Cyril O'Reilly

Gender : Male

Ted Chapman

Character Name : Airport Steward

Original Name : Ted Chapman

Gender : Male

Jesse Emmett

Character Name : Man from India

Original Name : Jesse Emmett

Gender : Male

Norman Alexander Gibbs

Character Name : First Jive Dude

Original Name : Norman Alexander Gibbs

Gender : Male

Amy Gibson

Character Name : Soldier's Girl

Original Name : Amy Gibson

Gender : Male

Marcy Goldman

Character Name : Mrs. Geline

Original Name : Marcy Goldman

Gender : Female

Bob Gorman

Character Name : Striped Controller

Original Name : Bob Gorman

Gender : Male

Rossie Harris

Character Name : Joey

Original Name : Rossie Harris

Gender : Male

Maurice Hill

Character Name : Reporter #3

Original Name : Maurice Hill

Gender : Male

David Hollander

Character Name : Young Boy with Coffee

Original Name : David Hollander

Gender : Male

Howard Honig

Character Name : Jack

Original Name : Howard Honig

Gender : Male

Gregory Itzin

Character Name : Religious Zealot #1

Original Name : Gregory Itzin

Gender : Male

Howard Jarvis

Character Name : Man in Taxi

Original Name : Howard Jarvis

Gender : Male

Michael Laurence

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Michael Laurence

Gender : Male

Zachary Lewis

Character Name : Religious Zealot #3

Original Name : Zachary Lewis

Gender : Male

Barbara Mallory

Character Name : Religious Zealot #2

Original Name : Barbara Mallory

Gender : Female

Maureen McGovern

Character Name : Nun

Original Name : Maureen McGovern

Gender : Female

Mary Mercier

Character Name : Shirley

Original Name : Mary Mercier

Gender : Female

Len Mooy

Character Name : Reporter #1

Original Name : Len Mooy

Gender : Male

Laura Nix

Character Name : Mrs. Hurwitz

Original Name : Laura Nix

Gender : Male

John O'Leary

Character Name : Reporter #2

Original Name : John O'Leary

Gender : Male

Bill Porter

Character Name : Hospital Contortionist

Original Name : Bill Porter

Gender : Male

Conrad E. Palmisano

Character Name : Religious Zealot #4

Original Name : Conrad E. Palmisano

Gender : Male

Mallory Sandler

Character Name : L.A. Ticket Agent

Original Name : Mallory Sandler

Gender : Female

Robert Starr

Character Name : Religious Zealot #5

Original Name : Robert Starr

Gender : Male

Barbara Stuart

Character Name : Mrs. Kramer

Original Name : Barbara Stuart

Gender : Female

Lee Terri

Character Name : Mrs. Oveur

Original Name : Lee Terri

Gender : Male

William Tregoe

Character Name : Jack Kirkpatrick

Original Name : William Tregoe

Gender : Male

Hatsuo Uda

Character Name : Japanese Newscaster

Original Name : Hatsuo Uda

Gender : Male

Herb Voland

Character Name : Air Controller Macias

Original Name : Herb Voland

Gender : Male

John David Wilder

Character Name : Second Krishna

Original Name : John David Wilder

Gender : Male

Windy

Character Name : Horse

Original Name : Windy

Gender : Male

Jason Wingreen

Character Name : Dr. Brody

Original Name : Jason Wingreen

Gender : Male

Louise Yaffe

Character Name : Mrs. Jaffe

Original Name : Louise Yaffe

Gender : Female

Charlotte Zucker

Character Name : Make-up Lady

Original Name : Charlotte Zucker

Gender : Female

David Zucker

Character Name : Ground Crewman #2

Original Name : David Zucker

Gender : Male

Jerry Zucker

Character Name : Ground Crewman #1

Original Name : Jerry Zucker

Gender : Male

Kitten Natividad

Character Name : Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)

Original Name : Kitten Natividad

Gender : Female

Larry Blake

Character Name : Upside-Down Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Larry Blake

Gender : Male

Paula Moody

Character Name : Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Original Name : Paula Moody

Gender : Female

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Character Name : Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Original Name : Sandra Lee Gimpel

Gender : Female

Henry Wills

Character Name : Commuter on Baggage Carousel (uncredited)

Original Name : Henry Wills

Gender : Male

Joyce Mandel

Character Name : Woman on Flight (uncredited)

Original Name : Joyce Mandel

Gender : Female

Gene LeBell

Character Name : Religious Zealot (uncredited)

Original Name : Gene LeBell

Gender : Male

Susan Breslau

Character Name : Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Original Name : Susan Breslau

Gender : Female

Reviews

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schoosskyler

@schoosskyler

2021-06-23

An American Comedy _**Classic**_ - Everything about this film screams 'American Cinema Comedy'. A lot of the humor is a precursor to modern american humor, including the terribly cheesy pulp humor. This film is an homage to the comedies that came before it, but is innovative in its combination of wordplay and referential humor. I see vestiges of this film in everything from 'The Hangover' to 'The Office'. If at any point you are watching this and find yourself saying 'This is really stupid', just remember: Relax. It's supposed to be stupid.

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-09

Right from the "Jaws" (1975) inspired opening titles, this is a treat of comedy that sends up just about every genre of cinema as poor old "Ted" (Robert Hays) has to stave off an airborne disaster aboard his aircraft. Half the folks travelling have been stricken with food poisoning and when the cockpit it wiped-out, it falls to him to bravely take the joystick and try to land in Chicago. Luckily, his ex-girlfriend "Elaine" (Julie Hagerty) is there, as is the always scene stealing inflatable "Otto" pilot. Lloyd Bridges is entertaining as the air traffic controller as is Robert Stack as the man trying to to talk down the stressed wartime pilot whom he used to command. The visual jokes are occasionally a bit too slapstick, but it's the writing that makes this funny - it is a pun writer's wet dream with plenty of risqué double entendres and literal interpretation of language that creates ample enjoyable ambiguity and humour. Clearance Clarence and Roger, Roger - it's quickly paced and unlike so many comedies from the 1970s really does raise a smile 40-odd years later when political correctness would probably throttle this at birth. Yes, it's a bit puerile but it is still well worth a watch.

D

drystyx

@drystyx

2023-04-18

Surely, this is hilarious. Surely. A film that never saw the word "Surely" in the same light again. This is a total parody, not just of disaster movies, but of all social mores. The "excuse" for the comedy is a plane where the entire flight crew is too sick to fly, so a nerve racked ex pilot needs to fly the plane. Lots of Monty Python style "unreal" events to make this even funnier, along with the parody of culture, such as the woman who speaks "Jive". You need someone to interpret "Jive" in life or death situations, you know? The people who don't find this funny probably don't even like gladiator movies.

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Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2024-04-04

**A memorable comedy that deserves to be revisited occasionally.** I can't say how innovative this film was in its time because I'm not one of those cinema experts who know almost everything (I'd like to know more, and I always learn more, but I'm reduced to the insignificance of knowing little). However, as far as I can understand, I think it was one of the first nonsense American satires, heavily inspired by Monty Python, an English group that was having its biggest successes at that time, and the film “National Lampoon Animal House”, which had also been released at this time. For this work, Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers (who direct and write all the script) made a hilarious story around a domestic flight in the USA that goes very wrong when almost everyone, including the pilot and co-pilot, eat a spoiled fish. There are some jokes that work better, others worse, but the film's humor is intelligent enough to escape the easy laugh label. The joke where the pilot tries to seduce a child is perhaps the most infamous moment in the film, but I'm not a huge fan of political correctness and I handled it very well. The writers also can't resist the temptation to include some sex jokes, but I didn't see anything that I really think crossed the line of what was acceptable. For the film, they're called actors with a notable satirical and humorous streak, but who had not always had the opportunity to focus on comedies, or had not made films before. This was the case with Peter Graves, Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty or Lloyd Bridges, but also with Leslie Nielsen. It's quite surprising, considering we remember him for his comedies, but he hadn't done any notable comedies before this film. The cast seems to be having so much fun working that I believe the entire group has great memories of the project. As a technical and aesthetic work, the film stands out for the quality of the cinematography and filming work, but also for the good props and effects achieved.