Airplane!
1980·United States·88 min.
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The quintessential movie spoof that spawned an entire genre of parody films, the original Airplane! still holds up as one of the brightest comedic gems of the '80s, not to mention of cinema itself. The humor may be low and obvious at times, but the jokes keep coming at a rapid-fire clip and its targets--primarily the lesser lights of '70s cinema, from disco films to star-studded disaster epics--are more than worthy for send-up. If you've seen even one of the overblown Airport movies then you know the plot: the crew of a filled-to-capacity jetliner is wiped out and it's up to a plucky stewardess and a shell-shocked fighter pilot to land the plane.
MusicElmer Bernstein
CinematographyJoseph F. Biroc
CastRobert Hays·Julie Hagerty·Leslie Nielsen·Lloyd Bridges·Peter Graves·Robert Stack·Lorna Patterson·Kareem Abdul-Jabbar·Stephen Stucker·Lee Bryant·Ann Nelson·Barbara Billingsley·Joyce Bulifant·Frank Ashmore·Al White·Norman Alexander Gibbs·Mary Mercier·Ethel MermanShow all
Original titleAirplane!