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Airplane! (titled Flying High! in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and the Philippines) is a 1980 American parody film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lorna Patterson. The film is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot and the central characters, as well as many elements from Airport 1975. The film is known for its use of surreal humor and its fast-paced slapstick comedy, including visual and verbal puns and gags.
Airplane! was a critical and financial success, grossing over $83 million in North America alone, against a budget of just $3.5 million. The film's creators received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy, and nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay.
Actors: Jenn Gotzon (producer), Ram Khatabakhsh (composer), Liam Stone (actor), Robert Wu (producer), Robert Wu (actor), David Kiang (director), David Kiang (writer), David Kiang (editor), David Kiang (producer), Kimberly Durrett (actress), Akeem Mair (actor), Akeem Mair (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Maxie Solveig (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jenn Gotzon (producer), Ram Khatabakhsh (composer), Liam Stone (actor), Robert Wu (producer), Robert Wu (actor), David Kiang (director), David Kiang (writer), David Kiang (editor), David Kiang (producer), Kimberly Durrett (actress), Akeem Mair (actor), Akeem Mair (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Maxie Solveig (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jenn Gotzon (producer), Ram Khatabakhsh (composer), Liam Stone (actor), Robert Wu (producer), Robert Wu (actor), David Kiang (director), David Kiang (writer), David Kiang (editor), David Kiang (producer), Kimberly Durrett (actress), Akeem Mair (actor), Akeem Mair (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Maxie Solveig (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jenn Gotzon (producer), Ram Khatabakhsh (composer), Liam Stone (actor), Robert Wu (producer), Robert Wu (actor), David Kiang (director), David Kiang (writer), David Kiang (editor), David Kiang (producer), Kimberly Durrett (actress), Akeem Mair (actor), Akeem Mair (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Maxie Solveig (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jenn Gotzon (producer), Ram Khatabakhsh (composer), Liam Stone (actor), Robert Wu (producer), Robert Wu (actor), David Kiang (director), David Kiang (writer), David Kiang (editor), David Kiang (producer), Kimberly Durrett (actress), Akeem Mair (actor), Akeem Mair (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Maxie Solveig (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jenn Gotzon (producer), Ram Khatabakhsh (composer), Liam Stone (actor), Robert Wu (producer), Robert Wu (actor), David Kiang (director), David Kiang (writer), David Kiang (editor), David Kiang (producer), Kimberly Durrett (actress), Akeem Mair (actor), Akeem Mair (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Maxie Solveig (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jenn Gotzon (producer), Ram Khatabakhsh (composer), Liam Stone (actor), Robert Wu (producer), Robert Wu (actor), David Kiang (director), David Kiang (writer), David Kiang (editor), David Kiang (producer), Kimberly Durrett (actress), Akeem Mair (actor), Akeem Mair (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Maxie Solveig (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jenn Gotzon (producer), Ram Khatabakhsh (composer), Liam Stone (actor), Robert Wu (producer), Robert Wu (actor), David Kiang (director), David Kiang (writer), David Kiang (editor), David Kiang (producer), Kimberly Durrett (actress), Akeem Mair (actor), Akeem Mair (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Maxie Solveig (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jenn Gotzon (producer), Ram Khatabakhsh (composer), Liam Stone (actor), Robert Wu (producer), Robert Wu (actor), David Kiang (director), David Kiang (writer), David Kiang (editor), David Kiang (producer), Kimberly Durrett (actress), Akeem Mair (actor), Akeem Mair (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Efka Kvaraciejus (actor), Maxie Solveig (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Bo-Wen Chen (editor), Elaine Jin (actress), Kuo-Chu Chang (actor), Chen Chang (actor), Edward Yang (director), Edward Yang (writer), Shu-Chun Ni (actress), Shiang-chyi Chen (actress), Shi-Jye Jin (actor), Lawrence Ko (actor), Hung Hung (writer), Feng-Chyt Jiang (producer), Hung Hung (actor), Chuan Wang (actress), Yiwen Chen (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance,
Airplane ! Must see for aviation fans. Ex-fighter pilot and taxi driver Ted Striker (Robert Hays) became traumatized during an unnamed war, leading to a pathological fear of flying. As a result, he is unable to hold a responsible job. His wartime girlfriend, Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hagerty), now a flight attendant, leaves him. Striker nervously boards a Boeing 707 (Trans American Flight 209) from Los Angeles to Chicago on which she is serving, hoping to win her back, but she rebuffs him. After dinner is served, many of the passengers fall ill, and fellow passenger Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen) deduces that the passengers have contracted food poisoning from the fish. The cockpit crew, including pilot Clarence Oveur (Peter Graves) and co-pilot Roger Murdock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), have also be...
Airplane! movie clips: http://j.mp/1JagwTJ BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/tk9Jjs Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: When Mrs. Hammen (Lee Bryant) gets hysterical, a line of passengers intervene. FILM DESCRIPTION: This spoof of the Airport series of disaster movies relies on ridiculous sight gags, groan-inducing dialogue, and deadpan acting -- a comedy style that would be imitated for the next 20 years. Airplane! pulls out all the clichés as alcoholic pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays), who's developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, boards a jumbo jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend (Julie Hagerty). Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane, with the help of a glue-sniffin...
Airplane! movie clips: http://j.mp/1JagwTJ BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/tk9Jjs Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen) describes the symptoms of the flight sickness as Captain Oveur (Peter Graves) experiences all of them. FILM DESCRIPTION: This spoof of the Airport series of disaster movies relies on ridiculous sight gags, groan-inducing dialogue, and deadpan acting -- a comedy style that would be imitated for the next 20 years. Airplane! pulls out all the clichés as alcoholic pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays), who's developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, boards a jumbo jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend (Julie Hagerty). Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Strike...
Scene from the film AIRPLANE! (1980) starring Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty, featuring music from The Bee Gees in a parody of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)
Leslie Nielsen's way of communication in the movie Airplane (1980)
Airplane, high tail
The ground I see is you
Clouds distrurbing my view
Your voice calling me through
Sunset
Rise, sun
I'm circling over you
Slowly you open your eyes
Waving and pushing my airplane a thousand feet higher
CHORUS:
To see all of you, all of you
Pushing through
If there's a heaven, then heaven is you
Nothing to fear
Always to return
A storm ahead, a blizzard, a hurricane, surrounded by lightning
My plane is strong, lifting me up over troubled skies
Turning around I get closer and closer
Your bed is an island ahead
Smiling, you're shaking your pillow
Waving and pushing my airplane a thousand feet higher
CHORUS
All of you, all of you
Pushing through
If there's a heaven, then heaven's you
Nothing to fear