Airplane
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In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in
… More »In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a bad fish meal. Now, it is up to him to land the airplane safely, before the poisoning starts causing casualties. But Ted Striker's aversion to piloting is a serious psychosis, which breaks open and needs to be cured--right now.
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980
Special features: New commentary by producer Jon Davison and writers/directors Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker and David Zucker; enhanced movie version with branching to deleted scenes, interviews and more; trivia track
Special features: Widescreen version -- Commentary by producer Jon Davison and writers/directors Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, David Zucker -- Long haul version: Includes deleted scenes, interviews and more -- Trivia track -- Theatrical trailer -- Language English 5.1 surround ; English 2.0 surround ; French mono -- Subtitles: English, Spanish
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Add a SummaryAn airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley.
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Add a QuoteTed Striker: Surely you got to be kidding me. Leslie Nielsen: Don't call me surely.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
Reporter: What kind of plane is it? Johnny: Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol.
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.
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Add a CommentYou cannot view Airplane! without the context of the seventies indulgence in repeated versions of "airport" disasters. This film is to the genre of disaster films what Spinal Tap is to rockumentary (i.e. the ultimate mockumentary). Airplane! is slapstick sight gags & one liners delivered by actors who generally played much more dramatic roles. It's not sophisticated, but it delivers.
Classic spoof. Inspired too many bad films to count. Normally, spoofs (too numerous to mention all the ones I despise) are what I consider to be the lowest form of comedy, but this one has always held a soft spot in my heart. So many funny lines and situations.
Not as funny as I expected - in fact, not funny at all.
Terrible. I found this movie to be both racist and sexist. I will admit that some parts were funny, but certain scenes that may have been funny in the 80s are no longer socially acceptable. I turned off the movie after the scene where a women is repeatedly beaten with various objects.
HILARIOUS!!! Yeah its from the 80's but it is still very very funny!
One of the funniest films ever made. You have to watch it a few times to catch all the jokes.
"Snakes on a Plane" (or its lesser-known sequel "Snakes on a Plain", set in the plateaus of España, which was less successful than its forbear due to the rather predictable nature of the antagonists presence in the area) owes a great deal to this film, the first in the 'mock the disaster movie genre' genre. The TV series "Police Squad" came out of this as well, and possibly did better than this, owing to keeping the stories shorter meant that things weren't over-stretched. Over-all, editing leaves a bit too much room at the ends of moments for reaction shots, but this holding of someone's face is part of the original movies' style, so some allowance must be given. Granted, it could also be that the film-makers are padding things out to get as close as they can to a 90-minute time slot, or are simply leaving time for the audience laughter, but let's try to be generous. A bit slow at the first, but once the plane gets into the air — figuratively and literally — we're at cruising altitude for some time. Apparently the loony guy in the airport staff (who offers to use a piece of paper to make a hat, brooch, or Pterodactyl) improvised everything. Incomprehensible. A classic, and worthwhile watching to learn how satire works when applied to an artistic style.
People think this is such a funny movie... but it's not. Scary Movie 3 is funnier than this, in whom also Leslie Nielsen is also in. Although, there are some funny parts and some parts which are really dumb.
Funny movie, guaranteed to make you laugh, everyone should see this movie at least once!
This DVD started to pixelate towards the end so I couldn't finish watching it.