Airplane! (Don't Call Me Shirley! Edition)
starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Jonathan Banks, Craig Berenson, Barbara Billingsley
directed by: Zucker, David, Zucker, Jerry
directed by: Zucker, David, Zucker, Jerry
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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 (it ranked in the top 5 of Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 funniest movies ever made). 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. Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty are the heroes who have a history that includes a meet-cute à la Saturday Night Fever, a surf scene right out of From Here to Eternity, a Peace Corps trip to Africa to teach the natives the benefits of Tupperware and basketball, a war-ravaged recovery room with a G.I. who thinks he's Ethel Merman (a hilarious cameo)--and those are just the flashbacks! The jokes gleefully skirt the boundaries of bad taste (pilot Peter Graves to a juvenile cockpit visitor: "Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?"), with the high (low?) point being Hagerty's intimate involvement with the blow-up automatic pilot doll, but they'll have you rolling on the floor. The film launched the careers of collaborators Jim Abrahams (Big Business), David Zucker (Ruthless People), and Jerry Zucker (Ghost), as well as revitalized such B-movie actors as Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, and Leslie Nielsen, who built a second career on films like this. A vital part of any video collection. --Mark Englehart
Movie DVD
Amazon.com essential video:
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 (it ranked in the top 5 of Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 funniest movies ever made). 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. Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty are the heroes who have a history that includes a meet-cute à la Saturday Night Fever, a surf scene right out of From Here to Eternity, a Peace Corps trip to Africa to teach the natives the benefits of Tupperware and basketball, a war-ravaged recovery room with a G.I. who thinks he's Ethel Merman (a hilarious cameo)--and those are just the flashbacks! The jokes gleefully skirt the boundaries of bad taste (pilot Peter Graves to a juvenile cockpit visitor: "Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?"), with the high (low?) point being Hagerty's intimate involvement with the blow-up automatic pilot doll, but they'll have you rolling on the floor. The film launched the careers of collaborators Jim Abrahams (Big Business), David Zucker (Ruthless People), and Jerry Zucker (Ghost), as well as revitalized such B-movie actors as Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, and Leslie Nielsen, who built a second career on films like this. A vital part of any video collection. --Mark Englehart
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- the first funny spoof
airplane is so funny, i dont even know where to star becasue its always a joke
Rating: - classic
this is a classic everyone should have one.this is the second or third one ive bought cuz no one returns the ones I lend out.
Rating: - It's High-larious
Airplane is a great spoof movie with funny gags around each corner!
The plot is quite simple, a young man (Ted) an ex-war pilot follows his ex-girlfriend (Elaine) onto the plane that she is working on as an air hostess. The havoc starts when the flight crew and many of the passengers fall ill with food poisining. Fortunately Ted is there to fly the plane down but he is their only hope and it's an entirely different kind of flying - Altogether! "IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT....!"
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Rating: - Very Funny!!!
This is classic comedy at its best! Every gag, joke, and silly situation is hilarious! A man named Ted Striker, who use to fly during the war is trying to regain his girlfriend, Elaine, who now wants nothing to do with him. He's so desperate that he boards the plane that Elaine is a stewardess on. During dinner, a lot of passengers get sick, including the pilots. Can Ted overcome his fear of flying and land the plane? I highly recommend AIRPLANE!!!!
Rating: - The funniest movie ever made!
I think this was the funniest movie ever made. In this time of economic problems, people going through stress due to job loss and just the drudgery of everyday life, this movie does the job of distressing you. Everyone knows a line or two from the movie. It is one you can watch over and over again and still laugh. Get a group of people together and have a party. They all know what is coming in the next scene and still laugh hysterically.
- the first funny spoofairplane is so funny, i dont even know where to star becasue its always a joke
- classicthis is a classic everyone should have one.this is the second or third one ive bought cuz no one returns the ones I lend out.
- It's High-lariousAirplane is a great spoof movie with funny gags around each corner!
The plot is quite simple, a young man (Ted) an ex-war pilot follows his ex-girlfriend (Elaine) onto the plane that she is working on as an air hostess. The havoc starts when the flight crew and many of the passengers fall ill with food poisining. Fortunately Ted is there to fly the plane down but he is their only hope and it's an entirely different kind of flying - Altogether! "IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT....!"
... Read More
- Very Funny!!!This is classic comedy at its best! Every gag, joke, and silly situation is hilarious! A man named Ted Striker, who use to fly during the war is trying to regain his girlfriend, Elaine, who now wants nothing to do with him. He's so desperate that he boards the plane that Elaine is a stewardess on. During dinner, a lot of passengers get sick, including the pilots. Can Ted overcome his fear of flying and land the plane? I highly recommend AIRPLANE!!!!
- The funniest movie ever made!I think this was the funniest movie ever made. In this time of economic problems, people going through stress due to job loss and just the drudgery of everyday life, this movie does the job of distressing you. Everyone knows a line or two from the movie. It is one you can watch over and over again and still laugh. Get a group of people together and have a party. They all know what is coming in the next scene and still laugh hysterically.
