On July 2, 1980, Paramount unveiled a film that would eventually become known as one of the great movie comedy satires. By Ron Pennington On July 2, 1980, Paramount unveiled in theaters Airplane!, ...
“Can you fly this plane and land it?” asks a physician named Dr. Rumack after food poisoning fells the flight crew of a jet heading from Los Angeles to Chicago. “Surely you can’t be serious,” says Ted ...
Forty years ago this month, three guys from Shorewood released a movie that helped reshape funny in America. When "Airplane!" debuted in July 1980, it put Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker ...
Along with his fellow filmmakers David and Jerry Zucker, he revolutionized film comedy with a straight-faced, fast-paced style of parody. By Clay Risen Jim Abrahams, who with the brothers David and ...
Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, and produced ...
I'm about to ask three guys how they made a funny movie 43 years ago that still gets quoted today. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "AIRPLANE!") KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR: (As Roger) We have clearance, Clarence. PETER ...