Airplane!

Comedy
Overview : An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
Budget : 3500000USD
language : en
Runtime : 88 min
Release Date : 1980-07-02
Imdb ID : tt0080339
Status : Released

Cast

Robert Hays
Ted Striker

Julie Hagerty
Elaine Dickinson

Leslie Nielsen
Dr. Rumack

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roger Murdock

Lloyd Bridges
Steve McCroskey

Peter Graves
Capt. Clarence Oveur

Robert Stack
Captain Rex Kramer

Lorna Patterson
Randy

Jill Whelan
Lisa Davis

Ann Nelson
Hanging Lady

Jim Abrahams
Religious Zealot #6

Jonathan Banks
Gunderson

Stephen Stucker
Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs

Frank Ashmore
Victor Basta

Craig Berenson
Paul Carey

Barbara Billingsley
Jive Lady

Lee Bryant
Mrs. Hammen

Joyce Bulifant
Mrs. Davis

Mae E. Campbell
Security Lady

Ethel Merman
Lieutenant Hurwitz

Jimmie Walker
Windshield Wiper Man

Nora Meerbaum
Cocaine Lady

Kenneth Tobey
Air Controller Neubauer

James Hong
Japanese General

Michelle Stacy
Young Girl with Coffee

David Leisure
First Krishna

Al White
Second Jive Dude

Nicholas Pryor
Mr. Hammen

Cyril O'Reilly
Soldier

Ted Chapman
Airport Steward

Jesse Emmett
Man from India

Norman Alexander Gibbs
First Jive Dude

Amy Gibson
Soldier's Girl

Marcy Goldman
Mrs. Geline

Bob Gorman
Striped Controller

Rossie Harris
Joey

Maurice Hill
Reporter #3

David Hollander
Young Boy with Coffee

Howard Honig
Jack

Gregory Itzin
Religious Zealot #1

Howard Jarvis
Man in Taxi

Michael Laurence
Newscaster

Zachary Lewis
Religious Zealot #3

Barbara Mallory
Religious Zealot #2

Maureen McGovern
Nun

Mary Mercier
Shirley

Len Mooy
Reporter #1

Laura Nix
Mrs. Hurwitz

John O'Leary
Reporter #2

Bill Porter
Hospital Contortionist

Conrad E. Palmisano
Religious Zealot #4

Mallory Sandler
L.A. Ticket Agent

Robert Starr
Religious Zealot #5

Barbara Stuart
Mrs. Kramer

Lee Terri
Mrs. Oveur

William Tregoe
Jack Kirkpatrick

Hatsuo Uda
Japanese Newscaster

Herb Voland
Air Controller Macias

John David Wilder
Second Krishna

Windy
Horse

Jason Wingreen
Dr. Brody

Louise Yaffe
Mrs. Jaffe

Charlotte Zucker
Make-up Lady

David Zucker
Ground Crewman #2

Jerry Zucker
Ground Crewman #1

Kitten Natividad
Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)

Larry Blake
Upside-Down Man (uncredited)

Paula Moody
Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Sandra Lee Gimpel
Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Henry Wills
Commuter on Baggage Carousel (uncredited)

Joyce Mandel
Woman on Flight (uncredited)

Gene LeBell
Religious Zealot (uncredited)

Susan Breslau
Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Jimmy Fields
Passenger in Terminal (uncredited)

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Reviews

schoosskyler
An American Comedy _**Classic**_ - Everything about this film screams 'American Cinema Comedy'. A lot of the humor is a precursor to modern american humor, including the terribly cheesy pulp humor. This film is an homage to the comedies that came before it, but is innovative in its combination of wordplay and referential humor. I see vestiges of this film in everything from 'The Hangover' to 'The Office'. If at any point you are watching this and find yourself saying 'This is really stupid', just remember: Relax. It's supposed to be stupid.
Geronimo1967
Right from the "Jaws" (1975) inspired opening titles, this is a treat of comedy that sends up just about every genre of cinema as poor old "Ted" (Robert Hays) has to stave off an airborne disaster aboard his aircraft. Half the folks travelling have been stricken with food poisoning and when the cockpit it wiped-out, it falls to him to bravely take the joystick and try to land in Chicago. Luckily, his ex-girlfriend "Elaine" (Julie Hagerty) is there, as is the always scene stealing inflatable "Otto" pilot. Lloyd Bridges is entertaining as the air traffic controller as is Robert Stack as the man trying to to talk down the stressed wartime pilot whom he used to command. The visual jokes are occasionally a bit too slapstick, but it's the writing that makes this funny - it is a pun writer's wet dream with plenty of risqué double entendres and literal interpretation of language that creates ample enjoyable ambiguity and humour. Clearance Clarence and Roger, Roger - it's quickly paced and unlike so many comedies from the 1970s really does raise a smile 40-odd years later when political correctness would probably throttle this at birth. Yes, it's a bit puerile but it is still well worth a watch.
drystyx
Surely, this is hilarious. Surely. A film that never saw the word "Surely" in the same light again. This is a total parody, not just of disaster movies, but of all social mores. The "excuse" for the comedy is a plane where the entire flight crew is too sick to fly, so a nerve racked ex pilot needs to fly the plane. Lots of Monty Python style "unreal" events to make this even funnier, along with the parody of culture, such as the woman who speaks "Jive". You need someone to interpret "Jive" in life or death situations, you know? The people who don't find this funny probably don't even like gladiator movies.
FilipeManuelNeto
**A memorable comedy that deserves to be revisited occasionally.** I can't say how innovative this film was in its time because I'm not one of those cinema experts who know almost everything (I'd like to know more, and I always learn more, but I'm reduced to the insignificance of knowing little). However, as far as I can understand, I think it was one of the first nonsense American satires, heavily inspired by Monty Python, an English group that was having its biggest successes at that time, and the film “National Lampoon Animal House”, which had also been released at this time. For this work, Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers (who direct and write all the script) made a hilarious story around a domestic flight in the USA that goes very wrong when almost everyone, including the pilot and co-pilot, eat a spoiled fish. There are some jokes that work better, others worse, but the film's humor is intelligent enough to escape the easy laugh label. The joke where the pilot tries to seduce a child is perhaps the most infamous moment in the film, but I'm not a huge fan of political correctness and I handled it very well. The writers also can't resist the temptation to include some sex jokes, but I didn't see anything that I really think crossed the line of what was acceptable. For the film, they're called actors with a notable satirical and humorous streak, but who had not always had the opportunity to focus on comedies, or had not made films before. This was the case with Peter Graves, Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty or Lloyd Bridges, but also with Leslie Nielsen. It's quite surprising, considering we remember him for his comedies, but he hadn't done any notable comedies before this film. The cast seems to be having so much fun working that I believe the entire group has great memories of the project. As a technical and aesthetic work, the film stands out for the quality of the cinematography and filming work, but also for the good props and effects achieved.

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