Airplane

1980

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What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?

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Starring

Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen

Robert Stack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Frank Ashmore, Jonathan Banks, Craig Berenson, Barbara Billingsley, Lee Bryant, Joyce Bulifant, Mae E. Campbell, Peter Graves, Robert Hays, Otto (III), Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Update Cast

Cameos

Look for Jimmie Walker, Ethel Merman making a cameo appearance!

Thanks to Mike Martin

Update

Air Mexico was the only airline company to purchase the rights for AIRPLANE to be shown as an inflight movie.

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Review

Written and directed by comedy trio Jim Abrahams, Jerry and David Zucker, this was the movie that introduced the world to their madcap comedy style that lead later to "Top Secret", "Hot Shots" and the "Naked Gun" series.

Impossibly and consistently funny, Airplane just keeps on comin -without the kind of lapses in comedy that effect so many other examples of the genre.

This classic movie has got to be the record holder for 'most gags per minute'

Airplane is probably the writer/directors finest comedy and arguably one of the most genuinely funny films ever made. It takes its inspiration from the classic 'disaster' movies of the 70's and in particular the "Airport" series.

This movie is an important piece of culture, but not for the way it represents the 80's. In fact it is almost entirely representative of the 70's.

...And remember... "Don't call me Shirley..!"