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Year: 1980
Directed:
- David Zucker
- Jerry Zucker
- Jim Abrahams
Actors/Actresses:
- Robert Hays
- Julie Hagerty
Barbara Billingsley Talks Jive
Yes, for all you "Leave it to Beaver" fans, Beaver Cleaver's mom speaks jive in this movie and does a fine job. It's hilarious.
This is probably the funniest movie ever made and certainly has more laughs per minute than any other movie. There's no subtlety, this is pure slapstick, but done masterfully by all the participants. The opening disco scene where Robert Hayes parodies "Saturday Night Fever" will have you on the floor, clutching your sides as they split open from laughing so hard.
Leslie Nielson, Robert Stack and Lloyd ("I guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue") Bridges all turn in sterling, hilarious performances. Robert Stack's scene where he beats up everyone in the airport is just another in a long line of classic scenes.
This movie is as funny as it was 20 years ago when it was released. The AFI recently listed it at number 10 on their all-time "Funniest Movies" list and they blew it. It should have been number one. It's *that* funny.
It's AFI's #10, but it's my #1
This movie made the AFI top ten comedies of all time and for very good reasons. This movie is hilarious from start to finish. The comedy is pure slapstick and in your face, but you cannot help but enjoy it. Even twenty years after it's release to the theatre's it is still knee slapping hilarious. Who can forget these classic scenes:
Robert Hayes' drinking problem
Julie Hagerty's attempt to "fix" the automatic pilot
Barbara Billingsly talking jive
Robert Stack assaulting everyone in the airport
Lloyd Bridges smoking, drinking, pill popping, and glue sniffing
Ask yourself here would Leslie Neilson be today without "Airplane"? This is the movie that spawned the entire movie spoof genre, and without a doubt the best. If you have never seen this movie you have been missing out on one of the funniest movies ever made. This is a must have for any serious collector.
"Don't Call Me Shirley...."
All right people. You know that this is one of the funniest films ever made. If you don't, you have no sense of humor at all. This 1980 classic is the blueprint of a pitch perfect classic spoof film that opened the doors for many films and filmmakers doing it today. Robert Hays stars as a man who must take over flying an airplane filled with passengers, after the pilots become incompasitated. The movie is filled with old hollywood stars like Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, and the man who would begin a whole new career after this, the one and only Leslie Nielsen. Many gags come fast and funny, and it would be wise to watch the film a few times. The reason being that there are just so many jokes and visual gags that it's impossible to catch it the first time. This film began the successful duo of Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker. The film spawned a sequel that was just as hilarious. If ever you need a quick ppick me up comedy, you can't go wrong with Airplane.
Buy Airplane at Amazon.com
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