Watch NowAirplane! (1980)
12A
02/07/1980 (GB)
Comedy
1h 28m
- 73% (4615 votes)
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What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?
Overview
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
- Jim AbrahamsDirector, Writer
- David ZuckerDirector, Writer
- Jerry ZuckerDirector, Writer
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,500,000
Revenue
$83,453,539
Keywords
- chicago, illinois
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- airplane
- cataclysm
- guitar
- alcohol
- stewardess
- taxi driver
- passenger
- fear of flying
- pilot
- medicine
- air controller
- landing
- saxophone
- autopilot
- parody
- spoof
- food poisoning
- los angeles, california
- alcohol abuse
- aftercreditsstinger
- inflatable life raft
- anarchic comedy
Top Billed 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
Lorna Patterson
Randy
Robert Stack
Captain Rex Kramer
Jim Abrahams
Religious Zealot #6
Jonathan Banks
Gunderson
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