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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1); Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Interviews, Trivia Track, Theatrical Trailer, English, Spanish Subtitled
The persons and events in this film are fictitious--fortunately! A masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy, Airplane! features Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning; Julie Hagerty as his girlfriend/stewardess/co-pilot; and a cast of all-stars including Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... and more. Their hilarious high jinks spoof airplane disaster flicks, religious zealots, television commercials, romantic love... the list whirls by in rapid succession. And the story races from one moment of zany fun to the next.
"A comedic masterpiece that takes a timeless tradition and mocks it to the heavens." Ed Gonzalez, Apollo Guide
"More laughs per minute than just about anything I can think of." Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
"Disaster parody at its finest, Airplane! is a hilarious comic treat." Wesley Lovell, Oscar Guy
Editor's Note
The spoof comedy that set the gold standard for all that followed it, AIRPLANE takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that peppered cinemas in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot (who has a drinking problem and is afraid of flying) must cooperate with his ex-girlfriend turned stewardess to bring the plane to a safe landing. No disaster flick cliche is left unroasted, and the musical score itself takes a less than reverent look at overly melodramatic compositions.
Plot Summary
A tongue-in-cheek spoof of the disaster genre.|A former wartime flight commander has to take control of a jet after every pilot aboard comes down with food poisoning -- even though he's now too scared to fly.|The airplane's passengers include a wild assortment of comic loonies.
| Features | Scene Selection | | New Commentary by Producer Jon Davidson and Writers/ Directors Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker and David Zucker | | Enhanced Movie Version with Branching to Deleted Scenes, Interviews and more! | | Trivia Track - Hilarious little known facts and figures from the minds of the directors | | Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Menu | | Widescreen Presentation | |
Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1); Dolby Digital Stereo, French Dolby Digital Mono | | Subtitles: English, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 1/16/2007 |
| Running Time: 87 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1980 | | Catalog ID: 030904 | | UPC: 00097360309041 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Jokes -- hilarious jokes -- to spare....Clever and confident and furiously energetic..." 07/02/1980 p.C17New York Times
Included in the New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1980" 12/28/1980 p.II:15 Entertainment Weekly
"...Nonstop comic invention made AIRPLANE! one of the funniest...comedies of our time..." -- Rating: A 09/16/1994 pp.126-8 Total Film
"...Most of the gags hit the mark, and the dialogue's as quotable as ever..." 03/01/2001 p.100 Premiere
"[A] cornucopia of geeky slapstick, self-referential jokes, and satirical pastiches..." 12/01/2003 p.13 Rolling Stone
"[T]imelessly wacky....You are certain to laugh." 12/01/2005 p.100 Entertainment Weekly
"[T]he contrarian casting of deadpan actors like Leslie Nielsen reinvented careers by making every utterance a punchline." -- Grade: B 12/16/2005 p.67 Rolling Stone
Ranked #15 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "You are certain to laugh." 12/01/2005 p.98 Total Film
5 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ithout doubt one of the funniest movies ever made." 07/01/2006 p.119 |
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