Airplane!

Airplane!
Airplane!
Directed by	Jim Abrahams; David Zucker; Jerry Zucker;
Screenplay by	Jim Abrahams; David Zucker; Jerry Zucker;
Based on	uncredited: Flight into Danger; by Arthur Hailey; Zero Hour!; by Arthur Hailey; Hall Bartlett; John Champion;
Produced by	Jon Davison
Starring	Robert Hays; Julie Hagerty;
Cinematography	Joseph Biroc
Edited by	Patrick Kennedy
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Production; companies	Paramount Pictures; Howard W. Koch Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	June 27, 1980 (Toronto and Buffalo); July 2, 1980 (Wide);
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.5 million
Box office	$171 million

Airplane! is an American parody comedy movie made in 1980. It was written and directed by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams. It is a parody of the 1970 movie Airport as well as the 1957 movie Zero Hour!. It is was picked as the 6th most funny movie in Bravo's '100 Funniest Movies'.^[3] In 2007, people in the United Kingdom voted Airplane! was the second greatest comedy ever made.^[4] In 2010, Airplane! was added by the Library of Congress to the United States National Film Registry since it was important to the American culture and movie history.^[5]

References

↑ "Airplane!". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
↑ "Airplane! (1980) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
↑ "Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies of All Time". Bravo. December 31, 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
↑ "Life of Brian named best comedy". BBC News. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
↑ "Hollywood Blockbusters, Independent Films and Shorts Selected for 2010 National Film Registry". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

Other websites

Airplane! at Letterboxd

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[1] "Airplane!". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2015.

[Numbers-2] "Airplane! (1980) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2010.

[3] "Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies of All Time". Bravo. December 31, 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

[4] "Life of Brian named best comedy". BBC News. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2014.

[5] "Hollywood Blockbusters, Independent Films and Shorts Selected for 2010 National Film Registry". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

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