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Airplane
Scared of flying, a man must do what he can to safely land an airplane when the pilot becomes sick.
8 June 1958, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 October 1947, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
17 June 1945, El Paso, Texas, USA
25 November 1960, Westchester County, New York, USA
11 March 1950, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
27 May 1916, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 March 1918, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
January 29, 2012
Charmingly dated, but still immeasurably funny.
April 01, 2008
From the clever Jaws take-off opening to the final, irreverent title card, laughs come thick and fast.
June 08, 2015
Airplane! is a splendidly tacky, totally tasteless, completely insignificant flight, a gooney bird of a movie that looks as if it could never get off the ground and then surprises and delights with its free-spirited aerobatics.
March 17, 2014
[VIDEO ESSAY] The film's mixed bag of cultural references spill out faster than you can catch them.
April 01, 2008
The gags aren't exactly clever, but there are a lot of them, and the cutting finds a fast, effective tempo.
August 03, 2013
From takeoff to landing, this whacked-out parody is a loopy flight of fancy.
February 09, 2006
Psycho ground controllers (Stack and Bridges), laff-a-second pace, and bludgeoning innuendo make this the acceptable face of the locker-room satire.
August 03, 2013
There's hardly a second that passes without an assault by a wickedly accurate spoof, cringe-inducing pun or inspired sight gag, and the years have not diminished the film's dumb appeal.
April 01, 2008
The fact that the movie doesn't work as well today as it did in 1980 in no way diminishes its importance in recent motion picture history.
September 11, 2012
Directors Abraham and both Zuckers create one of the few comedies that can guarantee almost a laugh a minute...
June 08, 2015
The really great thing about Airplane! is that the jokes undercut your expectations so deftly.
April 07, 2015
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, who share both writing and directorial credits, become so desperate for laughs that the jokes descend to a much cruder level.
