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Airplane |  | Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Actors: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 64213
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 097361378046
UPC: 097361378046
EAN: 0097361378046
ASIN: B0019GO546
Theatrical Release Date: 1980
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
After everyone on a plane, including the pilot, gets food poisoning, a passenger who is a former pilot gets his nerve back when he has to land the pla
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lost original needs dvd status! July 28, 2010
Chris Cox (caldwell,idaho)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i once owned this film airplane on vhs many years before the "don't call me shirley
edition" was officially released on dvd. with seven to eight minutes of footage
omitted from it(all the DISASTER humor is GONE!). the true original IS 95 minutes
in length! and made in 1980 not 1997 not 2002 not 2004 and not 2007, thats four times in a ten year copyright span. when this film is FINALLY released probably
as a directors cut print and/or as the "true original" i will finally buy a copy.
but let it be known I AM NOT FOOLED Mr. Jerry and David Zucker and Mr. Jim Abrahams
NOT FOR ONE SPLIT SECOND!
 One of the First and One of the Best October 28, 2009
Movie Lover (Seoul, South Korea)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Before the Wayans Brothers came along with all their "(Insert Film Genre) Movie" films, movie spoofs belonged to the makers of this film, the Zucker Brothers and Mel Brooks (check out Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition); you'll see what I mean). It took a recent spate of airplane disaster movies and spoofed them mercilessly, throwing cliches left and right, with a healthy dose of pop culture and deadpan one-liners, not to mention one flamboyant airport empoyee named Johnny who steals every scene he's in. BUY THIS, BUY IT NOW.
A Guilty Pleasure! Highly Recommended! August 19, 2009
CFH (Blue Ridge Summit, PA USA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Airplane" is one of those movies that is almost embarrassing to admit that you like, much less that it is on your "Top 10". The humor ranges from slapstick sight gags to some really clever play on words that might be missed on the first viewing. I have watched this no less than 20 times or so, and still find little gems each viewing. Airplane is one of the most quotable movies ever since there are so many one-liners and plays on words.
The plot is a send up of the numerous airport/airplane disaster movies of the 1970s and features an all-star cast, including Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Frank Ashmore, Lloyd Bridges, Jonathan Banks, and Barbara Billingsley.
This movie has a lot of adult humor, racial stereotyping, substance abuse, and worse. None of it is presented in a serious way, but those that are easily offended should skip this movie.
This is one of my guilty pleasures, so Highly Recommended with the caveats above.
Every thing you ever wanted to know about air travel June 13, 2008
bernie (Arlington, Texas)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Leslie Nielsen has been around for a long time and in many leads before striking out on a road to comedy. This is but one story. However it was a turning point for him from leading man in "Forbidden Planet" (1956), to serious doctor in" Airplane!" (1980), to Field Guide in "National Geographic's "The Savage Garden" with Leslie Nielsen (1997)
Airplane has a great cast including Robert Stack (playing himself), Lloyd Bridges (glub glub), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (just as defensive as ever).
This movie is unique. It is the first; I have seen displaying one liners with serious intent. It was not just slapstick or Abbot and Costello. This particular film uses the "Airport" movies as the basis of most of its humor.
It worked well enough for sequels and other films to be made in the new genre. I keep it with the Leslie Nielsen Collection.
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