Airplane!
1980 · Movie · PG · 88 min · ★ 7.3 · 88% critics
When a commercial flight is thrown into chaos after a meal leaves much of the crew incapacitated, a reluctant former pilot is pushed into the cockpit. As panic spreads on board and on the ground, the situation turns into a rapid-fire spoof packed with escalating mishaps and absurd humor.
Also known as Flying High · Airplane · Flying High! · Kentucky Fried Airplane!
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Details
- Years
- 1980
- Release date
- 1980-06-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (5,077 votes)
- Box office
- $83,453,539
- Budget
- $3,500,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want relentless slapstick, puns, and a disaster-movie parody that never slows down; Not for you if you dislike crude or dated jokes, or prefer grounded comedy like The King of Comedy.
Pros: nonstop jokes; quotable one-liners; clever genre spoof | Cons: very silly tone; some dated gags; occasional poor taste
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- airplane
- cataclysm
- nun
- guitar
- alcohol
- stewardess
- taxi driver
- passenger
- fear of flying
- pilot
- +17 more
Cast & crew
Robert Hays
as Ted Striker
Julie Hagerty
as Elaine Dickinson
Leslie Nielsen
as Dr. Rumack
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
as Roger Murdock
Lloyd Bridges
as Steve McCroskey
Peter Graves
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Robert Stack
as Captain Rex Kramer
Lorna Patterson
as Randy
Jill Whelan
as Lisa Davis
Ann Nelson
as Hanging Lady
Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker