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Airplane
Afraid to fly, a man must struggle to help a plane land when the pilot becomes sick.
15 March 1907, Columbus, Ohio, USA
9 October 1920, Brooklyn, New York, USA
8 February 1919, Superior, Nebraska, USA
1 July 1956, Whittier, California, USA
31 August 1945, New York City, New York, USA
17 September 1939, Los Angeles, California, USA
21 January 1955, Saranac Lake, New York, USA
June 28, 1906 in Greece
2 July 1947, Alameda, California, USA
29 April 1915, Canastota, New York, USA
June 08, 2015
The really great thing about Airplane! is that the jokes undercut your expectations so deftly.
August 03, 2013
From takeoff to landing, this whacked-out parody is a loopy flight of fancy.
April 01, 2008
The gags aren't exactly clever, but there are a lot of them, and the cutting finds a fast, effective tempo.
September 11, 2012
Directors Abraham and both Zuckers create one of the few comedies that can guarantee almost a laugh a minute...
April 01, 2008
From the clever Jaws take-off opening to the final, irreverent title card, laughs come thick and fast.
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.
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.
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.
March 17, 2014
[VIDEO ESSAY] The film's mixed bag of cultural references spill out faster than you can catch them.
January 29, 2012
Charmingly dated, but still immeasurably funny.
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.
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.
