Film198088 min

Airplane!

Name: Airplane!
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges

Taste attributes: comedyrobots/ai/spacemusic/dancevehiclesdisasterfastunsavourylightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentaryunderdog triumphs

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"What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit two tall buildings at a single bound?"

Boxlist takeA larger-than-life comedy that is light, simple and stylish. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

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Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

The persons and events in this film are fictitious - fortunately! A masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy, Airplane! features Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning; Julie Hagerty as his girlfriend/stewardess/co-pilot; and a cast of all-stars including Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... and more. Their hilarious high jinks spoof airplane disaster flicks, religious zealots, television commercials, romantic love... the list whirls by in rapid succession. And the story races from one moment of zany fun to the next.

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