Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Robert Hays, Lorna Patterson
(12 votes)
10/10.One of the most genius comedies ever made.The Zucker brothers and Abrams were brilliant here.I would call this one amazing movie because everyone keeps a straight face.Not an easy task considering all the funny as hell stuff being said or done throughout the movie.Leslie Nielsen delivers one of the best lines ever in comedy"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." Robert Hayes, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, and Robert Stack are also great here."Billy you ever seen a grown man cry?"I also enjoyed many of the gags, three of the best being people in line waiting to wallop a hysterical passenger,"I gotta get outta here!I gotta get outta here." One passenger who said"It's all right stewardess, I speak jive." The last being the fighting girl scouts.One great running gag is where someone says "We need to get these people to a hospital."What is it?"It's a big building with patients."No doubt about it, Airplane was made for people who love comedy back when they did comedy right.
Revealing mistake: In the dance sequence, we see Elaine twirling Ted around and throwing him into the crowd. Watch the top-right-corner of your screen, as the stunt-double lands in the audience you can see Robert Hays (Ted Striker) in the top-right-corner waiting to pop out. (00:19:10)
Gunderson: He's all over the place! Nine hundred feet up to 1300 feet. What an asshole!
Trivia: One of the special thanks in the end credits is to the Argon Oil Company, a fictional company in another ZAZ movie, "Kentucky Fried Movie". Argon is actually an elemental gas. (01:26:50)
Question: Right after Ted is dumped by Elaine, was that Harrison Ford that played the religious zealot he punched out?
Answer: The man that was punched was Conrad Palmisano. He's credited as Religious Zealot #4.
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Answer: No, that was David Leisure, who was the Joe Izuzu Guy.
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Actually, no it wasn't David Leisure, he plays one of the Krishnas.