Airplane! (1980)

Directors:

David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker

Writers:

Actors:

David Leisure, Michelle Stacy, James Hong, Kenneth Tobey, Nora Meerbaum, Kitten Natividad

Synopsis:

Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.
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95

Airplane! (1980)

A type of humour that the Wayans Brothers only capture in about 1 out of 5 films and even then only partially. Hilarious - laughed out loud start to finish the first time I saw this movie.
Buchans
June 24, 2013