The spoof comedy that set the gold standard for all that followed it, AIRPLANE takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that peppered cinemas in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot (who has a drinking problem and is afraid of flying) must cooperate with his ex-girlfriend turned stewardess to bring the plane to a safe landing. No disaster flick cliche is left unroasted, and the musical score itself takes a less than reverent look at overly melodramatic compositions.

CAST AND CREW

Ethel Merman Robert Stack Robert Hays Peter Graves Leslie Nielsen David Zucker Jerry Zucker Jim Abrahams

GENRE

Comedy

CERTIFICATE

Contains strong language, sex and drug reference

RUN TIME

1 hour 24 minutes

RELEASED

1980