Airplane! (1980)

Directors:

Jim Abrahams
David Zucker
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Writers:

Jim Abrahams (written by) &
David Zucker (written by) ...
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Release Date:

2 julio 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Frase comercial:

You've read the ad, now see the movie!

Plot:

An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley.

Plot Keywords:

Sweating | Control Center | Hanging | Bestiality | Cocaine

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

An Undoubted Classic

Cast

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	...	Roger Murdock (as Kareem Abdul-Jabaar)
Lloyd Bridges	...	McCroskey
Peter Graves	...	Captain Oveur
Julie Hagerty	...	Elaine
Robert Hays	...	Ted Striker
Leslie Nielsen	...	Dr. Rumack
Lorna Patterson	...	Randy
Robert Stack	...	Rex Kramer
Stephen Stucker	...	Johnny
Otto	...	Himself
Jim Abrahams	...	Religious zealot #6
Frank Ashmore	...	Victor Basta
Jonathan Banks	...	Gunderson
Craig Berenson	...	Paul Carey
Barbara Billingsley	...	Jive Lady
Lee Bryant	...	Mrs. Hammen
Joyce Bulifant	...	Mrs. Davis
Mae E. Campbell	...	Security lady
Ted Chapman	...	Airport steward
Jesse Emmett	...	Man from India
Norman Alexander Gibbs	...	First Jive dude
Amy Gibson	...	Soldier's girl
Marcy Goldman	...	Mrs. Geline
Bob Gorman	...	Striped controller (as Bobby Gorman)
Rossie Harris	...	Joey
Maurice Hill	...	Reporter #3
David Hollander	...	Young boy with coffee
James Hong	...	Japanese general
Howard Honig	...	Jack
Gregory Itzin	...	Religious zealot #1
Howard Jarvis	...	Man in taxi
Michael Laurence	...	Newscaster
David Leisure	...	First Krishna
Zachary Lewis	...	Religious zealot #3
Barbara Mallory	...	Religious zealot #2
Maureen McGovern	...	Nun
Nora Meerbaum	...	Cocaine lady
Mary Mercier	...	Shirley
Ethel Merman	...	Lieutenant Hurwitz
Len Mooy	...	Reporter #1
Ann Nelson	...	Handing lady (as Ann M. Nelson)
Laura Nix	...	Mrs. Hurwitz
John O'Leary	...	Reporter #2
Cyril O'Reilly	...	Soldier
Bill Porter	...	Hospital contortionist
Nicholas Pryor	...	Mr. Hammen
Conrad E. Palmisano	...	Religious zealot #4 (as Conrad Palmisano)
Mallory Sandler	...	L.A. ticket agent
Michelle Stacy	...	Young girl with coffee
Robert Starr	...	Religious zealot #5
Barbara Stuart	...	Mrs. Kramer
Lee Terri	...	Mrs. Oveur
Kenneth Tobey	...	Air controller Neubauer
William Tregoe	...	Jack Kirkpatrick
Hatsuo Uda	...	Japanese newscaster
Herb Voland	...	Air Controller Macias
Jimmie Walker	...	Windshield wiper man
Jill Whelan	...	Lisa Davis
Al White	...	Second Jive Dude
John David Wilder	...	Second Krishna (as John-David Wilder)
Windy	...	Horse
Jason Wingreen	...	Dr. Brody
Louise Yaffe	...	Mrs. Jaffe
Charlotte Zucker	...	Make-up lady
David Zucker	...	Ground crewman #2
Jerry Zucker	...	Ground crewman #1
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Larry Blake	...	Upside-down man (uncredited)
Susan Breslau	...	Ticket agent (uncredited)
Leslie Hoffman	...	Passenger in terminal (uncredited)
Bill Kirchenbauer	...	Capt. Geline (uncredited)
Kitten Natividad	...	Bouncing topless woman on plane (uncredited)
Dr. Robert Nevin	...	Other doctor (uncredited)
Herb Vigran	...	(uncredited)

Dirigida por
Jim Abrahams
David Zucker
Jerry Zucker

Créditos del guión
Arthur Hailey		(teleplay "Flight Into Danger") uncredited
Arthur Hailey		(screenplay "Zero Hour") uncredited &
Hall Bartlett		(screenplay "Zero Hour") uncredited &
John C. Champion		(screenplay "Zero Hour") uncredited
Jim Abrahams		(written by) &
David Zucker		(written by) &
Jerry Zucker		(written by)

Producida por
Jim Abrahams	....	executive producer
Jon Davison	....	producer
Howard W. Koch	....	producer
Hunt Lowry	....	associate producer
David Zucker	....	executive producer
Jerry Zucker	....	executive producer

Música original por
Elmer Bernstein

Fotografía por
Joseph F. Biroc		(director of photography) (as Joseph Biroc)

Montaje por
Patrick Kennedy

Casting
Joel Thurm

Diseño de producción por
Ward Preston

Decorados
Anne D. McCulley

Diseño de vestuario por
Rosanna Norton

Departamento de maquillaje
Edwin Butterworth	....	makeup artist
Joan Phillips	....	hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Maurice Vaccarino	....	unit production manager
Lindsley Parsons Jr.	....	executive production manager: Paramount (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Daniel Attias	....	dga trainee (as Dan Attias)
Kenneth D. Collins	....	second assistant director (as Ken Collins)
Arne Schmidt	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Tom Crowl	....	assistant property master
Wally Graham	....	construction coordinator
Mike Higelmire	....	lead person
Joseph E. Hubbard	....	set designer (as Joe Hubbard)
Steven M. Levine	....	property master (as Steven Levine)

Departamento de sonido
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer (as David Campbell)
Bill Henderson	....	sound re-recording engineer
David J. Hudson	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dave Hudson)
Dennis Jones	....	boom operator
Tom Overton	....	sound recording mixer
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Troutman	....	sound editor (as Jim Troutman)
Terry Chambers	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Jeremy Hoenack	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Donald C. Rogers	....	technical director of sound (uncredited)
Clancy T. Troutman	....	supervising sound editor (uncredited)
David A. Whittaker	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
John Frazier	....	special effects
Richard O. Helmer	....	miniature special effects
Bruce Logan	....	director of photography: special effects
Christopher S. Ross	....	special effects miniatures

Visual Effects
Robert Blalack	....	visual effects
Chris Casady	....	effects animator
Paul Gentry	....	director of photography: miniatures
Bill Hedge	....	visual effects: Magic Lantern
Peter Kuran	....	visual effects
Chris Walas	....	visual effects: special projects
David Merritt	....	model maker: MPI (uncredited)

Especialistas
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt coordinator (as Conrad Palmisano)
Leigh Walsh	....	stunt double
Janet Brady	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paula Dell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt double: Lloyd Bridges (uncredited)
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt double: Robert Hays (uncredited)
Mary Peters	....	stunts (uncredited)
Diane Peterson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dar Robinson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rick Seaman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Greg Walker	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jamie Anderson	....	assistant camera
Brink Brydon	....	gaffer: effects unit
Jerry D. Deats	....	grip: effects unit (as Jerry Deats)
Bill Decker	....	grip
Larry Gilhooly	....	gaffer
M. Todd Henry	....	assistant camera (as Todd Henry)
Danny Marzolo	....	electrical department
John Monte	....	still photographer
Nick Papanickolas	....	grip
Pete G. Papanickolas	....	grip
Frederic J. Smith	....	camera operator (as Frederick J. Smith)
Gary R. Wostak	....	electrical department (as Gary Wostack)
Edmond Wright	....	grip

Casting Department
Susan Arnold	....	additional casting
Wallis Nicita	....	additional casting (as Wally Nicita)
Gretchen Rennell	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aggie Lyon	....	costume supervisor
Victoria Snow	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Scott K. Wallace	....	assistant editor (as Scott Wallace)

Music Department
Allison Caine	....	vocal effects advisor
Jeff Carson	....	music editor
Kathy Durning	....	music editor
David Spear	....	orchestrator
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Glenda Baker	....	transportation
Tom Baker	....	transportation
Frank Khoury	....	driver

Otros miembros del equipo
Adam Culunga	....	craft service
Michael Finnell	....	generally in charge of a lot of things (as Mike Finnell)
Donald Hansard Sr.	....	process supervisor (as Donald Hansard)
Nancy Hansen	....	script supervisor
Steve Kramer	....	airport arrangements
Tom Mahoney	....	choreographer
Dave Miller	....	first aid
J.L. Mitchell	....	wrangler
Betty Moos	....	supervisor of production administration
Dan Perri	....	title designer
Huey Redwine	....	stand-in
Art Sarno	....	unit publicist
Dick Webb	....	wrangler
Larry Wilson	....	magic consultant
Raechel Donahue	....	voice artist (uncredited)

Thanks
Kim Jorgensen	....	special thanks
Pat Proft	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinéma International Corporation (CIC) (1980) (France) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1980) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Greater Union Organisation (GUO) (1980) (Australia) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1983) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain) S.L. (2000) (Spain) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)

Efectos especiales

• MPI James Shourt & Robert Blalock (title design and production)
• Magic Lantern (visual effects)
• Motion Pictures Inc. (visual effects)
• Robert Keith & Company Inc. (visual effects)
• Visual Concept Engineering (VCE) (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Howard Anderson Company, The  additional opticals
• Jack Rabin & Associates Inc.  opticals
• Sound FX  sound editing

También conocida como:

Flying High! (New Zealand: English title) (Philippines: English title)
Flying High (Australia)
Kentucky Fried Airplane (USA) (working title)
¿Y dónde está el piloto? (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
¡Aterriza como puedas! (Spain) [es]
Aterriza como puedas (Spain) [es]

Duración:

88 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

UK:15 | UK:PG (2001 re-rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:K-12 | Iceland:L | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 (video rating) | Norway:12 (original rating) | UK:A (original rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

The airplane model used for the flying shots hangs in the museum at the Studios at Los Colinas (Texas).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Ted Striker first sits in the cockpit, he checks the status of multiple instruments including the airspeed indicator and says his speed is 520 Knots when the indicator is in miles per hour. If they were traveling at 520 knots, they would be in fact moving at approximately 598 miles an hour.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Male announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a red zone.
Female announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a red zone.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Just Friends (2005)

Soundtrack:

Stayin' Alive

An Undoubted Classic

Still one of funniest spoof movies ever made, Airplane is one of the first and one of the best around.

Hot Shots, Loaded Weapon even Naked Gun have tried to follow in its footsteps, but they have failed to hit the mark. That's not to say that they are bad movies, just that its difficult to follow a movie of this calibre.

Spoof movies definitely have there place in everyone's collection, but this is probably the best you'll ever see in the genre, if you have never seen it and you fancy a laugh, I can't recommend a better film, even though it has dated; it's still hilarious 9/10