Airplane
Afraid to fly, a man must struggle to help a plane land when the pilot becomes sick.
1979
16 October 1906, Manhattan, New York, USA
29 April 1933, Oakland, California, USA
26 August 1921, New York, USA
10 May 1944, Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA
16 December 1937, Newport News, Virginia, USA
17 September 1939, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 May 1926, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
3 June 1901, Calabria, Italy
10 March 1950, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 June 1947, Bronx, New York, USA
17 June 1945, El Paso, Texas, USA
13 January 1919,
7 August 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 February 1953, Salzburg, Austria
2 October 1918, New Rochelle, New York, USA
29 September 1966, Oakland, California, USA
13 March 1969, Ventura, California, USA
19 March 1948, USA
11 March 1950, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
1938
11 August 1908, Sparks, Nevada, USA
13 February 1948, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
August 03, 2013
There's hardly a second that passes without an assault by a wickedly accurate spoof, cringe-inducing pun or inspired sight gag, and the years have not diminished the film's dumb appeal.
September 11, 2012
Directors Abraham and both Zuckers create one of the few comedies that can guarantee almost a laugh a minute...
January 29, 2012
Charmingly dated, but still immeasurably funny.
March 17, 2014
[VIDEO ESSAY] The film's mixed bag of cultural references spill out faster than you can catch them.
April 01, 2008
The fact that the movie doesn't work as well today as it did in 1980 in no way diminishes its importance in recent motion picture history.
June 08, 2015
The really great thing about Airplane! is that the jokes undercut your expectations so deftly.
April 01, 2008
From the clever Jaws take-off opening to the final, irreverent title card, laughs come thick and fast.
April 07, 2015
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, who share both writing and directorial credits, become so desperate for laughs that the jokes descend to a much cruder level.
August 03, 2013
From takeoff to landing, this whacked-out parody is a loopy flight of fancy.
April 01, 2008
The gags aren't exactly clever, but there are a lot of them, and the cutting finds a fast, effective tempo.
February 09, 2006
Psycho ground controllers (Stack and Bridges), laff-a-second pace, and bludgeoning innuendo make this the acceptable face of the locker-room satire.
June 08, 2015
Airplane! is a splendidly tacky, totally tasteless, completely insignificant flight, a gooney bird of a movie that looks as if it could never get off the ground and then surprises and delights with its free-spirited aerobatics.
