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MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, David Zucker
Genre: Parody/Spoof, Absurd Comedy, Ensemble Film, Comedy
Box Office: / $83,453,539
Rating: rating

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Summary:
This spoof of the Airport series of disaster movies relies on ridiculous sight gags, groan-inducing dialogue, and deadpan acting -- a comedy style that would be imitated for the next 20 years. Airplane! pulls out all the clichés as alcoholic pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays), who's developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, boards a jumbo jet ... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Robert Hays - (Ted Striker)
Julie Hagerty - (Elaine Dickinson)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - (Murdock)
Lloyd Bridges - (McCroskey)
Peter Graves - (Capt. Oveur)
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Review:
Any fool can tell a long succession of dumb jokes, but it requires a special gift to toss 'em off with the fleet-footed élan and rapid-fire precision that the writing/directing team of Jim Abrahams, Continue >>

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