Airplane! (DVD)

Up until the time the movie "Airplane" was released in 1980 comedy director Mel Brooks had been the undisputed king of zany and off beat comedy in the cinema, with such marvellous spoof movies like "Blazing Saddles" (1974) and "Young Frankenstein" (1974). It's widely rumoured that when he first viewed this superb spoof from the comedy team of Jerry and David Zucker and Jon Abraham he realised his days as the king of comedy were well and truly numbered, and although he did go on to direct another couple of passable comedies (Spaceballs (1987) and Robin Hood - Men In Tights (1993)) its fair to say they weren't nearly as good as his earlier ...  Read the complete review

(Film only review) Introduction --------------- Disaster strikes a flight as the crew and some of the passengers are struck with food poisoning. Can failed pilot Ted Striker land the plane? Or will the audience laugh themselves to death first? The Cast ----------- The cast of Airplane is a strange one. To some degree, the cast is unimportant, because it’s the humour that counts. On the other hand, the casting is critical, as the key to much of the humour lies in the deadpan delivery of the actors. Thankfully, the cast is excellent, delivering their lines as though they are in a serious drama. They approach the film with real zest ...  Read the complete review

In 1980, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker unleashed the comedy classic ‘Airplane!’ to international acclaim, a film that combines high-tension danger, struggling romance and a lot of silly jokes to create one of the most influential films of the early eighties. It’s a funny film. PLOT Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hagerty) is a stewardess on a flight that her lover Ted Striker (Robert Hays) boards in an attempt to win her back following his mental health problems and failure to completely get over his war experiences. Unfortunately it becomes apparent that the fish course served to many of the crew, including Captain Oveur (Peter ...  Read the complete review

This has to be one of the funniest movies ever made! I know it's one of my favourites and I have to say that I generally don't really like spoof movie. Usually everything about a spoof movie annoys me, it's repetitive and predictable but the very things that put me off from these are actually the reason why I can't help loving this movie. It's the same with everyone I talk to too, this movie seems to have gained a bit of a cult status since it was released and has become a much talk about film. Airplane was released in 1980. It's a spoof disaster movie of yes, you've guessed it, a plane crash/plane situation. Apparently, according to an article I read, in a ...  Read the complete review

Without giving too much away, Airplane is a 1980 spoof comedy disaster film about a plane that is unable to land because the pilot crew have become ill after eating fish which contained something to knock them unconcious, therefore one of the passengers has to land the plane. The man to do so is Ted Striker (Robert Hays), a former pilot during the war, who has a fear of flying because of an accident during the war, but overcomes his fear and then all is well. Doesn't sound like too much of a comedy does it? The basic plot I have given may not sound that good but the writers Jim Abrahams, and David and Jerry Zucker have turned the basic plot into one of the ...  Read the complete review