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32. Airplane! (1980)
78 points, 5 out of 37 lists
Highest rating by n00b and Hole at #5
While Airplane! was not nominated for any Academy Awards, it did receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Comedy/Musical Motion Picture. When Coal Miner’s Daughter and Airplane! are in the same nominated category, you know your awards system needs work. Airplane! grossed over $83 million in the U.S., which – even today – would still be an amazing total for a farce film.
Airplane! is, I think, the best spoof comedy ever made. While it’s not for everyone – I’ve sat with friends that have audibly groaned at the same wordplay and sight gags that have me literally ROTFLMAOing – if you enjoy silly humour you will love this sendup of the 1970s disaster flicks, most notably Airport.
The premise is simple – the crew and many of the passengers on a commercial flight come down with food poisoning and it’s up to Ted Striker (Robert Hays), an ex-Army pilot who hasn’t been the same since a mission went wrong in ‘Nam – to steer the plane to safety.
The script by Jim Abrahams and the Zucker’s is just wall-to-wall gags, while the casting is genius. Before this, Leslie Nielsen was a serious character actor. Nobody realized his comic talents until he was cast as Dr. Rumack. Also Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays a pilot who just doesn’t work hard enough on defense.
In conclusion, Airplane! makes most modern spoof movies look like a pile of puke. The Wayans brothers wish they could be this funny. Recommendation to watch.
“You ever seen a grown man naked?”
Great movie. Probably the funniest movie ever made. The joke continuity is amazing - plus it has probably the greatest dance scene in any movie ever.
"I know the number of a hospital!"
"What is it!?"
"A big place where they take sick people but that's not important right now."
Pretty much every grammarian's favorite movie.
Surely this should have been rated higher.
It should have, and don't call me Shirley.
I fucking love this movie, and am just glad it made the list. I was afraid not enough people would rate it.
I forgot to rate this one. I think I know every line from this movie. I love the scene where the old lady speaks jive.
"It was worse than Detroit"
I'm going to have to watch the Airplane! movies again soon, it's been nearly 6 months.
I meant Stayin' Alive...
Fuck, this lack of being able to edit is really showing how much I tinker with my posts afterwards to make them readible and reasonably error free.
I love it, it didn't make my top 25, but would have been in the top 50. Thanks to Skooch for polishng up my late and half-assed write-up.
If I would have bothered to do a list, this would be in my top 3. I just love the obligatory nudity during the panic scene, a must in any late 70's early 80's movie. Just great gags that are nonstop throughout.
"How much longer until we reach Chicago?"
"I can't tell"
"You can tell me, I'm a doctor"
"Cigarette?"
"Yes, I know"
"Ever been in a Turkish prison?"
Julie Haggerty performing oral sex on Otto Pilot.
Too many to list
I saw Airplane! as a kid and I knew a bunch of jokes were flying over my head but I remember cracking up a buttload when Leslie Neilsen kept coming in and saying, "I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you."
Unfortunately it's one of those "FUCK! HOW DID I FORGET IT" movies that didn't make my list
I chose Blazing Saddles over this. I prefer Kentucky Fried Movie out of the Zucker brother's canon.
I actually prefer Young Frankenstein to Blazing Saddles, is that wrong?
Two answers: no with an if, yes with a but.
I forgot both Airplane! and Blazing Saddles.
If you ever had any credibility, you'd have lost it with that post.
Frankenstein is gold though...more love for High Anxiety plz, kthx.
I put Young Frankenstein on my list but not Airplane!. Airplane! would of been on my top 50 though for sure.
My list is full of amazing movies, yet half of them will not arrive on this top fifty list