- Actors: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges
- Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
- Writers: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Arthur Hailey, Hall Bartlett
- Format: PAL
- Language English, German
- Subtitles: English, German, Swedish, Turkish, Danish, Hungarian, Polish, Icelandic, Dutch, Arabic, Finnish, Romanian, Czech, Bulgarian
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Paramount
- DVD Release Date: 5 Mar 2001
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000058E3C
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,786 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The quintessential movie spoof that spawned an entire genre of parody films, the original Airplane! still holds up as one of the brightest comedic gems of the 1980s, not to mention of cinema itself (it often tops polls of the funniest movies ever made). The humour may be low and obvious at times, but the jokes keep coming at a rapid-fire clip and its targets--primarily the lesser lights of 1970s cinema, from disco films to star-studded disaster epics--are more than worthy for send-up. If you've seen even one of the overblown Airport movies then you know the plot: the crew of a filled-to-capacity jetliner is wiped out and it's up to a plucky stewardess and a shell-shocked fighter pilot to land the plane. Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty are the heroes who have a history that includes a meet-cute á la Saturday Night Fever, a surf scene right out of From Here to Eternity, a Peace Corps trip to Africa to teach the natives the benefits of Tupperware and basketball, a war-ravaged recovery room with a G.I. who thinks he's Ethel Merman (a hilarious cameo)--and those are just the flashbacks! The jokes gleefully skirt the boundaries of bad taste (pilot Peter Graves to a juvenile cockpit visitor: "Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?"), with the high (low?) point being Hagerty's intimate involvement with the blow-up automatic pilot doll, but they'll have you rolling on the floor. The film launched the careers of collaborators Jim Abrahams (Big Business), David Zucker (Ruthless People) and Jerry Zucker (Ghost), as well as revitalising such B-movie actors as Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen, who built a second career on films like this. A vital part of any home film collection. --Mark Englehart, Amazon.com
Video Description
DVD Special Features:
Theatrical Trailer
Group Commentary with Jon Davison, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker and David Zucker
Multiple Language Choice: English and German
Multi-language Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I absolutely love this film - atlhough it is 25 years old and I have lost count of the number of times I have seen it. I know the jokes off by heart but still end up crying with laughter. I have just seen it come in at no 2 of channel 4's 50 greatest comedies and to be quite honest am quite relieved. Up till now I really thought I was alone in my appreciation of this classic. The humour is never ending with hidden jokes that creep up on you in the next scene. The disco scene is excellent, not to mention Leslie Neilson's "don't call me Shirley" lines, the nun's cheery song, the vietnam flashbacks, the hysterical passenger, the haphazard crew at the control tower. The jokes just continue to come in thick and fast and I will never tire of seeing it, I am slightly ashamed to say that some of the quotes will live with me forever!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A film that spawned a whole new style of comedy. Some great. Some not so great. I hadn't seen this in years before getting the DVD [the one I'm reviewing is the special edition which has a menu and a commentary].
Surely you'd think it would have looked dated by comparison to all that came since?
You would. But don't call me shirley! Because it doesn't. This is still one of the funniest films ever made.
If you've never seen it, then see it. And if you've seen it before see it again! Worth a place in any dvd collection
Surely you'd think it would have looked dated by comparison to all that came since?
You would. But don't call me shirley! Because it doesn't. This is still one of the funniest films ever made.
If you've never seen it, then see it. And if you've seen it before see it again! Worth a place in any dvd collection
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Whoever wrote this film was a genius! There is a funny moment in almost every minute. I am laughing at the moment thinking about it. There are moments which really stand out for me! But I won't say them. The only downfall for me is that there are no special features, (except one which is the commentary). But that doesn't matter, as long as the film is there.
One word - HILARIOUS!
One word - HILARIOUS!
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Smashing!
Everything's been said about this by now: often repeated and imitated but never bettered. Some great visual and verbal jokes that still stand the test of time.
Published 3 months ago by M. P. Campbell
One of the best spoofs ever made, period
One of the few films, along with some of Monty Python's best stuff, that left me laughing
so hard I was actually in pain. Read more
so hard I was actually in pain. Read more
Published 13 months ago by K. Gordon
Please don't call me Shirley
Grab a couple of Hollywood has-beens (Robert Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen), a couple of unknowns (Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty...what happened to them? Read more
Published 14 months ago by The Big Pink One
One of the funniest movies - ever !! But...no Blu ray issue
I love Airplane ! - having watched it maybe 20 times, it actually gets better and funnier with each viewing !! Read more
Published 16 months ago by Peter John Brown
originally 95min. & hellishly funnier!
all of the pseudo-terrorism and high-jack humor has been chopped out of this film.
until this film gets it's proper original "surely edition" on dvd, i won't be buying or... Read more
until this film gets it's proper original "surely edition" on dvd, i won't be buying or... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Chris Cox
One of the best spoof movies made
This movie is great for a evening laugh, it does not take itself seriously which works well for this film as there is a gag at about every 30 seconds. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2010 by Gov160
Funniest Film Ever
Airplane is the funniest film I have ever seen. The plot is simple, an ex fighter pilot Ted, goes to the airport to persuade his ex girlfriend Elaine to get back with him. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2008 by Langdon Ulder
And stop calling me Shirley....
One of my favourites - ridiculously funny, and one of those films that is packed with little subtle quirks, and you notice something different each time you watch it. Read more
Published on 15 April 2008 by G. Bishop
not like i expected
i was disappointed by this film. It didnt make me laugh nearly so much as i had been led to believe, the one person i did think would be funny (Leslie Nielson)was only mildly... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2008 by Ms. F. I. Macdonald
One of the funniest films ever made
Airplane is a brilliantly funny film that sends up everything from disaster movies to Saturday Night Fever. Read more
Published on 18 April 2007 by T. R. Alexander
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