- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Classification: 15
- Studio: DVD
- DVD Release Date: 29 May 2006
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000ERVG70
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 68,789 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl
The film should need no reintroduction, so this is more about the new extras on the 'Don't Call Me Shirley' edition. The audio commentary and trailer from the previous issue are retained, but because of the absence of any behind the scenes footage, rather than a new documentary there's a `long haul' option to view the film with cast and crew interviews. And it's a long haul indeed - barely 30 seconds, and sometimes less, seem to pass before you're taken to another interview, not always that relevant to what's going on onscreen. Indeed, on one occasion you're just taken to the directors clearing their throats. There are only three brief deleted scenes, but there's a fairly comprehensive number of surviving cast and crew, from the directors (who proffer such words of wisdom as "These days it's so easy to get a nun on a surfboard."), Leslie Nielson, Robert Hays, Peter Graves and various supporting players to the now grown-up little Joey (as in "Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?") and the kid whose face appears on one memorable faked newspaper headline (the producer's grandson). Only Julie Haggerty seems conspicuous by her absence. The only annoyance is that it's not possible to access the interviews separately without watching the whole film. Among the highlights is a brief shot-by-shot comparison with Zero Hour!, the b-movie that inspired the film: not only is it every bit as inane as legend has it, including laughable dialogue reprised verbatim in Airplane!, but the directors even went to enormous efforts to match parts of it shot-for-shot!
There is one tantalizing unanswered question - given John Travolta's enthusiasm for the film when it was in production, what did he make of Robert Stack beating up the Scientologists, Moonies and other cults soliciting donations in possibly the film's most memorable moment?
There is one tantalizing unanswered question - given John Travolta's enthusiasm for the film when it was in production, what did he make of Robert Stack beating up the Scientologists, Moonies and other cults soliciting donations in possibly the film's most memorable moment?
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The first disaster spoof movie, this is so funny it hurts. Leslie Nielsen hits the spot as the doctor on the plane where everyone's eaten dodgy fish including the pilot, and the leads are camp but reined in. The Zucker/Abrams combo is genius, and the gags have been much-copied by numerous other movies.
The extras were interesting, but not worth buying just for them alone. The double-set of Airplane and the sequel, the imaginatively titled Airplane II, is probably better value, but if you want the extras, go for this, because they're not on the double-film disc.
The extras were interesting, but not worth buying just for them alone. The double-set of Airplane and the sequel, the imaginatively titled Airplane II, is probably better value, but if you want the extras, go for this, because they're not on the double-film disc.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Leslie Nielsen has been around for a long time and in many leads before striking out on a road to comedy. This is but one story. However it was a turning point for him from leading man in "Forbidden Planet" (1956), to serious doctor in" Airplane!" (1980), to Field Guide in "National Geographic's "The Savage Garden" with Leslie Nielsen (1997)
Airplane has a great cast including Robert Stack (playing himself), Lloyd Bridges (glub glub), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (just as defensive as ever).
This movie is unique. It is the first; I have seen displaying one liners with serious intent. It was not just slapstick or Abbot and Costello. This particular film uses the "Airport" movies as the basis of most of its humor.
It worked well enough for sequels and other films to be made in the new genre. I keep it with the Leslie Nielsen Collection.
Airplane has a great cast including Robert Stack (playing himself), Lloyd Bridges (glub glub), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (just as defensive as ever).
This movie is unique. It is the first; I have seen displaying one liners with serious intent. It was not just slapstick or Abbot and Costello. This particular film uses the "Airport" movies as the basis of most of its humor.
It worked well enough for sequels and other films to be made in the new genre. I keep it with the Leslie Nielsen Collection.
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and dont call me shirley
this film is so full of jokes and humour you have to watch it several times to catch all of them.whether you can see this film without having seen it before or whether you have be... Read more
Published 2 months ago by jed
Genius
This is the only movie I have ever seen in the cinema that was so funny that I couldn't hear the next joke as the audience was in constant hysterics. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Brian Le Flem
A hilarious, classical comedy
Though Leslie Nelson doesn't really pop up as the main star in this David Zucker movie, it is he who gets the real laughs rolling in this classic, word-play lord of a comedy. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ben Franks
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
A Comedy Classic
If you love Leslie Nielsen then you have to own this DVD of the film that kick started his comedy career. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Whitestar1dj
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One funny film, if you like a bit of madness this is the film for you. seen it many times never fails to cheer me up. Brilliant!!
Published 16 months ago by eliza
Better than the sequal! have you ever seen... never mind
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Published on 16 May 2009 by J. McGregor
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This is a great film. The budget was only a couple of pounds, but the gags are heavenly.
Published on 16 May 2009 by Ross Burns
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