Airplane!
1980 film directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker
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Summary
Airplane! is a film[1]. Airplane! ranks in the top 0.75% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,393 views/month, #706 of 94,065).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Jerry Zucker[3], Jim Abrahams[4], David Zucker[5]
- Screenwriter: Jim Abrahams[6], David Zucker[7], Jerry Zucker[8], Arthur Hailey[9], Hall Bartlett[10]
- Composer: Elmer Bernstein[11]
- Movement: New Hollywood[12]
- Genre: comedy film[13], parody film[14], disaster film[15], slapstick[16], romantic comedy film[17]
- Followed by: Airplane II: The Sequel[18]
- Cast member: Julie Hagerty[19], Robert Hays[20], Lloyd Bridges[21], Leslie Nielsen[22], Peter Graves[23], Robert Stack[24], Kareem Abdul-Jabbar[25], Jonathan Banks[26], James Hong[27], Ethel Merman[28], Nicholas Pryor[29], Gregory Itzin[30], Frank Ashmore[31], Jill Whelan[32]
- Producer: Howard W. Koch[33], Jon Davison[34]
- Production company: Paramount Pictures[35]
- Director of photography: Joseph F. Biroc[36]
- Part of: National Film Registry[37]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[38]
- Distribution format: video on demand[39]
- Review score: 8.4/10[40], 97%[41], 78/100[42]
- Color: color[43]
- Country of origin: United States[44]
- Publication date: June 27, 1980[45], December 25, 1980[46], November 14, 1980[47]
- Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[48], Netflix[49]
- Narrative location: Los Angeles[50]
- Filming location: Los Angeles[51]
- Main subject: aviation accident[52], aviation[53]
- Inspired by: Zero Hour![54]
- Film editor: Patrick Kennedy[55]
Why It Matters
Airplane! has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Airplane! is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]