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- Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker
- Release Date: June 27, 1980
- Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Is #10 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Funniest American Films
- Famous cameo appearances include Ethel Merman, Barbara Billingsley, Maureen McGovern, and Jimmie Walker
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Airplane! is an acclaimed disaster movie spoof from 1980. Written and directed by Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Brothers (David and Jerry), Airplane! follows a traumatized former pilot (Robert Hayes) who is forced to land a plane after the crew gets food poisoning. The film also stars Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, and basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Abrahams and the Zuckers are known for their parodies, starting with 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie and continuing after Airplane! with the Naked Gun series.
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