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Storyline

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Released

1980-07-02
Revenue

$83,453,539
Budget

$3,500,000
Runtime

1hr 28m
Genre

Comedy
Status

Released
Language

English
7.7
Production

Paramount Pictures, Howard W. Koch Productions

Crew

Jim Abrahams

Director

Jim Abrahams

Writer

Jon Davison

Producer

Keywords:

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A Review by schoosskyler 8

Written by schoosskyler on 2017-11-04

An American Comedy _**Classic**_ - Everything about this film screams 'American Cinema Comedy'. A lot of the humor is a precursor to modern ... read more

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-07-09

Right from the "Jaws" (1975) inspired opening titles, this is a treat of comedy that sends up just about every genre of cinema as poor old "... read more

A Review by drystyx 9

Written by drystyx on 2023-04-18

Surely, this is hilarious. Surely. A film that never saw the word "Surely" in the same light again. This is a total parody, not just of d... read more

A Review by FilipeManuelNeto 9

Written by FilipeManuelNeto on 2024-04-04

**A memorable comedy that deserves to be revisited occasionally.** I can't say how innovative this film was in its time because I'm not o... read more

**A memorable comedy that deserves to be revisited occasionally.** I can't say how innovative this film was in its time because I'm not one of those cinema experts who know almost everything (I'd like to know more, and I always learn more, but I'm reduced to the insignificance of knowing little). However, as far as I can understand, I think it was one of the first nonsense American satires, heavily inspired by Monty Python, an English group that was having its biggest successes at that time, and the film “National Lampoon Animal House”, which had also been released at this time. For this work, Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers (who direct and write all the script) made a hilarious story around a domestic flight in the USA that goes very wrong when almost everyone, including the pilot and co-pilot, eat a spoiled fish. There are some jokes that work better, others worse, but the film's humor is intelligent enough to escape the easy laugh label. The joke where the pilot tries to seduce a child is perhaps the most infamous moment in the film, but I'm not a huge fan of political correctness and I handled it very well. The writers also can't resist the temptation to include some sex jokes, but I didn't see anything that I really think crossed the line of what was acceptable. For the film, they're called actors with a notable satirical and humorous streak, but who had not always had the opportunity to focus on comedies, or had not made films before. This was the case with Peter Graves, Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty or Lloyd Bridges, but also with Leslie Nielsen. It's quite surprising, considering we remember him for his comedies, but he hadn't done any notable comedies before this film. The cast seems to be having so much fun working that I believe the entire group has great memories of the project. As a technical and aesthetic work, the film stands out for the quality of the cinematography and filming work, but also for the good props and effects achieved.

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A Review by schoosskyler

An American Comedy _**Classic**_ - Everything about this film screams 'American Cinema Comedy'. A lot of the humor is a precursor to modern american humor, including the terribly cheesy pulp humor. This film is an homage to the comedies tha...