Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American parody film written and directed by David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lorna Patterson. The film is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot and the central characters, as well as many elements from Airport 1975 and other films in the Airport film series. The film is known for its use of surreal humor and its fast-paced slapstick comedy, including visual and verbal puns, gags, and obscure humor.
Airplane! was released by Paramount Pictures and was a critical and financial success, grossing $158 million worldwide against a budget of $3.5 million. The film's creators received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy, and nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay.
In the years since its release, the film's reputation has grown substantially. The film was ranked sixth on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies. In a 2007 survey by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, it was judged the second greatest comedy film of all time, after Monty Python's Life of Brian. In 2008, it was selected by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time and in 2012 was voted number one in The 50 Funniest Comedies Ever poll. In 2010, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
French[]
Title: Y a-t-il un pilote dans l'avion?
Release dates:
- September 24, 1980 - general release
- September 2009 - Deauville American Film Festival
- December 26, 2018 - re-release
Dubbing studio: Cinema International Corporation
Artistic director: Isy Pront
Adaptation: Claude Raffi
Original | Dubbed | Dubber |
---|---|---|
Stricker | Stricker | Marc Francois |
Elaine | Elaine | Jocelyne Darche |
Kramer | Kramer | Jacques Deschamps |
Randy | Randy | Dominique Page |
Dr Rumack | Dr Rumack | Dominique Paturel |
German[]
Title: Die unglaubliche Reise in einem verrückten Flugzeug
Release date: November 14, 1980 (West Germany)
Dubbing studio: Berliner Synchron GmbH
Dub director and translator: Arne Elsholtz
Original | Dubbed | Dubber |
---|---|---|
Murdock | Murdock | Helmut Krauß |
Victor Basta | Victor Basta | Norbert Langer |
Steve McCroskey | Steve McCroskey | Edgar Ott |
Farbiger Passagier | Farbiger Passagier | Norbert Gastell |
Cpt. Clarence Oveur | Cpt. Clarence Oveur | Heinz Peturo |
Ted Striker | Ted Striker | Randolf Kronberg |
Dr. Rumack | Dr. Rumack | Hubert Suschka |
Jim Hammen | Jim Hammen | Norbert Gescher |
Kramer | Kramer | Arnold Marquis |
Johnny | Johnny | Georg Tryphon |
Dr. Brady | Dr. Brady | Wolfgang Voelz |
Elaine Dickinson | Elaine Dickinson | Liane Rudolph |
Randy | Randy | Rita Engelmann |
Italian[]
Title: L'aereo più pazzo del mondo
Release date: October 30, 1980
Dubbing studio: C.D.
Original | Dubbed | Dubber |
---|---|---|
Ted Striker | Ted Striker | Manilo de Angelis |
Elaine Dickinson | Elanie Dickinson | Anna Rita Pasanisi |
Steven McCroskey | Steven McCroskey | Sergio Fiorentini |
Doctor Rumack | Dottore Rumack | Sergio Rossi |
Captain Rex Kramer | Capitano Rex Kramer | Sandro Iovino |
Captain Clarence Oveur | Capitano Clarence Oveur | Pino Colizzi |
Turkish[]
Title: Uçak
Release date: October 30, 1992