{"id":2315,"date":"2007-02-18T13:39:13","date_gmt":"2007-02-18T20:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2315"},"modified":"2021-07-27T14:11:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T21:11:06","slug":"airplane-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2315","title":{"rendered":"Airplane! (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you&#8217;ll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Airplane-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Airplane-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Airplane-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Airplane-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Airplane-Poster-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Airplane-Poster.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA former fighter pilot (Robert Hays) in love with a stewardess (Julie Hagerty) must take over a plane when its pilots (Peter Graves and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) fall ill from food poisoning.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Airplanes and Pilots<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Disaster Flicks<\/li>\n<li>Lloyd Bridges Films<\/li>\n<li>Robert Stack Films<<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, &#8220;much of the humor&#8221; in this &#8220;ambitious, amusing spoof&#8221; by the Zucker brothers (previously known for 1977&#8217;s <em>Kentucky Fried Movie<\/em>) &#8220;comes from exaggeration of cliches&#8221; as well as &#8220;the fact that everything said is taken literally&#8221;. When &#8220;the shit hits the fan&#8221;, for instance, we see this actually happening; and when a stewardess (Hagerty) is asked whether she&#8217;s prepared to &#8220;face some unpleasant facts&#8221;, she answers truthfully: &#8220;No.&#8221; While this type of humor could easily become tedious, it rarely does; instead, scene after scene has us howling with sheepish laughter. Over the years, <em>Airplane!<\/em> has become a cult favorite, with certain lines &#8212; &#8220;And don&#8217;t call me Shirley&#8221; &#8212; instantly memorable. As Peary puts it, &#8220;the gags come fast and furiously and it&#8217;s amazing how many are funny.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hagerty giving a literal &#8220;blow job&#8221; to an inflatable co-pilot<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Blowjob2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Blowjob2.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2313\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hagerty and Hays dancing to &#8220;Stayin&#8217; Alive&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Dance.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Dance.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2314\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Two black passengers (Norman Alexander Gibbs and Al White) using incomprehensible jive-talk (with useful subtitles provided)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jive.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jive.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2312\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Captain Oveur&#8217;s inappropriate questions to a boy (Rossie Harris) who visits the cockpit: &#8220;Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Countless memorable lines and hilarious wordplay:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I <em>am <\/em>serious&#8211; And don&#8217;t call me Shirley.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. <em>Airplane!<\/em> remains one of the most consistently amusing satires ever made, and merits repeat viewing by all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0080339\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1980\/07\/02\/arts\/screenairplanedisasterfilm-spoof.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/airplane-1980\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1837airp.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/77635.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you&#8217;ll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?&#8221; Synopsis: A former fighter pilot (Robert Hays) in love with a stewardess (Julie Hagerty) must take over a plane when its pilots (Peter Graves and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) fall ill from food poisoning. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Airplanes and Pilots Comedy Disaster Flicks Lloyd Bridges Films Robert Stack Films<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2315"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74507,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315\/revisions\/74507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}