Monday, April 9, 2018

Airplane! (1980)

This is an aviation parody movie.

A former Air Force pilot has to take control of a commercial airliner he is on and is in trouble. He was walked through how to land the plane.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Fletch, Forget Paris, BASEketball, The Comedy Get Down) as Roger Murdock, the late Lloyd Bridges [1913-1998] (Airplane movies, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Sea Hunt, Mafia!) as Steve McCroskey, the late Peter Graves [1926-2010] (Stalag 17, Mission: Impossible, The Night of the Hunter, 7th Heaven) as Captain Clarence Ovenur, Julie Hagerty (Freddy Got Fingered, Airplane movies, She' s the Man, Steps) as Elaine Dickenson, Robert Hays (Airplane movies, Superhero Movies, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Paranormal Movie) as Ted Striker, the late Leslie Nielson [1926-2010] (The Naked Gun movies, Forbidden Planet, Stonerville, Spanish Movie) as Dr. Rumack, Lorna Patterson (Airplane movies, Beane' s of Boston, Goodtime Girls, Nick & Noel) as Randy, the late Robert Stack [1919-2003] (1941, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, King of the Hill, Killer Bud) as Captain Rex Kramer, the late Stephen Stucker [Airplane movies, Trading Places, The Wizard of Speed and Time, Hot Resort) as Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs, introducing Otto as Otto, Jim Abrahams (Top Secret!, Police Squad!, Hot Shots!, Mafia!) as Religious Zealot #6, Frank Ashmore (Airplane movies, V, Mafia II, Room 104) as Victor Basta, Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad, Mudbound, Better Call Saul, Gremlins) as Gunderson, Craig Berenson (Snakes on a Plane, Airplane movie, iThree Amigos!, Falcon Crest) as Paul Carey and the late Barbara Billingsley [1915-2010] (Leave It to Beaver, Mork & Mindy, Muppet Babies, Secret Santa) as Jive Lady.





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