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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9781415713877
ISBN: 1415713871
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 1558
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: July 02, 1980
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Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 01/16/2007
Amazon.com essential video:
The quintessential movie spoof that spawned an entire genre of parody films, the original Airplane! still holds up as one of the brightest comedic gems of the '80s, not to mention of cinema itself (it ranked in the top 5 of Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 funniest movies ever made). The humor may be low and obvious at times, but the jokes keep coming at a rapid-fire clip and its targets--primarily the lesser lights of '70s cinema, from disco films to star-studded disaster epics--are more than worthy for send-up. If you've seen even one of the overblown Airport movies then you know the plot: the crew of a filled-to-capacity jetliner is wiped out and it's up to a plucky stewardess and a shell-shocked fighter pilot to land the plane. Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty are the heroes who have a history that includes a meet-cute à la Saturday Night Fever, a surf scene right out of From Here to Eternity, a Peace Corps trip to Africa to teach the natives the benefits of Tupperware and basketball, a war-ravaged recovery room with a G.I. who thinks he's Ethel Merman (a hilarious cameo)--and those are just the flashbacks! The jokes gleefully skirt the boundaries of bad taste (pilot Peter Graves to a juvenile cockpit visitor: 'Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?'), with the high (low?) point being Hagerty's intimate involvement with the blow-up automatic pilot doll, but they'll have you rolling on the floor. The film launched the careers of collaborators Jim Abrahams (Big Business), David Zucker (Ruthless People), and Jerry Zucker (Ghost), as well as revitalized such B-movie actors as Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, and Leslie Nielsen, who built a second career on films like this. A vital part of any video collection. --Mark Englehart
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - In it for Long Haul...but where is it?
This is one of my favorite movies of all time and I anxiously bought it, inserested it in my new Samsung high-def capable DVD player.and clicked on long haul edition..and yes, I wanted to see deleted scenes and interviews. but, after trying several times, all I kept getting was the short version. Surely I'm missing something. I obviously am, or I wouldn't call myself Shirley. Feel free to comment.
Rating:  - Classic Comedy
From start to finish, this movie is non-stop laughter.A must-bye for anyone interested in corny jokes and humor.
Rating: - AIRPLANE
ONE OF THE BEST HUMOR MOVIES I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!NEVER GET TIRED OF SEEING IT OVER & OVER AGAIN!!!HATS OFF TO THE WRITERS, DIRECTOR, & ACTORS!!!!GREAT STUFF!!!THIS MUST BE IN THE REALM OF A CULT MOVIE BY NOW!!
Rating: - Clever, funny and amusing
This is one hell of a clever and funny parody. I love it. Can't get enough of it and every time I watch it, I get to see new stuff in the movie. If you want a good hard laugh, then this is it. Watch this movie and you'll laugh so hard that tears will come out of your eyes. great one!
Rating:  - The Complete Airplane! Saga Finally Gets Released Together In The USA!
(I should note that this is NOT necessarily a review of the version of Airplane! on this Amazon page. This release [currently unavailable here, sold exclusively at WalMart] and review should give you a heads-up on a possible alternative purchase of these comedy classics. A picture of it's cover is in the Customer Images located on the top left of this page)
This box-set that was released May of '08 could have been alot cooler. This is the first time (at least for Region 1) BOTH Airplane! ... Read More
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