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Airplane! (Don't Call Me Shirley! Edition) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Zucker, David, Zucker, Jerry
Actors: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Jonathan Banks, Craig Berenson, Barbara Billingsley
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $12.99
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Rating:  275 reviews
Sales Rank: 1253
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PARD030904D
ISBN: 1415713871
UPC: 097360309041
EAN: 9781415713877
ASIN: B000B5XOWA
Theatrical Release Date: July 2, 1980
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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 a 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
Product Description
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/16/2007
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 AIRPLANE November 16, 2008
Synthia A. Smith
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!!
Clever, funny and amusing October 3, 2008
Winston (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
 The Complete Airplane! Saga Finally Gets Released Together In The USA! June 21, 2008
Eric Ericson (Venice, Florida USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
(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! movies have been released as one product in ONE case as far as I know. However, instead of 2-for-1 sets like Paramount's "Wayne's World" & "Chris Farley" groupings, that were two movies put on one DVD-9 (dual layer-single sided/one movie per layer), all they did with this one was put the original 2000 discs in one dual spindle keepcase with a new cover/slipcase. And it does NOT contain the extras-filled "Don't Call Me Shirley!" edition of the first movie either, just the original bare-bones first release. Extras here are just the original commentary track & trailer for the first film, "Sequel" is nothing but movie. I was hoping for a better presentation, but I bought it mainly for owning Part Two (as I already own the "Shirley" edition). As for picture/audio, it's what you'd expect from an eight year old digital transfer, not as good as "Shirley"'s. So I guess if you don't have any version of Airplane!, this set under $10 is nice & quick, but look for the "Shirley" edition first for an outstanding copy of the original classic.
(RedSabbath Rating:7.5/10)
Airplane! DVD May 14, 2008
advincen
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Such a classic! If you like slapstick, physical humor that makes fun of a whole genre, you can't be without this film. It redefined Leslie Nielsen's career and essential birthed the genre of mockery film-making. It's rather adult but once my son was 17 I just had to share it. It's a bit dated (it helps to have lived through the 70's to get some of th jokes) but it's still a riot.
 Great movie - worthless commentary April 23, 2008
G. Waugh (Santa Monica, CA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
First of all -- the movie itself is outstanding. Classic comedy that has stood the test of time. I don't even have to go into it, I don't think.
A lot of people will buy this movie for the director's commentary. It's most entertaining to hear the insides of the jokes, film's evolution, mistakes, etc.
This one is not it. Instead you just get a bunch of pompous "industry" windbags praising themselves and dropping names. The jokes and bits fly by while they spent nearly the entire time talking about this-agent, this-studio president, all of the fights they had with the guilds, funding issues and other film industry jargon. There's probably about 5 minutes of actual commentary related to the film itself.
Bottom line -- these people live in their own world and have completely lost touch with the viewers of the movie. If you are looking for any insight and/or entertainment, and planning to purchase for the commentary -- skip it.
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