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Airplane!
What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?
( Comedy )


Airplane! Poster

MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 88 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jun 27, 1980   [USA]
 
Directors: Jim Abrahams   [Director]
David Zucker   [Director]
Jerry Zucker   [Director]
 
Writers: Jim Abrahams   [Writer]
Hall Bartlett   [Original Film Writer]
John C Champion   [Original Film Writer]
Arthur Hailey   [Original Film Writer]
David Zucker   [Writer]
Jerry Zucker   [Writer]
 
Producers: Jim Abrahams   [Executive Producer]
Jon Davison   [Producer]
Hunt Lowry   [Associate Producer]
David Zucker   [Executive Producer]
Jerry Zucker   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Joseph F Biroc   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Patrick Kennedy   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Elmer Bernstein   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Ward Preston   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Rosanna Norton   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Joel Thurm   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Howard W. Koch Productions   (US)
Paramount Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Cast:

Robert Hays
Ted Striker
Julie Hagerty
Elaine Dickinson
Leslie Nielsen
Dr. Rumack
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roger Murdock
Lloyd Bridges
Steve McCroskey
Peter Graves
Capt. Clarence Oveur
Robert Stack
Captain Rex Kramer
Lorna Patterson
Randy
Jill Whelan
Lisa Davis
Ann Nelson
Hanging Lady
Jim Abrahams
Religious Zealot #6
Jonathan Banks
Gunderson
Stephen Stucker
Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs
Frank Ashmore
Victor Basta
Craig Berenson
Paul Carey
Barbara Billingsley
Jive Lady
Lee Bryant
Mrs. Hammen
Joyce Bulifant
Mrs. Davis
Mae E Campbell
Security Lady
Ethel Merman
Lieutenant Hurwitz
Jimmie Walker
Windshield Wiper Man
Nora Meerbaum
Cocaine Lady
Kenneth Tobey
Air Controller Neubauer
James Hong
Japanese General
Michelle Stacy
Young Girl with Coffee
David Leisure
First Krishna
Al White
Second Jive Dude
Nicholas Pryor
Mr. Hammen
Cyril OReilly
Soldier
Ted Chapman
Airport Steward
Jesse Emmett
Man from India
Norman Alexander Gibbs
First Jive Dude
Amy Gibson
Soldier's Girl
 
Marcy Goldman
Mrs. Geline
Bob Gorman
Striped Controller
Rossie Harris
Joey
Maurice Hill
Reporter #3
David Hollander
Young Boy with Coffee
Howard Honig
Jack
Gregory Itzin
Religious Zealot #1
Howard Jarvis
Man in Taxi
Michael Laurence
Newscaster
Zachary Lewis
Religious Zealot #3
Barbara Mallory
Religious Zealot #2
Maureen McGovern
Nun
Mary Mercier
Shirley
Len Mooy
Reporter #1
Laura Nix
Mrs. Hurwitz
John OLeary
Reporter #2
Bill Porter
Hospital Contortionist
Conrad E Palmisano
Religious Zealot #4
Mallory Sandler
L.A. Ticket Agent
Robert Starr
Religious Zealot #5
Barbara Stuart
Mrs. Kramer
Lee Terri
Mrs. Oveur
William Tregoe
Jack Kirkpatrick
Hatsuo Uda
Japanese Newscaster
Herb Voland
Air Controller Macias
John David Wilder
Second Krishna
Windy
Horse
Jason Wingreen
Dr. Brody
Louise Yaffe
Mrs. Jaffe
Charlotte Zucker
Make-up Lady
David Zucker
Ground Crewman #2
Jerry Zucker
Ground Crewman #1
 

Uncredited Cast:


Kitten Natividad
Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)
Larry Blake
Upside-Down Man (uncredited)
Paula Moody
Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)
Henry Wills
Commuter on Baggage Carousel (uncredited)
 
Joyce Mandel
Woman on Flight (uncredited)
Gene LeBell
Religious Zealot (uncredited)
Susan Breslau
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Jimmy Fields
Passenger in Terminal (uncredited)
 

Stunt Crew:


Bruce Paul Barbour
Stunts
Janet Brady
Stunts
Roger Creed
Stunts
Paula Dell
Stunts
Debbie Evans
Stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
Leslie Hoffman
Stunts
 
David LeBell
Stunts
Gene LeBell
Stunts
Paula Moody
Stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator
Nick Palmisano
Stunts
Mary Peters
Stunts
Diane Peterson
Stunts
Dar Robinson
Stunts
 
Russell Saunders
Stunts
Rick Seaman
Stunts
C.D. Smith
Stunts
Greg Walker
Stunts
Leigh Walsh
Stunt Double
Jesse Wayne
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeff Clark
Assistant Sound Editor
David J. Hudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
 
Dennis Jones
Boom Operator
Tom Overton
Sound Mixer
John T. Reitz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
 
Clancy T. Troutman
Supervising Sound Editor
James Troutman
Sound Editor
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Max W. Anderson
Visual Effects
Robert Blalack
Visual Effects
Chris Casady
Visual Effects
 
John Frazier
Special Effects
Bill Hedge
Visual Effects
Peter Kuran
Visual Effects
 
Jamie Shourt
Visual Effects
 

Art Department:


Tom Crowl
Assistant Property Master
Wally Graham
Construction Coordinator
Mike Higelmire
Art Department Coordinator
 
Mike Higelmire
Leadman
Joseph E. Hubbard
Set Designer
Steven M. Levine
Property Master
 
Anne D. McCulley
Set Decoration
Dan Perri
Title Designer
 

Directing Crew:


Kenneth D. Collins
Second Assistant Director
 
Arne Schmidt
First Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Jamie Anderson
Assistant Camera
Brink Brydon
Gaffer
Jerry Deats
Grip
Bill Decker
Grip
 
William E. Fitch
Grip
Larry Gilhooly
Gaffer
M. Todd Henry
Assistant Camera
Norman Lang
Electrician
 
John Monte
Still Photographer
Nick Papanickolas
Grip
Frederic J. Smith
Camera Operator
Edmond Wright
Grip
 
 

Casting Department:


Susan Arnold
Additional Casting
 
Wallis Nicita
Additional Casting
 
Gretchen Rennell
Additional Casting
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Aggie Lyon
Costume Supervisor
 
Victoria Snow
Costumer
 
 

Other Crew:


Jeff Clark
Sign Painter
Adam Culunga
Craft Service
 
Tom Mahoney
Choreographer
J.L. Mitchell
Animal Wrangler
 
Huey Redwine
Stand In
Dick Webb
Animal Wrangler
 
 


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