# Airplane! (1980)

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**Runtime**: 88 min
**Genres**: Comedy
**Directed by**: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
**Written by**: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
**Starring**: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves

> *What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film that knows exactly what it wants to be. A traumatized pilot must land a plane when the crew gets sick. It's mostly a vehicle for rapid-fire gags, many of which still land.

**Mood tags**: comfort-cult, cozy, playful

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.7/10 (284843 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 97% · Metacritic 78/100

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