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Airplane!
Alternate Title:
Flying High
Director:
Jim Abrahams
(Dir)
Release Date:
1980
Premiere Information:
Los Angeles and New York openings: 2 Jul 1980
Duration (in mins):
88
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Cast:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Murdock)
Lloyd Bridges
(McCroskey)
Peter Graves
(Captain Oveur)
Julie Hagerty
(Elaine)
Robert Hays
(Ted Striker)
Summary:
Production Text:
A Howard W. Koch Production
Distribution Company:
Paramount Pictures Corp.
(Gulf & Western Industries, Inc.)
Director:
Jim Abrahams
(Dir)
David Zucker
(Dir)
Jerry Zucker
(Dir)
Producer:
Jon Davison
(Prod)
Writer:
Jim Abrahams
(Wrt)
David Zucker
(Wrt)
Jerry Zucker
(Wrt)
Photography:
Joseph Biroc
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Ward Preston
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
Patrick Kennedy
(Film ed)
Music:
Elmer Bernstein
(Mus)
MPAA Rating:
PG
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Paramount Pictures Corporation
4/9/1980
dd/mm/yyyy
PA87531
Physical Properties:
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Genre:
Comedy
Note:
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Hollywood Reporter
27 Jun 1980
p. 2.
Los Angeles Times
2 Jul 1980
Section IV, p. 1.
Motion Picture Herald Product Digest
9 Jul 1980
p. 9.
New York Times
2 Jul 1980
p. 17.
New York Times
24 Aug 1980
p. 69.
Rolling Stone
2 Oct 1980
p. 31.
Time
14 Jul 1980
p. 71.
Variety
2 Jul 1980
p. 18.
Variety
2 Jul 1980
p. 36.
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