Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

[MoeFOH]

Anyone read this? 

[Fuzz]

I love that film! Just saw it a few weeks ago.

[Ford2112]

🤣

[Fuzz]

Stephen Strucker as Johnny was one of the best parts of the film. The writers gave him his scenes and let him write his own lines.

Most of the time you were laughing too hard in his scenes, you never noticed the little things. Like the ice cream cone at the press conference.

[Li Bai]

Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves and everybody else...

This movie is the epitome of comedy to me, so sad nothing close could be done anymore nowadays...

[JohnS]

Incredibly, this film is a close remake of the 1957 film, 'Zero Hour!'. The only thing is, that film was not a comedy. 'Airplane' borrows dialogue from that film, yet makes it hilarious!

[cigcars]

1 hour ago, Li Bai said:

Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves and everybody else...

This movie is the epitome of comedy to me, so sad nothing close could be done anymore nowadays...

    *What about the Naked Gun movies with Leslie Nielsen - by the same team.

[Li Bai]

Of course, one has to love the Naked Guns 🤣😂😂

[Li Bai]

55 minutes ago, JohnS said:

Incredibly, this film is a close remake of the 1957 film, 'Zero Hour!'. The only thing is, that film was not a comedy. 'Airplane' borrows dialogue from that film, yet makes it hilarious!

I didn't know it was a remake until some months ago, i've seen bits of the original and you're absolutely right, it makes Airplane 10 times funnier 🤣😂

[SigmundChurchill]

I speak Jive.

 

 

[Ken Gargett]

in Australia, it was called 'Flying High', which somehow seems better. for many years, we had no idea what americans were on about when they talked Airplane. we'd tell them that might sound funny but the film you really need to see was 'Flying High'. 

i have a vague feeling that Flying High was the name they wanted but not allowed in the States. 

sensational film. so many great lines. an all time classic (so was Flying High)! 

[Li Bai]

6 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

in Australia, it was called 'Flying High', which somehow seems better. for many years, we had no idea what americans were on about when they talked Airplane. we'd tell them that might sound funny but the film you really need to see was 'Flying High'. 

i have a vague feeling that Flying High was the name they wanted but not allowed in the States. 

sensational film. so many great lines. an all time classic (so was Flying High)! 

In France it was called "Y a-t-il un pilote dans l'avion ?" which translates to "Is there a pilot in the plane?" (and the "Naked Gun" was "Is there a cop to save the Queen?") !

Still a better flying experience than flying with Qantas isn't it 😉?

[Ken Gargett]

30 minutes ago, Li Bai said:

In France it was called "Y a-t-il un pilote dans l'avion ?" which translates to "Is there a pilot in the plane?" (and the "Naked Gun" was "Is there a cop to save the Queen?") !

Still a better flying experience than flying with Qantas isn't it 😉?

always thought it was based on some of Qantas's better moments. 

i have told every single attendant, check-in person, glass wiper at air nz that they are so much better than qantas. i am currently very popular on air nz. can't last.