2/27/2023 0 Comments Airplane 1980![]() They dated during the war, but later broke up after his trauma became too much to bear. Vietnam War veteran Ted Striker (Hays) eventually decides to land the plane while mostly focusing on regaining the love of flight attendant Elaine Dickinson (Hagerty). The plot centrally deals with a disastrous flight jeopardized by most of the passengers suffering from food poisoning and both of the pilots falling ill. Upon recovering from a bout of momentary hysteria, the film weaponized a personal hatred of disaster movies before somewhat redeeming itself by pointing out the sexism and racism that were endemic to the genre.Īirplane saw Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker adapt the screenplay from Zero Hour!, a completely serious 1950s drama and insert their own humorous touches into certain scenes. ![]() As somebody who has suffered through Airport, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, one can’t help but develop a certain fear of this genre. They all featured flat visuals, unconvincingly designed sets, ageing movie stars who were well past their sell-by dates, blandly attractive matinee idols, who had a brief ‘moment’ before fading into obscurity, and frustratingly generic screenplays. That genre had a stronghold on American audiences for about a decade, and one would be hard-pressed to find pieces of entertainment that have aged more poorly. Airplane is a silly comedy with a juvenile sensibility, that gains most of its entertainment value from how authentically it recreates the look and feel of 1970s disaster movies. ![]()
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