“Surely You Can’t Be Serious!” — The Week Airplane! Took Off and Comedy Was Never the Same Again
There are movies you remember because they were good. Then there are movies you remember because they changed the way you laughed forever. For me, Airplane! has always been one of those rare lightning-in-a-bottle films. On July 21, 1980, Airplane! sat at the top of the American box office, proving that audiences were more than ready for something completely different. After years of disaster epics like Airport, The Towering Inferno, and The Poseidon Adventure, along came three filmmakers—Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker—who looked at the genre and…
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