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How Francis Ford Coppola Killed the 'Airplane!' Sequel

Francis Ford Coppola may not have had any input in the Naked Gun films/TV show, but without him, they wouldn't exist. It all starts with the Airplane! sequel. The key actors from the 1980 film ...

The classic comedies 'Airplane' and 'The Naked Gun' almost never happened

Will Ferrell embraces his inner golf champion 'The Comeback' Season 3 trailer: Valerie Cherish is back, baby! There are few ...
The Michigan Daily

The art of the airplane movie

This past weekend, I slid into an assigned seat on what I think was the biggest airplane I have ever been on. Stuck between a window and a stranger for a flight over the Atlantic, I decided to seize ...
The Spokesman-Review

Surely You Can't Be Serious: Airplane!

The outrageous comedy parody of disaster movies, “Airplane!,” opened in theaters July 2, 1980? Surely that wasn’t really 45 years ago next Wednesday! It was 45 years ago next Wednesday. And don’t call ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Jim Abrahams, ‘Airplane!,’ ‘Naked Gun’ and ‘Hot Shots!’ Master of Mirth, Dies at 80

He and boyhood friends Jerry and David Zucker got their start with 'The Kentucky Fried Movie,' and they also were behind 'Top Secret!' and 'Ruthless People.' By Chris Koseluk Jim Abrahams, the ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'Airplane!' filmmaker Jim Abrahams, a Shorewood High School alum, has died

The world is a little less funny today. Shorewood High School graduate Jim Abrahams, a co-creator of the zany "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" movies, has died at age 80. His death was confirmed in an ...
The New York Times

The Great Gags From ‘Airplane!’ and More

With the death of Jim Abrahams, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker writing and directing trio, a look at some of the funniest moments from their key films. By Esther Zuckerman It’s almost hard to ...