Fourth Friday Flix: Airplane!
Have you ever been in a cockpit before? Do you like movies about gladiators? Have you ever been in a Turkish prison? If your answer to any of these questions is "wait, what?" then you're in for a rare treat--the 1980 comedy classic Airplane! on the big screen.
The spoof that launched a thousand imitators, not to mention a brilliant second career for Leslie Nielsen as a comic actor, lands at the Eureka Theater. David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker pull out all the stops in this relentless laugh-fest that sends-up every airplane disaster film from ZERO HOUR to AIRPORT.
Robert Hays plays the former pilot who’s lost both his nerve and his girl (Julie Hagerty is the flight attendant), now forced to take control of a jet when the crew is hit with food poisoning. The passengers become increasingly crazed and ground support more surreal as our hero struggles to land the plane. No Hollywood cliche is left unscathed in this frequently hilarious parody that literally is so fast-paced and has so many jokes, that when one bombs, it’s hardly even noticeable.
“Serious” actors Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Llloyd Bridges, and Peter Graves, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (!), round out the game cast, and watch for cameos by the likes of “The Beaver’s” mom, Barbara Billingsley, and Ethel Merman.
Generously sponsored by Williamson Financial Group. Admission is $5.00 all ages. Doors open at 7:00 PM, showtime at 7:30 PM.
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