(L to R) Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson, Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Roger Murdock, and Peter Graves as Captain Clarence Oveur in 'Airplane!' Entertainment Weekly summed it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Airplane! writer-directors David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker are teaming up with a cast of celebrities and ...

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 ...

At the age of 80, filmmaker Jim Abrahams has sadly passed away. If you don't know his name, you certainly know his movies, because he's the comedic mastermind behind movies such as Airplane!, The ...

Robert Hayes, Julie Hagerty, and Leslie Nielsen starred as a pilot, a flight attendant, and a deadpan doctor onboard the doomed flight. The comedy earned universal acclaim from critics and was named ...