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Where was Airplane! filmed?

1980 film, directed by Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams and David Zucker.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in Los Angeles, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Los Angeles
Filmed in
Los Angeles

About Airplane!

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Released
1980
Directors
Jerry ZuckerJim AbrahamsDavid Zucker
Cast
Julie HagertyRobert HaysLloyd BridgesLeslie NielsenPeter GravesRobert StackKareem Abdul-JabbarJonathan BanksJames HongEthel Merman
Genre
ComedyParodyDisasterRomantic Comedy

The story

Ex–fighter pilot Ted Striker is a traumatized war veteran turned taxi driver.

Ted, having gotten home early enough to see her break-up note and catch her at the airport, abandons his taxi to buy a ticket on the same flight to try to win her back.

After the in-flight meal is served (a choice of either steak or fish), the entire flight crew and several passengers fall ill.

Famous lines from Airplane!

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Request vector, over.Basta
  • The cockpit.. what is it?Striker
  • We have clearance, Clarence.Murdock
  • Surely you can't be serious.Striker
  • You ever been in a cockpit before?Oveur

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