"Airplane!" quotes
The persons and events in this film are fictitious – fortunately! A masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy, Airplane! features Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning; Julie Hagerty as his girlfriend/stewardess/co-pilot; and a cast of all-stars including Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... and more. Their hilarious high jinks spoof airplane disaster flicks, religious zealots, television commercials, romantic love... the list whirls by in rapid succession, and the story races from one moment of zany fun to the next.
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Writer: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Production: N/A
Genre: comedy
Year: 1980
MetaScore: 78/100
ImdbRating: 7.7
BoxOffice: $83,453,539
Released: 02 Jul 1980
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 7 nominations total
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Elaine DickinsonSteve MccroskeyDr. RumackMrs. HammenTed StrikerMan In TaxiFirst Jive DudeSecond Jive DudeRoger MurdockVictor BastaHanging LadyJoeyYoung Boy With CoffeeRandyPassengerJive LadyStriped ControllerJack KirkpatrickReporterLieutenant HurwitzAir Controller MaciasShirleyGundersonJackReporter #1Airport StewardReligious Zealot #1Nun
03:00 There is no stopping in the white zone
00:20 We're all counting on you
00:26 What are you doing here
00:36 White courtesy phone
00:37 Would you gentlemen care to order your dinners
00:44 Flight 2 0 9'er
02:48 I don't have anything to say
00:31 It takes so many things to make love last
00:11 Nervous
00:07 Joey have you ever been in a
00:09 Can you fly this plane and land it
00:36 Wait a minute I know you
00:23 Excuse me
00:16 Captain how soon can you land I can't tell
00:32 Randy are you all right
00:23 Ladies and gentlemen this is your stewardess speaking
00:12 Would you like something to read Do you have anything light
00:37 Can I get you something
00:04 Jim never vomits at home
00:36 You got a telegram from headquarters today
00:10 The life of everyone onboard depends upon just one thing
00:10 Sure You ever been in a cockpit before
00:09 Bad news The fog is getting thicker
00:11 Shana they bought their tickets
00:20 No wonder you're upset
00:15 Our one hope is to build this man up
00:11 What kind of plane is it
00:05 Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home
00:05 I want every light you can get poured onto that field
00:05 Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking
00:09 What is it Doctor What's going on I'm not sure
00:19 It takes so many things to make love last
00:10 Because of my mistake six men didn't return from that...
00:13 I won't deceive you Mr Striker
00:28 That's Lieutenant Hurwitz
00:11 It was at that moment that I first realized
00:09 Passengers certain to die
00:08 Mayday Mayday What the hell is that for
00:13 Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get...
00:12 Captain maybe we ought to turn on the searchlights now
00:05 I haven't felt this awful since we saw that Ronald...
00:17 Don't be a fool Striker
00:18 Let's see
00:06 DJ WZAZ in Chicago where disco lives forever
00:16 Gunderson check the radar range Anything yet
00:06 Get that finger out of your ear
00:09 The oil pressure I forgot to check the oil pressure
00:36 No I don't have a thing to say
00:23 I've got to concentrate
00:10 No we can't do that The risk of a flameout's too...
00:17 My orders came through
00:04 He's coming right at us
00:31 Extremely serious
00:05 Okay boys Let's get some pictures
00:05 Smoking or nonsmoking Smoking please
00:12 It was a rough place the seediest dive on the wharf
00:08 Where did you get that dress It's awful
00:12 Striker you listen and you listen close
00:06 Your husband and the others are alive but unconscious
00:07 He's all over the place
00:05 Later we'll run down the landing procedure
00:11 There he is
00:08 All right I'll need three men up in the tower
00:14 Ease off Rex He hasn't flown for years
00:05 CONTROLLER Air Israel please clear the runway
00:12 But that's not important right now
00:12 What can you make out of this
00:10 Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue
00:12 What was it we had for dinner tonight
00:06 Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines
00:15 But I have an emergency call on line five from a Mr
00:06 I'll give him another twenty minutes
00:14 I flew single engine fighters in the Air Force
00:08 Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking
00:06 Auntie Em Uncle Henry Toto It's a twister It's a...
00:05 Do you like movies about gladiators
00:04 Just kidding
00:17 He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air
00:10 The tower The tower
00:27 What's going on We have a right to know the truth
00:13 You're a member of this crew
00:22 Ted What are you doing here You can't fly this plane
00:14 It's a damn good thing you don't know how much he...
00:10 How 'bout some more coffee
00:06 There's juice in the refrigerator
00:16 Hello We'd like you to have this flower
00:16 I want the best available man on this
00:13 Elaine you're a member of this crew
00:17 R e s p e c t find out what it means to me
Cast
Roger Murdock - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Steve McCroskey - Lloyd Bridges
Captain Clarence Oveur - Peter Graves
Elaine Dickinson - Julie Hagerty
Ted Striker - Robert Hays
Dr. Rumack - Leslie Nielsen
Randy - Lorna Patterson
Captain Rex Kramer - Robert Stack
Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs - Stephen Stucker
Religious Zealot #6 - Jim Abrahams
Victor Basta - Frank Ashmore
Gunderson - Jonathan Banks
Paul Carey - Craig Berenson
Jive Lady - Barbara Billingsley
Mrs. Hammen - Lee Bryant
Mrs. Davis - Joyce Bulifant
Security Lady - Mae E. Campbell
Airport Steward - Ted Chapman
Man from India - Jesse Emmett
First Jive Dude - Norman Alexander Gibbs
Soldier's Girl - Amy Gibson
Mrs. Geline - Marcy Goldman
Striped Controller (as Bobby Gorman) - Bob Gorman
Joey - Rossie Harris
Reporter #3 - Maurice Hill
Young Boy with Coffee - David Hollander
Japanese General - James Hong
Jack - Howard Honig
Religious Zealot #1 - Gregory Itzin
Man in Taxi - Howard Jarvis
Newscaster - Michael Laurence
First Krishna - David Leisure
Religious Zealot #3 - Zachary Lewis
Religious Zealot #2 - Barbara Mallory
Nun - Maureen McGovern
Cocaine Lady - Nora Meerbaum
Shirley - Mary Mercier
Lieutenant Hurwitz - Ethel Merman
Reporter #1 - Len Mooy
Hanging Lady - Ann Nelson
Mrs. Hurwitz - Laura Nix
Reporter #2 - John O'Leary
Soldier - Cyril O'Reilly
Hospital Contortionist - Bill Porter
Mr. Hammen - Nicholas Pryor
Religious Zealot #4 (as Conrad Palmisano) - Conrad E. Palmisano
L.A. Ticket Agent - Mallory Sandler
Young Girl with Coffee - Michelle Stacy
Religious Zealot #5 - Robert Starr
Mrs. Kramer - Barbara Stuart
Mrs. Oveur - Lee Terri
Air Controller Neubauer - Kenneth Tobey
Jack Kirkpatrick - William Tregoe
Japanese Newscaster - Hatsuo Uda
Air Controller Macias - Herb Voland
Windshield Wiper Man - Jimmie Walker
Lisa Davis - Jill Whelan
Second Jive Dude - Al White
Second Krishna - John David Wilder
Horse - Windy
Dr. Brody - Jason Wingreen
Mrs. Jaffe - Louise Yaffe
Make-up Lady - Charlotte Zucker
Ground Crewman #2 - David Zucker
Ground Crewman #1 - Jerry Zucker
Reporter - Benjie Bancroft
Upside-Down Man - Larry Blake
Ticket Agent - Susan Breslau
Girl Scout in Bar - Sandra Lee Gimpel
Passenger in Terminal - Leslie Hoffman
Captain Geline - Bill Kirchenbauer
Woman on Flight - Joyce Mandel
Passenger in Terminal - John Marlin
Club Patron - Ernesto Molinari
Girl Scout in Bar - Paula Marie Moody
Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane - Kitten Natividad
Other Doctor - Robert Nevin
Passenger - Tony Regan
Third Krishna - Patrick Reynolds
Passenger - Leoda Richards
Passenger in Terminal - Sally Yarnell