Airplane!

A former fighter pilot turned taxi driver, Ted, tries to win back his ex-girlfriend, Elaine, who is a flight attendant, but unintentionally causes the passengers to contemplate suicide, and later, they all fall ill from food poisoning, leaving Ted, Elaine, and other helping passengers to successfully land the plane with the assistance of an autopilot controlled by an inflatable dummy named Otto. Airplane! is a 1980 American English-language Comedy film starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Kareem Abdul-jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen and Tony Regan. The movie is based on uncredited: Flight into Danger by Arthur Hailey Zero Hour! by Arthur Hailey Hall Bartlett John Champion. Paramount Pictures in association with Howard W. Koch Productions. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Jon Davison. Airplane! is written by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Hall Bartlett, John C. Champion and Arthur Hailey and it is directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. Airplane! was released on 2nd July 1980 and takes a screen time of 87 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Airplane! was made on a budget of $3 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $83 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. Cinematography was done by Joseph Biroc and editing by Patrick Kennedy. The music was composed by Elmer Bernstein.