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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Lloyd Bridges Peter Graves Julie Hagerty Robert Hays Leslie Nielsen Lorna Patterson Robert Stack Stephen Stucker Otto Jim Abrahams Frank Ashmore Jonathan Banks Craig Berenson Barbara Billingsley |
Murdock McCroskey Captain Oveur Elaine Ted Striker Dr. Rumack Randy Rex Kramer Johnny Himself Religious zealot #6 Victor Basta Gunderson Paul Carey Jive Lady |
| Directors: | Jim Abrahams | |
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Canada:PG Canada:A Singapore:NC-16 Spain:13 Argentina:13
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| IMDB Rating: | 7.80 out of 10 (34598 votes) | |
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| Taglines: |
1: What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound? 2: Thank God it's Only a Motion Picture! 3: The craziest flight you'll ever take! 4: The Plane's going to Chicago. The Pilot's going to New York. The Passengers are going to Pieces! |
| Plot Summary | Ted Striker just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess at Trans American Airlines. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard the plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to contact her again and again, but as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a bad fish meal, he has no chance to get to her. In fact, Ted Striker seems to be the only healthy person aboard that has piloting experience. Now, it is up to him to get the bird down in Chicago safely, before the poisoning starts causing casualties. But Ted Striker's aversion really is a serious psychosis, which breaks open and needs to be cured - right now. |
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elephant | farce | magic trick | guilt | topless | cocaine | iv line | nun | basketball | peace corps | military hospital | pedophilia | dance | pilot | profanity | hanging | kiss | card playing | sweating | video game | singing | sick child | vomit scene | taxi driver | brief nudity | doctor | flight attendant | television news | dog | disco | tupperware | wwii | suicide | sunglasses | patient | trombone | girl scouts | breakup | stabbing | aviation | air traffic controller | buxom | disaster | spoof | hare krishna | face slap | airplane | alcoholism | alcohol | fish | flashback sequence | flatulence | food poisoning | jive | narcotic | perspiration | self referential | surprise after end credits | airport | scientology | surreal | inanimate object in cast credits | inflatable doll | guitar | saxophone | autopilot | actor breaking typecast | 555 phone number | title spoken by character
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