 Airplane! 1980   PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Barbara Billingsley, Kenneth Tobey, Ethel Merman, James Hong, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker, Jim Abrahams, Craig Berenson
Leslie Nielsen found his niche as a character actor in this parody of the "Airport" disaster movies. When the passengers and its crew get sick from the food, the fate of the plane depends on a combat fatigued pilot (Robert Hays) and his long-lost love (Julie Hagerty) who also happens to be a stewardess on the flight. Great cliches, gags, and sly humor. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/23/2007 | | Funny, funny, funny from beginning to end! You have to watch it several times to catch all the great gags and one-liners!!! |
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Big Business 1988  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann, Michele Placido, Barry Primus, Michael Gross, Deborah Rush, Nicolas Coster, Joe Grifasi
Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin are two sets of twins who get swapped at birth and, throughout the film, end up just missing each other. This could have been a better film with such talented stars. 2 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 03/04/2008 | | I LOVE THIS MOVIE. IT IS TOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| | 01/18/2007 | | GREAT |
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First Do No Harm 1997 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, Seth Adkins, Allison Janney, Oni Faida Lampley, Michael Yarmush, Margo Martindale, Leo Burmester, Tom Butler, Mairon Bennett
This made-for-TV film is about parents Lori (Meryl Streep) and Robbie (Seth Adkins) Reimuller watching as their epileptic son grows weaker, and doctors try different drugs to control his seizures.
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Hot Shots! 1991 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Valeria Golino, Cary Elwes, Lloyd Bridges, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Kevin Dunn, Jon Cryer, William O'Leary, Kristy Swanson, Bruce A. Young
Lloyd Bridges plays the admiral who has spent a little too much time at sea (his elevator does not go all the way up to his flight deck!). Charlie Sheen takes on the role of a young Navy jet pilot who is trying to overcome his father's reputation for cowardice while flying a bombing mission. This is one VERY funny movie.
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Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkinson, David Wohl, Mitch Ryan, Gregory Sierra
In this satire on adventure films, Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) rescues U.S. prisoners who are still in the Persian Gulf area following the war.
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Jane Austen's Mafia! 1998  PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Mafia!
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, Billy Burke, Christina Applegate, Pamela Gidley, Olympia Dukakis, Jason Fuchs, Joe Viterelli, Tony Lo Bianco, Seth Adkins, Blake Hammond, Philip Suriano, Vincent Pastore, Gregory Sierra, Marisol Nichols
Vincenzo Cortino (Lloyd Bridges) rose from a poor Sicilian background to the top of the U.S. Mafia. After an attempt on his life, his son Anthony (Jay Mohr) heads for Las Vegas and runs a casino where things get complicated.
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Kentucky Fried Movie 1977 R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Bill Bixby, Henry Gibson, Evan C. Kim, Donald Sutherland, George Lazenby, Bong Soo Han, Marilyn Joi, Saul Kahan, Barry Dennen, Jim Abrahams, Marcy Goldman, Joseph G. Medalis, Rich Gates, Tara Strohmeier, Neil Thompson
Satirical skits from the Kentucky Fried Theater–a group that was formed at the University of Wisconsin at Madison during the early 1970s–are brought to the screen. This film contains over 20 segments, which include well-known stars, and features satire and parodies of a variety of subjects. One of the best segments is "A Fistful of Yen" that presents a spoof on martial-arts films.
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Ruthless People 1986 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, Art Evans, Clarence Felder, J.E. Freeman
Kidnappers seemingly take care of a husband's (Danny DeVito) problem–his wife (Bette Midler)! The plot twists and turns as Bette Midler changes from a first-class shrew into a sharp, in-control woman in this hilarious film.
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Top Secret! 1984 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cast: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Michael Gough, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Cushing, Ian McNeice, Warren Clarke, Tristram Jellinek, Christopher Villiers, Harry Ditson, Jim Carter, Eddie Tagoe, Gertan Klauber, Billy J. Mitchell
Rock 'n roll singer Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) is invited to East Germany to perform in a cultural festival, which turns out to be a cover for the Germans' plan to secretly attack a submarine fleet. While in East Germany, Nick falls in love with Hillary (Lucy Gutteridge) whose father, Dr. Paul Flannon (Michael Gough), is a scientist being held captive by the Communists. The movie turns into a spy adventure when Nick becomes involved in espionage while trying to bring Hillary's father to the West. Hilarious. This film marks Val Kilmer's film debut.
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Laila Robins, Thomas Wilson Brown, Frances Fisher, Graham Beckel, Dinah Manoff, Ava Fabian, Joan McMurtrey, Robby Kiger, Sachi Parker, Stephen Tobolowsky, Micole Mercurio, John Short, Robin Thomas
Roxy Carmichael (Ava Fabian) is famous and has lived a luxurious life in Hollywood for the past 15 years. Now Roxy is returning to her small town of Clyde, Ohio, and excitement is in the air. It impacts the lives of many–including Roxy's ex-husband Denton Webb (Jeff Daniels). But perhaps the most affected is high-school outcast Dinky Bossetti (Winona Ryder) who has been adopted and is convinced that Roxy is her birth mother.
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| 1. Airplane! (1980)
2. Big Business (1988)
3. First Do No Harm (1997)
4. Hot Shots! (1991)
5. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
6. Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
aka: Mafia!
7. Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
8. Ruthless People (1986)
9. Top Secret! (1984)
10. Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
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