Leslie Nielsen plays Dr. Rumack in the 1980 comedy "Airplane!", written and directed by Shorewood natives David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker.

On July 2, 1980, Paramount unveiled in theaters Airplane!, which would eventually become known as one of the great movie comedy satires. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below.

There are moments of the movie that fall flat, but before you can even register them, there's another gag on the way. It's now a familiar formula, but "Airplane" still retains an edge because the ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The 1980 comedy classic Airplane! will screen at the Million Dollar Theatre in Downtown this month, and the reason for the event is just as unlikely as the fact that it is ...

It's true: On July 2, 1980, movie audiences were introduced to Jim Abraham, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker's pun-tastic comedy that may have more funny jokes per minute than any other in the ...