Jim Abrahams
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film. Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera. Surely You Can't Be Serious is the first-ever oral history of the making of Airplane! by the...
2) Airplane!
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a...
4) Airplane!
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The passengers and crew of an airplane suffer every catastrophe in the book in this spoof of disaster movies.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) is coaxed out of retirement in a Buddhist temple by a beautiful CIA agent to undertake a do-or-die mission to rescue U.S. hostages in Iraq. Topper and his Hot Shots follow an action-packed trail booby-trapped with spoofs of Apocalypse now and the Rambo movies and filled with famous faces in hilarious cameos.
Language
English
Description
Airport!: In a spoof of disaster films, an airplane is out of control and the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly.
Airport II: A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track--again?
9) Big business
Language
English
Formats
Description
Comedy about two sets of identical twins who are mismatched at birth, and forty years later their paths cross in Manhattan at New York's Plaza Hotel.
10) Hot shots!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--a lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
11) Ruthless people
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
When loathsome millionaire Sam Stone's wife is kidnapped by inept kidnappers, Sam cries tears of joy and refuses to pay the ransom. And when the abductors threaten to kill the abrasive heiress, Sam celebrates!
13) Mafia!
Language
English
Description
Vincenzo Cortino is the ruthless, powerful and ceaselessly clumsy godfather who rules the underground world. When the time comes to choose the next Don Cortino, a riotous rivalry breaks out between his two sons.
14) Top secret!
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Language
English
Description
An American rock star teams up with the daughter of a scientist to find the scientist before he creates the ultimate weapon, in this spoof of war epics and Elvis films.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Famous comedy writers David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams got their start at the University of Wisconsin when they formed a theatrical group known as The Kentucky Fried Theater. Based on the KFT's gag-filled theatrical skits. Has over 25 different segments of varying lengths. Since its 1977 theatrical release, the film has built a sizable cult audience.
16) Scary movie 4
Publisher
Dimension Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Cindy Campbell and her self-serving, sex-crazed pal Brenda are joined by Tom Ryan, a cute, but utterly clueless guy. Together, they battle to save the world from a ruthless alien invasion. Cindy moves in next to Tom because she's taking care of an elderly lady. She finds out the house is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest in the village to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and Cindy has to uncover...
18) Top secret!
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Nick Rivers is America's hottest rock idol-turned-super-spy. Nick must race against time to save the world from destruction from the ultimate superweapon the Polaris Mine. Packed with action, gags, and random musical interludes, it manages to do for war epics and Elvis flicks what AIRPLANE! did for disaster movies.
19) Big business
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The critically acclaimed box office hit is about two sets of identical twins who are mismatched at birth. Forty years later, their paths cross amid the hustle and bustle of Manhattan, and the result is unrestrained pandemonium.
Comedy about two sets of identical twins who are mismatched at birth, and forty years later their paths cross in Manhattan at New York's Plaza Hotel.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[©2006]
Language
English
Description
Hot shots. A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
Hot shots, part deux. A do-or-die mission to rescue U.S. hostages in the Mideast takes Topper Harley and his Hot Shots on an action-packed trail booby-trapped with spoofs of movie classics and filled with famous faces in hilarious...