Jerry Zucker
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...
3) Ghost
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sam and Molly are happy together and deeply in love. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley. Sam is murdered and finds himself trapped as a ghost. He realises that his death was no accident. He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost, Sam can not be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown, a psychic who...
4) Ghost
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Think of the most touching love story you ever saw. Think, too, of the brightest comedy, the most astonishing supernatural tale and a sleek mystery-thriller. Did you come up with four separate films? Or are you among the millions of fans and critics who've discovered Ghost, the #1 film of 1990? Ghost will surprise you, delight you, make you believe. Patrick Swayze plays a ghost who teams up with a psychic (Whoopi Goldberg) to uncover...
5) First Knight
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is a new vision of King Arthur's Camelot. A vision of breathtaking battles, heart-pounding courage, of the undeniable love that brought an entire kingdom to its knees...and the undying passion that made it live forever.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
After returning from World War II, a young G.I. finds he has little in common with the wife he left behind. Disillusioned, he heads north to work as a travelling salesman where he meets the daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner. On her way home, she is terrified of what her father will do when he learns she is unmarried and pregnant. The young man gallantly offers to help by posing as her husband for one night, unaware that doing so will change both...
8) Rat race
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"[A] casino tycoon gives six money-crazed contestants a chance to win two million dollars in a race from Las Vegas to New Mexico. Who will win this dash for the cash is anybody's guess, but one thing is for sure -- it's going to be a hilarious ride"--Container.
10) 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.
11) First knight
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Lancelot is both a fighter and a lover. While traipsing aimlessly through England winning senseless battles, he finds himself saving the beautiful soon-to-be Queen of Camelot, Guinevere, from a kidnapping and is permanently smitten. When fate brings Lancelot to Camelot, he once again falls under Guinevere's spell and also finds a true ally in King Arthur. Once Lancelot is ultimately made a knight of the round table by Arthur, the plot thickens when...
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?
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When Grace Beasley's husband leaves her, she goes on an impulsive trip abroad to attend the funeral of her idol. In the process, she gets caught up in a wild adventure with an unlikely companion who convinces her to start living life on her own terms.
15) 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!
18) My life
Language
English
Formats
Description
A high-powered executive, diagnosed with terminal cancer, begins filming a home movie he calls "My life, " in which he teaches his unborn son all the things a man must know: how to shave, how to slam dunk, and most of all, how to love.
19) Rat race
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A Las Vegas casino owner desperate for a new 'event' to wager on invents a human race for cash. The laughs roll from start to finish when a group of crazed contestants compete for $2 million in a no-rules, winner-takes-all race.
20) 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.