Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Paramount Home Entertainment:
A masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy, AIRPLANE! celebrates its 40th
anniversary in 2020 with a brand-new Blu-ray in the Paramount Presents line, as
well as a limited edition Blu-ray Steelbook. Originally released in July
of 1980, AIRPLANE! was a major hit and become a pop culture touchstone.
Voted “one of the 10 funniest movies ever made†by the American Film Institute,
the film continues to be widely referenced and quoted 40 years after its
theatrical debut.
The Paramount Presents Blu-ray and limited edition
Steelbook each includes the newly remastered film from a 4K transfer supervised
by writers/directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, a new
Filmmaker Focus on the directors, a new Q&A with the directors recorded at
the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood in January 2020, and an isolated music score
by Elmer Bernstein. The discs also include previously released audio
commentary with the directors and producer Jon Davison.
Robert Hays stars as an ex-ï¬ghter pilot forced to take
over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food
poisoning. The all-star cast also includes Julie Hagerty, Robert Stack,
Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The
outrageous comedy spoof skewers airplane disaster flicks, religious zealots,
television commercials…and everything else in its path.
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