Airplane! (1980) & Zero Hour (1957) - DOUBLE FEATURE

Show Times: 5:00pm, 7:00pm, 9:00pm

Airplane! (1980)
Rated PG (88 mins.)
Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
With Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen
Format: 35mm

Double feature with Zero Hour! -- Ex-fighter pilot Ted Stryker is a traumatized war veteran. Because of his pathological fear of flying and subsequent "drinking problem," Stryker has been unable to hold a responsible job. His wartime girlfriend, Elaine Dickinson, now a flight attendant, leaves him before boarding her assigned run from Los Angeles to Chicago. Stryker abandons his taxi and buys a ticket on the same flight to try to win her back. When the pilot and co-pilot are incapacitated, can Ted get past his fear to rescue the passengers? -- See this classic comedy on the big screen, alongside the film that inspired it.

Zero Hour! (1957)
Rated Passed (81 mins.)
Directed by: Hall Bartlett
With Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden
Format: Digital

Double feature: See the film that inspired Airplane! -- Ex-fighter pilot Ted Striker is a traumatized war veteran. Because of his pathological fear of flying - okay, look, it's literally the same plot as Airplane!, but serious. The screenwriters for Airplane! lifted large chunks of dialogue from this film verbatim. Watch the parody first and see it in a new light. Starring Dana Andrews (Laura, The Best Years of Our Lives).

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