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Airplane! vs. Zero Hour!: A Comparison of Films

by Justin Glow (RSS feed) on Jul 30th 2007 at 12:18PM

Did you know that the 1980 Zucker brothers comedy, Airplane!, was a spoof-remake of Zero Hour!, a 1957 airplane disaster movie? I didn't, and Airplane! was one of my favorite movies growing up. In fact, I credit this movie in a long list of influences that got me interested in travel as a child.

What's especially funny is Zero Hour! wasn't just inspiration for Airplane!, but an almost scene-by-scene remake. How could I have not known this? Fortunately, someone has done the legwork and compared the two movies side-by-side so it's easy to see the similarities. Check out the first part above, and the second after the jump.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Joe Loong Jul 31st 2007 10:39AM

Surely you can't be serious.

Justin Glow Jul 31st 2007 10:48AM

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

robinoneil Aug 13th 2007 6:35PM

The producers of Airplane bought the rights to Zero Hour

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