Title Airplane! Overview Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down. Tagline What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound? Genres Comedy Keywords chicago, alcohol, cataclysm, guitar, medicine, taxi driver, passenger, saxophone, stewardess, pilot, airplane, fear of flying, air controller, landing, autopilot, kiss, spoof, los angeles, alcohol abuse, aftercreditsstinger, anarchic comedy Production Companies Paramount Pictures Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 88 Release Year 1980
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 83 million USD