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Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | 1981 | David
Motion Picture | 2021
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1981
Best Screenplay | 1981 | Jerry
Worst Performance by a Child in a Featured Role | 1980 | Jill
Budget 3,500,000 USD
Box Office Collection 83,453,539 USD
For the argument between announcers concerning the white and red zones at the airport, the producers hired the same voice artists who had made the real-world announcements at Los Angeles International Airport. At the real airport, the white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only, and there's no stopping in the red zone (except for transit buses). They were also married to each other in real life.
The "I gotta get out of here!" scene where a stewardess tries to calm down a hysterical passenger was actually improvised on the spot. The original scene, based on a scene from Zero Hour! (1957), only called for the stewardess to try to calm her and then another passenger tells the stewardess that he'll handle this and then slaps her, the joke was supposed to end there. Lee Bryant, playing the hysterical woman, suggested to the directors that the gag should be extended to bring in other annoyed passengers forming a "slap line". Although they liked the idea, they were hesitant to do it, fearing Bryant might get hurt. However, they agreed to try it and even added in props (boxing gloves, tire iron, revolver, etc.) for the passengers. After briefly rehearsing it they kept it in the film after one take. According to Bryant, Leslie Nielsen's second slap was not rehearsed or expected and he really hit her, though not intentionally. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) star William Shatner would play a panicked airline passenger in The Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1963) (#5.3). The two would later star in T.J. Hooker (1982)
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker chose actors such as Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, and Leslie Nielsen because of their reputation for playing no-nonsense characters. Until this film, these actors had not done comedy, so their "straight-arrow" personas and line delivery made the satire in the movie all the more poignant and funny. Bridges was initially reluctant to take his role in the movie, but his sons persuaded him to do it.
The doctor role was Leslie Nielsen's first comedic part. He later said he was delighted to get the offer, fearing that he was getting too old for anything but "elderly grandfather" parts. The studio actually wanted to cast Dom DeLuise as the doctor, but directors Jerry Zucker, David Zucker and Jim Abrahams prevailed. It led to Nielsen gaining a whole new career in wacky comedies, particularly other Zucker Abrahams Zucker (ZAZ) productions.
Aeromexico was the only airline to buy the film for their in-flight entertainment.
"Rumack: You'd better tell the Captain we've got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital. Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it? Rumack: It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."
"[as the plane prepares to take off] Hanging Lady: Nervous? Ted Striker: Yes. Hanging Lady: First time? Ted Striker: No, I've been nervous lots of times."
