We kinda wonder if they all got together because of the cool acronym their last names made (ZAZ).Though Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker started out primarily as writers, the trio turne...

Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker know their way around a comedic script. From their college days in Madison, Wisconsin writing sketch comedy as "Kentucky Fried Theater," the trio—...

Paramount PicturesParamount Pictures has a lengthy legacy of churning out box office juggernauts, going all the way back to the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1920s. This tradition carried into the...

The movie was shot pretty much entirely in a studio, using an on-set airplane cross-section and airport terminal set. In fact, there's a specialty movie studio just for this purpose: Air Hollywood....

In 1980, Elmer Bernstein wasn't known for comedies. The Oscar-winning composer had already been in business for over 25 years, making a name for himself scoring more dramatic fare from To Kill a Mo...

Talk about a cult classic. Actually—talk about classic classic.Airplane! was an immediate commercial success on its release in the summer of 1980, and has only managed to grow in popularity and c...