Airplane II [Blu-ray]

Director: Ken Finkleman Ken Finkleman

Overview

With the Jerry Zucker-Jim Abrahams-David Zucker team absent, this sequel to the cash-cow 1980 spoof Airplane once again finds garrulous man-with-a-past Ted Striker (Robert Hays) compelled to take over the controls of crippled aircraft, all the while trying to patch up his relationship with stewardess Elaine (Julie Hagerty). This time, the first passenger space shuttle is launched into orbit -- and takes off for the moon - but the on-board computer malfunctions and sends the craft hurtling toward the sun, threatening the lives of everyone on board. Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves return from the first Airplane, while William Shatner, Chad Everett, Sonny Bono, Raymond Burr and Chuck Conners join the cast, as they too lampoon their established images.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/15/2022
UPC:	0810103684508
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	1:24:00
Sales rank:	26,109

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Robert Hays	Actor
Julie Hagerty	Actor
Lloyd Bridges	Actor
Raymond Burr	Actor
Peter Graves	Capt. Oveur
William Shatner	Murdock
Chad Everett	Simon
Stephen Stucker	Jacobs
Oliver Robins	Jimmie
Sonny Bono	Bomber
Chuck Connors	Sarge
John Dehner	Commissioner
Rip Torn	Kruger
Kent McCord	Unger
James A. Watson Jr.	Dunn
John Vernon	Dr. Stone
Laurene London	Testa
Wendy Phillips	Mary
Jack Jones	Singer
Art Fleming	Himself
Frank Ashmore	Controller
Richard Jaeckel	Controller
John Hancock	Controller
Al White	Witness
Lee Bryant	Mrs. Hammen
John Larch	Prosecuting Attorney
Louis Giambalvo	Witness
Leon Askin	Anchorman
Sandahl Bergman	Officer
James Noble	Father of Flanagan
Lee Patterson	Captain
Louise Sorel	Stella
KEN	Actor
Craig Berenson	Shaving Man
Laurene Landon	Testa, Shuttle Stewardess
Sam Anderson	Man in White
B.J. Barie	Video Kid
Hilary Beane	Next Woman in Line
Mary Mercier	Edith Walters
Ann Nelson	Airsick Woman
Burke Byrnes	Businessman
Ed Call	Information Agent
Steve Nevil	Creature #2
David Leisure	Religious Zealot
Stanley Lawrence	Next Man
Gary Faga	Guide
Floyd Levine	Hallick
Mary Farrell	Alice Wilson
Madeleine Fisher	Shuttle Agent
Steve Levitt	Creature #1
Clint Smith	Scalper
Elmer Bernstein	Composer
Pat Sajak	Buffalo Anchorman
Sandy Ward	Defense Attorney
William Vaughan	Worker
Hervé Villechaize	Little Breather
John Paragon	'Economy' Flight Attendant
Rick Overton	Clerk
Mary Redd	Intellectual-Looking Woman
David Paymer	Court Photographer
Michael Currie	Businessman #1
Patty Dworkin	Young Woman
Ken Finkleman	Actor
Ron House	Smoking Man
Dennis Howard	John Wilson
Howard Honig	Dave Walters
Steven Hirsch	Rorshack
Marcy Lafferty	First Woman in Line
Richard Gilliland	Pervis
Bruce French	Officer #2
Maurice Hill	2nd Stock
Hugh Gillin	Texan
Elisa Goodman	I Love Sanity Nurse
Richard Hazard	Conductor,Composer

Technical Credits

Ken Finkleman

Al Jean

Mike Reiss

Ken Finkleman	Director,Screenwriter
Howard W. Koch	Producer
Al Jean	Screenwriter
Mike Reiss	Screenwriter
Alan Howarth	Sound Effects
Steve Maslow	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Tom Overton	Sound Effects
Lynn Stalmaster	Casting
Toni Howard	Casting

Editorial Reviews

If considered only in comparison to the original, Airplane II: The Sequel is not in the same league as that uniquely gut-busting trendsetter. But it still stacks up quite well against most parodies, and a lot of other comedies in general. Setting this doomed flight on a space shuttle widens the lampoon to include sci-fi movies and opens up a new spectrum of possible jokes, including the ship getting fixed on a collision course with the sun by its shipboard computer, a goof on the H.A.L. 9000. Sure, the jokes are obvious, but part of the film's gleeful appeal is that it revels in that very obviousness. By bringing back dozens of the characters, including many of the passengers, and using an almost identical structure, the sequel might even be considered a parody of the original, rather than just its extension. Easily its funniest element is William Shatner, who takes over the Robert Stack role of the grizzled veteran on the ground trying to talk pilot Striker down. Although there had always been a winking self-awareness to Shatner's overacting, Airplane II was his first real opportunity to let loose, and it brought big laughs. His flip-out over the apparent meaninglessness of all the blinking and flashing lights in his moon base is classic. Apparently, after two installments, the "been there, done that" quotient was high enough for Paramount to leave well enough alone -- the Airplane III promised in the closing credits has never materialized.

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