Comic Gems
AIRPLANE!
Wednesday, January 24 th at 7 PM
Introduction by Film Historian Glenn Andreiev
$16 Public | $10 Members
In this quintessential parody of disaster movies traumatized ex-fighter pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays) has been unable to hold a job due to his fear of flying and “drinking problem”. When his ex-girlfriend, Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hagerty), now a flight attendant, leaves him before
boarding her assigned flight,Ted drops everything and buys a plane ticket to try to win her back. After the pilots become ill, it’s up to him to land the plane. Also Starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (1980, 88 mins)