AIR PLANE

Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker

Writers: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker

Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty and Leslie Nielsen

Genre:  Comedy and  Romance 

Plot: Still craving for the love of his life, Ted Striker follows Elaine onto the flight that she is working on as a member of the cabin crew. Elaine doesn't want to be with Ted anymore, but when the crew and passengers fall ill from food poisoning, all eyes are on Ted.  

 

 

 Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPrMRwFVMNA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another film of David Zucker and Jim Abrahams: 

THE NAKED GUN , Scary Movie 4 (2006) , Top secret (1984)

 

GREASE, 1978

Director: Randal Kleiser

Writers:  Jim Jacobs , Warren Casey.

Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing

Genre: Musical, Romance

Plot: A musical about teens in love in the 50's! It's California, 1959 and greaser Danny Zuko
and Australian Sandy Olsson are in love. They spend time at the beach, but when
they go back to school, what either of them don't know is that they both now
attend Rydell High. Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black-jacket
greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing girls
led by Rizzo. When they clash at Rydell's first pep rally, Danny isn't the same
Danny at the beach. They try to be like each other so they can be together.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyumwOEg9K0

CASABLANCA, 1942

Director: Michael Curtiz

 

Writers: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein

Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid

Genre: Drama, Romance

Plot: In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former
freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf
Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi
Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault
does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader
Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick's surprise, Lazslo arrives with Ilsa, Rick's one
time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who ran out on him in Paris, but
when he learns she had good reason to, they plan to run off together again
using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan....

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INBmVxAsdFE

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, 1977

irector: Steven Spielberg

Writer:  Steven Spielberg.

Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut and Teri Garr

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi.

 

Plot: Roy Neary sets out to investigate a power outage when his truck stalls and he is
bathed in light from above. After this, strange visions and five musical notes
keep running through his mind. Will he find the meaning of the visions, and who
- or what - placed them in his mind ?

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLyB0TviHT4

SABRINA, 1954

Director: Billi Wilder

Writers: Samuel A. Taylor, Billy Wilder.

Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Plot: Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work -- busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play -- technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work,
spends allhis time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times.
Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of
the household chauffeur, who has been infatuated with David all her life, but
David hardly notices her -- "doesn't even know I exist" -- until she
goes away to Paris for two years, and returns an elegant, sophisticated,
beautiful woman. Suddenly, she finds that she has captured David's attention, but
just as she does so, she finds herself falling in love with Linus, and she finds
that. Linus is also falling in love with her.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZE5tDWQ3UM&playnext=1&list=PLF61C02DBED149383

THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, 1985

Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen

Stars:Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels and Danny Aiello

Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Plot: Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey and is searching for an escape from
her life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film. After losing
her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to
her surprise Tom Baxter walks off the screen and into her life. Meanwhile
Hollywood is up in arms when they dicover that other Tom Baxters are trying to
leave the screen in other theatres. she decided stay from real Tom Baxter but
then he wouldn't and was not, to leave Hollywood and roll, she portrays one to
the next day to see if the other Tom, but the movie changed and it turned out to
be alone.


Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp6YDZVVbj0

THE CHINA SYNDROME, 1979

Director: James Bridges

Writers: Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, and 1 more credit

Stars:Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon and Michael Douglas

Genere: Thriller , Drama

Plot: While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an
opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power
plant. Wells is determined to publicise the incident but soon finds herself
entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a
secret.


Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PJ-BzXAN1c