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In August 1979, Pakhtakor's squad boarded a plane to play Dinamo Minsk in the Soviet Top League. The flight never reached its ...

These days, it often seems like comedy movies that only feature a handful of truly funny scenes can become hugely popular.

Returning to San Francisco on June 19 for “Airplane! Live” (Curran Theatre, SF), a screening of the classic comedy and discussion with his original film co-star Julie Hagerty, actor Robert Hays ...

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An airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer. Two people emerged unscathed from the Beechcraft Super King Air ...

Today, our daily coverage of the 48th Denver Film Festival takes a brief detour for an emergency landing at Sunday’s fun 45th anniversary screening of “Airplane!” which featured an on-stage ...

This 1980 American comedy spoofs the disaster movies of the 1970s with hilarious results, boasting quotable lines and slapstick humor that cement its status as a comedic masterpiece. After the crew ...

(L to R) Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson, Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Roger Murdock, and Peter Graves as Captain Clarence Oveur in 'Airplane!' Entertainment Weekly summed it ...

The outrageous comedy parody of disaster movies, “Airplane!,” opened in theaters July 2, 1980? Surely that wasn’t really 45 years ago next Wednesday! It was 45 years ago next Wednesday. And don’t call ...