Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, and produced ...

Airplanes changed travel. They also changed movies. Over the years, many a film has been set on a plane, or largely revolved around a plane. There have been thrillers, horror movies, and comedies ...

A Qantas plane flying from Sydney to Johannesburg was forced to make a sudden U-turn after pilots were alerted to a technical fault. The A380 was just south of Tasmania when it suffered a fault with ...

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 ...

Visitors from across the UK and even the US are travelling to Alfreton, Derbyshire, to experience the nostalgia of a 1980s video shop. Rob Lane, 50, and Chris Annable, 48, run ‘The Straight To Video – ...

A Boeing 737 crashed into a bridge over the river on Jan. 13, 1982, just after taking off from Washington National Airport in a snowstorm. By Jin Yu Young The crash Wednesday was reminiscent of ...

Airliners are debuting swankier first-class options so that more travelers can fly in the lap of luxury. The new designs are the last changes for the aviation industry more than 100 years after a set ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kyle Peterson, Allysia Finley and Joe Sternberg. Photo: Getty Images When I learned of the death of Jim Abrahams, who along with Jerry and ...

Along with his fellow filmmakers David and Jerry Zucker, he revolutionized film comedy with a straight-faced, fast-paced style of parody. By Clay Risen Jim Abrahams, who with the brothers David and ...

Jim Abrahams — the legendary comedy writer, director and producer — has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 80. Abrahams' son Joseph told the outlet that his father died of natural ...

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies, and the TV series “Police Squad!” has died. He was 80. Abrahams passed away of natural ...