By Cathy of Alex
"I recently rewatched
Airplane! It’s been awhile. For those of you youngsters out there; the
“Scary Movie” franchise owes a lot to
Airplane! Like Scary Movie 1-23 (or whatever number they are on now)
Airplane! has references to cultural events of the late 1970’s (the movie was released in 1980). However, unlike
‘Scary Movie' it’s not as heavy handed with the references. There are references to
Jaws,,
Saturday Night Fever ,
An Officer and a Gentlemen and
From Here to Eternity. However, the overarching mockery is reserved for the disaster films of the 1970’s..." (
continued)
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Surely, you can't be serious.
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Heather,
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