The Writers of Airplane! Based it Entirely on Another Film (Good and Bad Parody Movies)

Airplane! is still considered one of the best comedies of all time. It is also one of the most blatant copies of another movie of all time.

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Original Article:
http://www.factfiend.com/writers-airp...

Sources:
https://www.comedycentral.co.uk/news/...
https://film.avclub.com/surely-you-ca...
https://thelaughbutton.com/creators-a...

Videos:
Airplane! (1980)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/
Police Squad! (1982)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083466/
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095705/
Zero Hour! (1957)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051221/
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306047/

Images:
Leslie Nielson, Photo by Alan Light / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Promo for Forbidden Planet (1956)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/
Screenshot from The David Letterman Show (1980)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080209/
Poster for Date Movie (2006)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466342/
Poster for Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277371/

Music:
From https://filmmusic.io
"Two Finger Johnny" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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