Showing posts with label Jim Abrahams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim Abrahams. Show all posts

29.3.11

hot shots (1991)


"My eyes are ceramic. Caught a bazooka round at Little Big Horn. Or was it Okinawa? The one without the Indians."
The Airplane team decide to parody Top Gun, with a story about a talented but unstable fighter pilot (Charlie Sheen) who has to overcome the ghost of his father and save a mission that has been sabotaged by unscrupulous weapons manufacturers.
As usual Lloyd Bridges effortlessly steals the show, in this entertaining spoof, but it never reaches the heights that that Airplane franchise reached.

12.2.11

kentucky fried movie (1977)


aka Hamburger film sandwich.
'Moscow in flames, missiles headed toward New York. Film at eleven.'
Before Airplane and the Naked Gun, there was Kentucky Fried Movie, where the Zucker and Abraham's team cut their teeth, in shorter highly irreverent sketches, spoofing the movie (martial arts, blacksploitation, disaster and sexploitation films), and TV (adverts, and news programming) industry. At the centre is the mighty A Fistful of Yen, a spoof on Enter The Dragon.
As these are skits, it's a bit hit and miss, but mostly they hit their target. Rude, crude, but also funny.

24.5.10

top secret (1984)


"I know a little German. He's sitting over there."
Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) is an American rock n roll singer, who is booked to play an East German gig. There he gets involved in breaking out a scientist, who is developing the next generation of super-weapon, from prison.
Another follow up by Zucker and Abrahams using their patented spoof 'Airplane' style. This time they target WWII resistance movies, which isn't as successful as the Airplane/Naked Gun franchises, but has its moments.

17.3.09

airplane (1980)

aka Flying High! Kentucky Fried Airplane.
Whilst looking for inspiration for their next comedy the team saw Zero Hour! and a light bulb moment occurred. They bought the film rights and thus was born the spoof to end all spoofs.
Chock full of humour on every level, that rewards repeat viewing as there is always something you missed the first time.