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DESCRIPTION:*Airplane!* fundamentally revolutionized film comedy. Instead o
 f casting comedians\, it’s stacked with veteran dramatic actors known fo
 r serious roles. Legends Robert Stack\, Peter Graves\, and Lloyd Bridges p
 layed their over-the-top\, ridiculous roles as if they were starring in a 
 tense\, gripping drama. It also introduced audiences to a new side of stra
 it-laced dramatic actor Leslie Nielsen\, whose flawless delivery of iconic
  lines\, like "I am serious ... and don't call me Shirley\," launched him 
 into a second career as a slapstick icon (*The Naked Gun*). It’s a scene
 -for-scene parody of the 1957 thriller *Zero Hour!* It effectively burst t
 he bubble of the overly serious 1970s disaster-flick era\, making those tr
 opes virtually impossible for studios to take seriously again. *Airplane!*
  became a massive financial success and is routinely voted among the great
 est comedies of all time\, selected by the Library of Congress for preserv
 ation in the National Film Registry. — *Leila Melendez*
LOCATION:Philanthropy Theatre
SUMMARY:Airplane!
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