'Airplane!' was released in 1980, and Leslie Nielson's performance as Dr. Rumack showed audiences that the dramatic actor could do comedy.

The outrageous comedy parody of disaster movies, “Airplane!,” opened in theaters July 2, 1980? Surely that wasn’t really 45 years ago next Wednesday! It was 45 years ago next Wednesday. And don’t call ...

(L to R) Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson, Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Roger Murdock, and Peter Graves as Captain Clarence Oveur in 'Airplane!' Entertainment Weekly summed it ...

This past weekend, I slid into an assigned seat on what I think was the biggest airplane I have ever been on. Stuck between a window and a stranger for a flight over the Atlantic, I decided to seize ...

Comedy classic Airplane! is cleared for takeoff once again with a special big-screen screening, followed by a live Q&A with stars Julie Hagerty (flight attendant “Elaine Dickinson”) and Robert Hays ...

Liam Neeson‘s action era may be ending, but his comedy run is just starting in the newly released film The Naked Gun. Fortunately, most of the films by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker are readily ...