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A friend brought this over last night. It's a melodrama from '57 that was the basis for Airplane! - plot, characters (Ted Striker, Joey), even a bunch of the same lines ("guess I picked a bad time to quit...") -- only it's meant to be serious. We still couldn't help laughing most of the time. Great film and cool source material.

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Another inspiration for the plot of AIRPLANE! came from this all-star production from 1970, which was based on the Best Seller of the same title by Arthur Haley:

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For more on the film, go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_(film)

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Oh! Airplane is one of my all time favorites...I still find it so hilarious after god only knows how many viewings!

...but I had no idea it was so closely related to Zero Hour...thanks for the info, I'll check it out!

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