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  2. 'Airplane!' directors on 'worse than terrible' test ... - AOL

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    But two of the directors of the 1980 comedy classic, David Zucker and Jim Abrahams, confirm that's what happened at the movie's very first test screening. (And don't call them Shirley.) "It was ...

  3. An American Carol - Wikipedia

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    An American Carol (released as Big Fat Important Movie [3] [4] in other territories) is a 2008 American satirical comedy film directed by David Zucker and written by Zucker, Myrna Sokoloff and Lewis Friedman.

  4. Airplane! - Wikipedia

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    Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) [5] is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debut, [6] and produced by Jon Davison.

  5. Jim Abrahams, Slapstick Icon Behind ‘Airplane!,’ ‘Naked Gun ...

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    Jim Abrahams, a film director and writer behind hit slapstick comedies like “Airplane!,” “Hot Shots!,” the “Naked Gun” series and more, died Tuesday, his son Joseph confirmed to Variety.

  6. 'Airplane!' creators reflect on the classic comedy that would ...

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    “Airplane!” creators David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams talk to TODAY.com about their new book, “Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of ‘Airplane!'" ... That comedy was ...

  7. David Zucker - Wikipedia

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    David Samuel Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized for collaborating with Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry as part of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, with whom he wrote and directed the 1980 film Airplane! and created The Naked Gun franchise.

  8. 'Airplane!' creators to tell all about their surprise 1980 ...

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    Written by Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker — the three guys known as ZAZ at their Hollywood height — the memoir covers the early years of the friends, who grew up together in ...

  9. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! - Wikipedia

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    The core creative team behind Police Squad! and the film series includes the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ) as well as Pat Proft in varying combinations. [3] Released on December 2, 1988, The Naked Gun was a critical and commercial success, which led to two sequels : The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and ...