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Assembled by Zucker, his brother, Jerry Zucker, and Abrahams — who formed the era-defining ZAZ comedy team — from comprehensive cast and crew interviews conducted by pop culture journalist ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
“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 ...
A conversation with David and Jerry Zucker: A feature length interview with the co-creators of The Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane! and The Naked Gun about their lives and career, from growing up and starting out in show business to their comedy influences and spoofing Midnight Cowboy; Jerry Zucker's on-set home video shot during the making of ...
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 ...