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Jan. 28th, 2009 09:18 am
Courtesy of metafilter:
I already knew about "Airplane!", the parody of the 70s "Airport" series. What I didn't know, is that "Airplane!" is also a very close remake of the 1950's film "Zero Hour!". In fact the serious dialog in "Airplane!" is practically word-for-word from Zero Hour. It says a lot about 1950's drama that it needs very little twisting around to make an excellent comedy.
And courtesy of Youtube, we get a comparison of the "dramatic" scenes from "Zero Hour!" and "Airplane!". Scary, isn't it?
I already knew about "Airplane!", the parody of the 70s "Airport" series. What I didn't know, is that "Airplane!" is also a very close remake of the 1950's film "Zero Hour!". In fact the serious dialog in "Airplane!" is practically word-for-word from Zero Hour. It says a lot about 1950's drama that it needs very little twisting around to make an excellent comedy.
And courtesy of Youtube, we get a comparison of the "dramatic" scenes from "Zero Hour!" and "Airplane!". Scary, isn't it?
