Top cast:W. Chrystie Miller,Robert Harron,Mae Marsh
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Genre:History
Region:Tunisia
Year:2004
Storyline:The gangly Gyro Captain was oddly dressed, with a feminine pink scarf and shoes, and a flower worn over his heart.Why not? I""m young, I""m healthy, I""ve got a good job.This could be my chance to step out a little bit.If she can swing, so can l.I could turn this place into a nightclub.I""ll get broads up here like you wouldn""t believe.Swingers, freaks, nymphomaniacs, dental hygienists." However, he was still hung-up about the specific day hat they separated, when she described how she was an active ""doer"" and he was just a passive ""watcher"":I want a new life.Remarkably, the frothy Best Picture winner of the year wasAround he World in 80 Days (1956), (with 8 nominations and five Oscars) - it was noted not for its acting, but mostly for its widescreen Technicolor, its travelogue scope and cinematography, and its many star cameos.Henry storyThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988),directed by David Zucker, co-written and co-produced by ZAZThe Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991), by writer/director David Zucker, co-produced by ZAZOther comedy spoof films had been madebefore 1980:Westerns spoof:Cat Ballou (1965)Japanese Monster Films spoof:Woody Allen""sWhat""s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)Mel Brooks"" spoofs of various genres (beforeAirplane!):Westerns:Blazing Saddles (1974)Horror:Young Frankenstein (1974)Silents:Silent Movie (1976)Hitchcockian Thrillers:High Anxiety (1977)ButAirplane!was responsible for unleashing a flurry of lampooning comedies (for many subgenres and film styles) - all trying to capitalize on its whopping success - including:Biblical Stories spoof:Wholly Moses! (1980)Mel Brooks"" spoofs (afterAirplane!):Historical Eras:History of the World, Part I (1981)Science-Fiction andStar Wars:Spaceballs (1987)Swashbucklers:Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)DraculaFilms:Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)Serial Killer/Slasher and Stalker Movies spoof:Student Bodies (1981)Hospital Soap Operas spoof:Young Doctors in Love (1982)Film Noir - Crime/Detective spoof:Dead Men Don""t Wear Plaid (1982)1930s Gangster Movies spoof:Johnny Dangerously (1984)1950s Sci-Fi Movies spoof:Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)TV""sPolice Squad (1982)spoofs:The Naked Gunfranchise (from 1988-1994)The Exorcistspoof:Repossessed (1990), starring Linda Blair and Leslie NielsenTop Gunspoof:Hot Shots! (1991), from co-writer/director Jim AbrahamsRambospoof:Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), also from co-writer/director Jim AbrahamsLate 80s-Early 90s Suspense-Mystery Thrillers spoof:Fatal Instinct (1993)Lethal Weaponspoof:Loaded Weapon (1993)Die Hard/Bondspoof:Spy Hard (1996), starring Leslie NielsenJames Bondfranchise spoofs:TheAustin Powersfranchise (from 1997-2002)Sports spoof:BASEketball (1998), from co-writer/director David ZuckerHorror movie spoofs:TheScary Moviefranchise (from 2000-2013)In the flimsy, sophomoric, tongue-in-cheek story, dumped, shell-shocked ex-military flyer-pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays in his screen debut) pursued ex-girlfriend Elaine (Julie Hagerty in her screen debut) - a Trans American Airlines stewardess on an ill-fated, crippled plane flight from Los Angeles to Chicago with food poisoning-stricken pilots, while a drug-using air traffic control ower chief-supervisor attempted to help land the troubled airliner...She kills like she kisses!" ("Careful, Dick...she""s as cute as lace pants...but you can""t stop a murderess...if you stop a bullet first!")"FORGET THAT FEELING - She""s got murder in her heart!""The Screen""s Great Mystery Wallop Electrified With High Voltage Thrills, Action, and Excitement!""A Night of Murder the Police Won""t Let Him Forget! The Only Key to His Safety - A Woman""s Face He Can""t Remember!""Hard-boiled, two-fisted, smashing through a crimson maze of treachery, violence, and MURDER!"There were basically three separate narratives that were neatly woven together (Chandler had also woven together hree short stories to create his own narrative in his 1940 novelFarewell, My Lovely):the search for a love-sick ex-con""s missing ex-lady friend, a show-girlthe search for a ""stolen"" jade necklace, including identifying who killed the ""money-bearer"" during the late-night delivery of a ransom paymentthe winding criminal path followed by a lowly show-girl o elevate (and maintain) her social standing as a wealthy, gold-digging, promiscuous trophy wifeThe film""s MacGuffin (a Hitchcockian stand-by) was he menacing femme fatale""s valuable jade necklace worth $100,000 around which much of the action occurred.