However, Peter reluctantly turned down the big offer and invitation:I""d rather just stay on the ground for a little while.And then I followed him, and then I shot him.Amanda:And after you shot him, how did you feel then?Doris:Hungry.BackgroundAirplane!(1980) was a trend-setting, zany, hilarious comedy - using as its core material the airplane disaster film as the spoof""s stepping stone, borrowing from the subplots of heavy-handed films in the 1970s decade with all-star casts, such as theAirportfilm franchise (Airport (1970), Airport 1975 (1974), Airport ""77 (1977), The Concorde: Airport ""79 (1979)),andSkyjacked (1972).English actor John Williams and Anthony Dawson reprised their Broadway roles for the film.The film was the last Hitchcock movie to be derived from a stage play, and it acquired much of its tension and tautness from being shot almost entirely in a limited and circumscribed area except for a few cutaways (his latest similar works wereLifeboat (1944)andRope (1948)).Meanwhile, in front of his own hotel across the street, J.J.King purchases a white carnation from a pretty, flower stand girl (the stand is marked with a sign reading "Mother""s Day"), generously allowing her to keep the change from his bill.Although beheaded, her amputated arm still kept trying to strangle him.The film ended with a downbeat conclusion at the filling station that opened the film, as Dr.Challis attempted to contact TV stations to remove the commercial at the "magic hour." He was able to persuade all but a third channel from airing it - as he screamed vainly: "Please stop it.