Dare You to See "American Carol" Oct 28, 2008
Granted, "American Carol" is not in the league with "Airplane!" as a truly zany and outrageous comedy trip from Nielsen and Zucker. This is no cinema jetliner -- it's more of a rubber-band-powered balsa wood job with more chuckles than belly laughs. (Townhall.com)
Comedy has become a liberal genre Oct 20, 2008
The film "American Carol," was written and directed by David Zucker, the man behind such iconic comedies as "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun." The movie promised to be among the boldest of the season because it is the rarest of breeds, a conservative send-up of the political left. But nobody is paying much attention to the movie - the reviews are in, and they say it's just not that funny. (Boston Globe)
Review of 'An American Carol' Oct 16, 2008
So it was with hopeful anticipation that I ventured to the theater to see David Zucker s An American Carol , which makes some important conservative points through Airplane- and Naked Gun-style slapstick humor ... While An American Carol is recommended by how much it was disliked by the NY Times, Reuters, Entertainment Weekly, and Variety, the movie isn t in the league of Airplane or most of David Zucker s other work. (Human Events Online)
Asinine and tasteless, but this film's not funny Oct 13, 2008
Utterly asinine, sophomoric, tasteless, the movie has much in common with Zucker's Airplane. The Naked Gun 2 1/2 and Scary Movie sequels, minus the laughs. (Toronto Star)
The Culture War at the Movies Oct 7, 2008
Director David Zucker, who did the "Airplane" movies, mocks Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell and other liberal enthusiasts. Full disclosure: I have a small part in "Carol.". (Townhall.com)
'An American Carol' lampoons the left Oct 7, 2008
"It happened gradually for me," said Zucker, director of the original "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" films ... "In this town, you're only as good as your last target. First, it was disaster movies with 'Airplane!' Then, it was 'Dirty Harry' with 'The Naked Gun.' And then it was horror movies that were silly with the 'Scary Movie' films. Here, we're finally taking on the excesses of the far left in politics.". (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Vote Early and Often - At the Box Office Oct 6, 2008
Punctuated by trademark Zucker slapstick humor (his other credits include Airplane. The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3, and assorted sequels), the movie makes a deadly serious point: Everything is on the line in this War for the Free World and those of us who prize our freedoms will lose them if we fail to protect them against enemies foreign and domestic. (Townhall.com)
Box office goes to dogs: Chihuahua wins Oct 6, 2008
Vivendi Entertainments An American Carol, a satire of Hollywoods liberal politics from director David Zucker (Airplane. debuted at No. 9 with $3. (MSNBC -- News)
Hirsen: 'Carol' Offers Mother Lode Against Left Oct 6, 2008
Director David Zucker (Airplane, Naked Gun, and Scary Movie) felt that way, so much so that he was inspired to direct and co-write the film An American Carol, which opened in theaters Friday ... Who wouldve thought airplane disaster movies would be material for jokes before Airplane. (Newsmax)
An American Carol Oct 5, 2008
Directed by David Zucker (Airplane. with his trademark indifference to pace and plot, An American Carol uses the template of A Christmas Carol to string together its gags (far too many of which involve Malones stuffing his mouth or getting whacked in the face). (New York Times)
Industry Buzz Oct 5, 2008
GHOST STORY: David Zucker lampooned airplane movies ("Airplane!"), cop shows ("Police Squad!"), spy movies ("Top Secret!"), detective series ("The Naked Gun") and horror flicks (the "Scary Movie" franchise). His new picture, "An American Carol," takes on a new target. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'An American Carol' takes aim at the left Oct 4, 2008
Since the director and co-writer is David Zucker, who once upon a time gave us "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" movies (and who has more recently busied himself with the "Scary Movie" franchise), you go in at least hoping for some smart, ribald slapstick aimed at the left's sacred cows. It's there, but the targets are bigger and lazier than they ought to be, and the lectures are nonstop. (Boston Globe)
American Carol is rare right-wing comedy Oct 3, 2008
It happened gradually for me, said Zucker, director of the original Airplane ... First, it was disaster movies with Airplane. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Dennis Prager Oct 3, 2008
He has made and starred in For Goodness Sake (1991) , a video directed by David Zucker (Airplane), shown on Public Television and purchased by hundreds of major companies. For Goodness Sake II (1999) directed by Trey Parker (South Park). (Townhall.com)
Newsweek: Director Zucker on mocking liberals Oct 3, 2008
made hismark in as the madcap brain behind the spoof-comedy classics "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun." But now for something completely different: post 9/11, Zucker experienced a conservative political conversion, and his new film, "An American Carol," is a satire of the Charles Dickens tale featuring a liberal documentary filmmaker named who learns the true spirit of America ... No. Back in the early 1980s there were crazy airplane disaster movies that were taken seriously ... So we made... (MSNBC -- News)
Two area rescues to be featured on national TV Sep 19, 2008
Video crews spent Wednesday in the Detroit area taping interviews with Dave Garland, the pilot of the single-engine airplane that crashed south of Levering Road just into Cheboygan County at about 9:20 p.m. Feb. 10, 2007 ... The first person to go on camera Thursday was Pellston Fire Chief Randy Bricker, whose story from the night of the crash is probably second in drama to the occupants of the airplane. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Charles Dickens Hearts David Zucker Sep 17, 2008
Imagine documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and director David Zucker ("Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun") in the center ring and you begin to get the idea ... One memorable scene has "Rosie O'Connell" appearing on "The O'Reilly Factor" to promote her new documentary, "The Truth About Radical Christians." The documentary shows two priests who hijack an airplane and storm the cockpit brandishing crucifixes. (Townhall.com)
Fall Film 2008 Preview Sep 13, 2008
An American Carol A comedy from David Zucker ( Airplane. The Naked Gun ) about a filmmaker out to abolish the Fourth of July holiday. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
McCain Appears On 'Tonight Show,' Raises Funds In Beverly Hills Aug 26, 2008
The Web site Wilshire and Washington, operated by the entertainment trade newspaper Daily Variety, reported that actors Jon Cryer, Robert Duvall, Angie Harmon, Craig T. Nelson and Jon Voight, and writer-producer-directors Lionel Chetwynd and David Zucker ("Airplane") were among those scheduled to attend. Tickets were $1,000, $500 for "young professionals" 35 and under and $250 for students. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Some Odds and Ends at Mid-week Aug 14, 2008
CREATORS OF AIRPLANE TAKE ON THE LEFT. In the latest Weekly Standard, Stephen Hayes writes about the upcoming movie from director and writer David Zucker of Airplane fame ... Interesting Connection wrote on Aug 13, 2008 11:19 AM:" Between this and the disaster film blog, as Airplane was prominent among many peoples lists of all time great disaster movies. ". (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Airplane! on DVD May 27, 2008
Extensive bonus features add to the fun of this 1980 comedy classic about a doomed airplane. Based mostly on a B-movie about an airplane disaster, launched the careers of the comedy writing-producing-directing team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker ... As revealed in the directors commentary and interviews included in the Long Haul Version on this DVD, Airplane. (Suite101.com)
Superhero Movie: Hilarious heroes May 27, 2008
Making cameos in Superhero Movie are Pamela Anderson, Robert Hayes from the classic 1980s spoof movie Airplane, Marion Ross from hit sitcom Happy Days, Brent Spiner (Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation), Jeffrey Tambor, Craig Bierko and a certain Hollywood superstar by the name of Tom Cruise. Its raining. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Talk of the Town: Come fly with me! Come fly, let’s fly away! May 16, 2008
The 1980 comedy Airplane. was one of the most memorable films to lovingly spoof airplane disaster movies, with script dialogue like, You have clearance, Clarence ... For release in Australia, Japan and the Philippines, Airplane. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Superhero Movie Mar 31, 2008
Yet just as Airplane. was essentially a remake of a bona fide disaster movie the 1957 Canadian obscurity Zero Hour. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Spandex wears thin in 'Superhero' parody Mar 29, 2008
Director Craig Mazin wrote the script, making this as close to an auteur film as these movies ever get, and one of the producers is David Zucker of "Airplane!" fame. Accordingly, there's a strong genetic strain of that classic in "Superhero Movie," from a flashback cameo by Robert Hays as the hero's unlucky father (he tells the kid to sell Google stock and buy Enron) to Leslie "Don't call me Shirley" Nielsen as Rick's Uncle Albert. (Boston Globe)
Weekly movie preview Mar 29, 2008
" But instead of pushing the envelope even further, it seems like "Superhero Movie" is making an attempt to return to the glory days of movie parodies. With surprisingly positive early buzz, a PG-13 rating that limits the film from being filled with too much crude humor and the involvement of comedic icons such as Leslie Nielsen and producer David Zucker ("Airplane. "), hopefully this one will prove to be more than just another "Meet the Spartans" Next up is "21," a film based on the true story... (Echo Online, MI)
Top 10 Basketball Movies Mar 19, 2008
Director David Zucker (Airplane. Naked Gun), deserves props for actually creating the game years prior to the film -- he held tournaments in his driveway. (IGN FilmForce)
On-Set: Superhero Movie Feb 26, 2008
On the set of Superhero Movie, the latest parody from the guys that brought us Naked Gun and Airplane, in the midst of hoodied production assistants and Blackberry-ing publicists, those six whisper-yelled words put everything to a record-screeching hault. All guys want to hear those words but very few actually get to see what they are referring to. (IGN FilmForce)
In brief: Reynolds joins cast of Wolverine Feb 20, 2008
Kelsey Grammer of Frasier fame will play Ebenezer Scrooge in a new satirical comedy from Airplane's David Zucker, American Carol ... As well as Airplane and the Naked Gun series, Zucker is responsible for the last two Scary Movie films, which suggests that this one could go either way. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Coens and company Feb 17, 2008
Jerry, 57, and David, 60, Zucker were the men behind the madcap comedies Airplane. and Top Secret. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Meet the Charlatans Feb 1, 2008
As Bryan Curtis has , the spoofs of Zucker, Abrahams, and Zuckerthe team behind Airplane. and The Naked Gunare characterized by their facility with the tone and detail work of genre films and their genius combination of straight-faced B-movie actors with lowbrow punch lines and sight gags. (Slate)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Jan 18, 2008
Apatow and director/co-writer Jake Kasdan skewer the cliches, vaguely in the manner of veteran movie satirists Jim Abrahams and David Zucker, creators of Airplane. and The Naked Gun. (Guardian Unlimited)
Sony Pictures' Crackle Programs 'Moving Targets' Hilarity Ensues! Sep 11, 2007
Moving Targets delivers laughs around the clock from the comedy chops of veterans like Jerry Zucker (Airplane ... -- National Banana -- Featuring the celebrated director/producer/writer Jerry Zucker's unique, zany style, as proven in the classic franchises Airplane. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Watching Balls of Fury is Like a Punch in the Groin Aug 31, 2007
" creators Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant and directed by the latter. Tony-award winner Dan Fogler ("The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"), who is evidently a cheaper and less discerning hire than Jack Black, stars as Randy Daytona, a former table-tennis prodigy whose loss in the finals of the 1988 Seoul Olympics resulted in his father being killed by mobsters. (No, seriously, stop laughing. Let me finish.) Now in his thirties, Randy does a second-rate show at a third-rate Reno casino,... (New Republic)
The last laugh: your favourite 50 Jul 22, 2007
Also in this section. When we asked readers to pick their top comic movies last month, hundreds of you voted. (Guardian Unlimited)
A Cinderella Story at the 2007 Emmy(R) Awards: Its JerryTime! Wins First-Ever Emmy(R) for Video Blog Jun 23, 2007
The humorous Web series is created solely by two Buffalo-born brothers Orrin and Jerry Zucker (not from the movie AIRPLANE. of Ozone Inc., ( ) a Boston-based broadcast design company. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Movie: The filmmakers of 'Hot Fuzz' approve the use of deadly farce May 11, 2007
Indeed, "Hot Fuzz" is bereft of the zany antics that run rampant in the sort of films - think "Date Movie" or the "Scary Movie" franchise - that take their cues from Zucker classics such as "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun." Wright's sophomore feature is more an appreciation than a satire of the likes of "Die Hard" and "Lethal Weapon." It stars Pegg as Nicholas Angel, a cop whose spectacular arrest record is making the rest of London law enforcement look bad in comparison. HOLLYWOOD ROUNDUP. (Juneau Empire)
Thompson v. Gore could unearth Hollywood conservatives Mar 17, 2007
It might mean a whole new world for young right-wingers in Hollywood and unleash conservatives Joel Surnow ("24") and David Zucker ("Airplane!") to lead a conservative revolution ... It might mean a whole new world for young right-wingers in Hollywood and unleash conservatives Joel Surnow ("24") and David Zucker ("Airplane!") to lead a conservative revolution. (Townhall.com)
Spring movies show some dreariness, some bright spots Feb 9, 2007
Summary: Zucker ("Airplane!" "Scary Movie") strikes again with a spoof of superhero flicks including "Spider-Man" and "Fantastic Four.". March 23. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
