The rise and pratfall of the spoof
If you're in any doubt about the use of the word "classic", just watch the Airplane trailer again and try not to laugh out loud. The 1980 disaster movie spoof is bursting with inventive visual gags, killer one-liners and riffs on big-screen clichés.
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