45 Years Ago, A Famous Pop Star Nearly Played the Lead in ‘Airplane!’

Airplane! was released in the summer of 1980 to instant critical acclaim. To this day, you’ll still see it ranked among the greatest comedy films ever made. A parody of disaster films like Zero Hour! and Airport 1975, it starred Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty as a former couple trapped on a plane with a […] The post 45 Years Ago, A Famous Pop Star Nearly Played the Lead in ‘Airplane!’ appeared first on VICE.

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