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"bought the rights" (to Zero Hour)

... Surely, they state this in the DVD audio commentary, but IMHO as a joke. Or is there other proof for this?--80.145.78.120 12:43, 31 May 2 i don't think so

Stayin' Alive

Was it really sped up by 10% for "comedic element", or is this simply an artifact of film-to-television conversion? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ettlz (talk • contribs) 20:37, August 21, 2007 (UTC).

It was intentionally sped up - ZAZ had to get written permission from the Gibb brothers to present the song sped up in the movie. 147.70.242.40 (talk) 17:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Watching the video, I assumed I was hearing a substituted re-recording of the song, as is sometimes done for home video releases. I imagine most viewers encounter the film on home video these days. Can anyone confirm that a sped-up version of the original Bee Gees recordings was used in both the original theatrical release and home-video releases (of which there could be many, I know). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.131.154.204 (talk) 15:21, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quote in the AFI list

The Dr. Rumack/ Striker quote in the AFI list is ass about, it's Dr. Rumack who says "I am serious...and don't call me Shirley." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.125.85.58 (talk) 12:15, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Cast section

Jojhutton, we are not an indiscriminate provider of information; everything here should be encyclopaedic in nature. Providing cast names in the running prose of a plot summary not only gives context (actors and characters mentioned together aids understanding of who played what, versus cross referencing the prose with a later list), and also ensures that only names which are actually important enough to warrant mentioning are listed. It also circumvents the fact that bulleted cast lists are often entirely unsourced, whereas cast-in-plot mentions demonstrate that we're using the primary source of the article for it. Trying to replicate IMDb does not improve the quality, readability or usefulness of any of our articles. SLIGHTLY^mad 04:24, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

While inclusion of names in the plot can be helpful, in a case of a movie like this it is not going to necessarily lay out all the minor but not trivial roles or the noted people that starred in them. For example, there's no mention of Richard Stack's character in the current plot. Cast sections are nearly required, they are not considered duplicative of the plot's cast names. --MASEM (t) 11:59, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Masem. Cast lists are not only useful, but are not prohibited in WP:CASTLIST.--JOJ ^Hutton 13:23, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I will add that I think in this case, we can do with a mix of a cast list for the main characters, and a prose list to identify cameos, etc. which might help alleviate issues. --MASEM (t) 14:42, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The David Hollander that is linked is the incorrect David Hollander. The David Hollander that appeared in Airplane! does not currently have a Wikipedia page, but he does have an IMDB page.24.105.151.154 (talk) 16:52, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Airplane(film)" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Airplane(film) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 6#Airplane(film) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 19:26, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hei, me...

The Finnish article fi:Hei, me lennetään! states that the Finnish name for this film, Hei, me lennetään! ("Hey, we are flying!") inspired many other such Finnish names starting with Hei, me... for several other, unrelated films. Is this worth mentioning in this article? JIP | Talk 13:31, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]