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Airplane!/ Top Secret! (Double Feature)

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Long ago---in the 1980's---I had both these movies separately on VHS. What a delight to re-own these two classic films together in one DVD package! "Airplane", the one that re-invented the "cuckoo" comedy, does for disaster flicks what "Blazing Saddles" did for movie westerns. The directing trio of the Zucker brothers & Jim Abrahams gleefully beat the genre to a pulp, with the sheer number of good jokes far outnumbering the groaners (thankfully!). The "serious" actors in the film---Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, and particularly, Leslie Nielsen---would never be looked at the same way again with this movie. It's the badge of a good film which gets quoted over & over again to this very day.
The trio returned in 1984 to do the sometimes-overlooked "Top Secret!", a flick with the giddy spirit of "Airplane". This time around, it targets WWII intrigue/Elvis Presley flicks (strange bedfellows, but it works) as an unlikely hero in heartthrob rocker Val Kilmer manages to save the day. There are outrageously funny moments that will stick in your head forever: Omar Sharif, another "serious" actor who's quite funny here, being compacted along with his car into a walking block of metal; the absurd "Skeet Surfing" opening credits musical number; and two guys dressed as a cow to access the power grid to shut off an electric fence...then a hungry calf comes along to extract milk...you can almost guess the punchline, which will have you on the floor! Like "Airplane", there are just too many funny moments crammed into the movie to recount.
Surely, two great comedies which are getting their due---and don't call me Shirley!

I loved both of these movies when I was a teenager. Now I am buying them both for my children. If you like good, dumb and stupid humor than this video is for you. Fun for the whole family! and laugh away while you can

Airplane is the original but by the time they produced Top Secret, they were at there best!

I was originally looking to get the Airplane dvd, but to my surprise it also came along with Top Secret. Both of these movies were great when they first came out, and even today they still are just as enjoyable.

Totally love both of these movies and the price is great!! Now my 17 year-old loves them too!

I bought this because of the reviews. Many said it was a good family movie. I would never allow a child to view this filthy trash. I threw it away before anyone saw it in my house.