Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

Director:

Ken Finkleman

Writer:

Ken Finkleman (written by)

Release Date:

10 December 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

For the ride of your life... All you need for Christmas are your two front seats!

Plot:

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track--again???

Plot Keywords:

Passenger | Airplane | Space Shuttle | Disaster | Computer

Cast

Robert Hays	...	Ted Striker
Julie Hagerty	...	Elaine Dickinson
Lloyd Bridges	...	Steven McCroskey
Chad Everett	...	Simon Kurtz
Peter Graves	...	Capt. Clarence Oveur
Chuck Connors	...	The Sarge
William Shatner	...	Cdr. Buck Murdock
Raymond Burr	...	Judge D.C. Simonton
John Vernon	...	Dr. Stone
Stephen Stucker	...	Controller Jacobs / Courtroom Clerk
Kent McCord	...	Navigator Dave Unger
James A. Watson Jr.	...	First Officer Dunn
John Dehner	...	The Commissioner
Rip Torn	...	Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Sonny Bono	...	Joe Seluchi

Also Known As:

Flying High II
Flying High II: The Sequel (Australia)
¿Y dónde está el piloto? II (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Nu flyger vi ännu högre (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Y a-t-il enfin un pilote dans l'avion? (Canada: French title) (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
Aeroplano II: A Loucura Continua (Portugal) [pt]
Apertem os Cintos, o Piloto Sumiu! - 2ª Parte (Brazil) [pt]
Aterriza como puedas 2: La secuela (Spain) [es]
Aterriza como puedas II (Spain) (video title) [es]
Aterriza como puedas, 2ª parte (Spain) [es]
Die unglaubliche Reise in einem verrückten Raumschiff (West Germany) [de]
Hei, taas me lennetään! (Finland) [fi]
Hjelp, vi flyr igjen! (Norway) [no]
L'aereo più pazzo del mondo... sempre più pazzo (Italy) [it]
Mia apithani ptisi no 2 - To theotrello taxeidi (Greece) [el]
Spokojnie, to tylko awaria (Poland) [pl]
Vi flyver endnu højere (Denmark) [da]
Y-a-t-il toujours un pilote dans l'avion? (France) [fr]

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Spain:T | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Norway:12 (original rating) | USA:PG (Certificate #26862) | UK:PG (cut theatrical version) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:K-12 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The hanging lady in the first airplane movie reprises her role as the first victim of Striker's anecdotes as the vomiting lady.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Ted Stryker is attempting to land the shuttle, he makes reference to the events of Airplane! (1980) and talks about landing a Boeing 767 in Chicago. In "Airplane!" he was landing a Boeing 707. The Boeing 767 was not in service in 1980.

Quotes:

Striker: We're going to have to blow up the computer!
Elaine Dickinson: Blow ROC?
[a smiling face appears on the computer]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Room 101: (#11.5)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Car Wash

Oveur was over Unger, and I was under Dunn.

Another hilarious spoof of disaster films, this one takes most of the cast of the original "Airplane!" and puts them in the future where space shuttle travel is the hot new thing. Robert Hayes and Julie Hagerty reprise their roles as Ted Stryker and Elaine Dickinson, two bumbling and likeable characters who fall in love (like so many times before...) during the inevitable breakdown of... well... EVERYTHING on the Mayflower 1's maiden voyage to the moon. Some of the jokes are tired retreads of the earlier film's efforts, but most are rapid fire gags that hit the mark every time.

I'm still surprised that NBC didn't develop a sitcom based on Stephen Stucker's character of Johnny...

"Tell me everything that's happened so far, Johnny."

"Well, first the Earth cooled, then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they died and turned to oil. And then the Arabs started buying Mercedes Benzes. And then Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes, I couldn't believe it..."