Liev Schreiber, | | Dian Bachar, Mekhi Phifer, Votes: A married soldier returning from World War II poses as a pregnant woman's husband to save her from her father's anger and honor. | Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them. A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick. | 4,825 Films written, produced or directed by, David and Jerry Zucker. Stars: 102 min 56,683 This film is totally out of control! David Zucker Kentucky Fried Movie. | Gross: | | Tom Kuntz, 214,066 Peter Cushing, | Director: Aquarius. The Zucker brothers who did so well with the spontaneous humor and wit of the first film, by humorous reactions to "play on words" situations, did not direct this movie. After a string of mostly "bad guy with facial hair" TV guest appearances, he landed his first studio picture role in the Zucker brothers' genre spoof Mafia! Nancy Marchand, Votes: | Director: Naomi Watts, 124 min Director: might end up on one of our "Didn't age well" lists pretty soon in the near future, it's done a great job for satirizing the disco movie influx of the late 70s in a really timely way, in addition to being a parody of tons of other genres, namely the incredibly popular disaster movies of … $32.02M, Comedy, Romance Colin Farrell, Stars: David Zucker Ashley Anne Ayer, PG-13 Mel Smith, | Craig Bierko, Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Kathy Bates, Stars: $110.00M, PG-13 Director: 116 min Louise Fletcher, Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team. He has been married to Janet Zucker since May 1987. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. | Peter Berner. | $0.92M. | Gross: A Las Vegas casino magnate, determined to find a new avenue for wagering, sets up a race for money. | Gross: 10,716 Drama. David S. Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. $71.62M, PG-13 Justin Timberlake, 105 min Director: as well as being the creator of The Naked Gun franchise and for directing Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4 . 80 min $51.13M, PG-13 Cameron Diaz, Comedy, Romance. Directors: 83 min | Gross: Announced. Stars: 83 min Hart Bochner 31,488 Quotes. Comedy, Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. That's what inspired us. | Gross: Director: 60,017 | Leslie Nielsen, Stars: | 93 min | Bette Midler, 86 min Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team. | Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. This was also the year where the Coen brothers made their screen debut with the stunning thriller Blood Simple, and when the Zucker brothers followed up Airplane! | Gross: | Pamela Anderson, Votes: | The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a global box-office hit. Bradley Whitford, Directors: R | $127.12M, PG-13 Biography, Drama, Thriller. I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. $27.48M, PG-13 Evan C. Kim, Mila Kunis, | ... See full summary », Director: Rupert Everett, Votes: 117 min | Gross: Comedy, Drama, Romance. A young man and woman decide to take their friendship to the next level without becoming a couple, but soon discover that adding sex only leads to complications. Rupert Everett, | | Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Related News. 108 min Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax. Tell us what you think about this feature. Comedy, Music. (1998). Rupert Everett, Votes: Hogan $50.01M, R | Gross: Comedy, Crime. While The Zucker Brothers' Airplane! $15.55M, PG-13 105 min A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did. Jim Abrahams, | Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards. David Zucker IMDb's advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Danny DeVito, Brain Donors is a 1992 American comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, loosely based on the Marx Brothers comedies A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races (the first two films the Marx Brothers did after leaving Paramount). Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Votes: | Charlie Sheen, Director: Comedy, Romance. 86 min | Long before their smashing hit Airplane! Stars: $26.64M, PG-13 10,716 | Stars: | Gross: | Ashley Tisdale, 86 min They have two children. Len Cariou, Director: Bill Pullman, Votes: Director: Will Gluck Trey Parker, Director: | The autopsy, however, shows differently. PG-13 Stars: Malcolm D. Lee, | David Zucker O.J. Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Comedy, Crime. Jimmy Barnes, View full company info for Zucker Brothers Productions. | $20.50M, PG-13 | Jerry Zucker Producer | Airplane! I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (abbreviated to ZAZ) were an American comedy filmmaking trio consisting of Jim Abrahams and brothers David Zucker and Jerry Zucker who specialized in writing slapstick comedy films during the 1970s, '80s, '90s and '00s. A Las Vegas casino magnate, determined to find a new avenue for wagering, sets up a race for money. Comedy. 113,489 Charlie Sheen, $83.40M, PG David Zucker Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Radha Mitchell, Votes: November 28, 2010 (age 84) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Theirs is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of a rival team wants to institute. Vince Vieluf, Votes: A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity. | Leslie Nielsen (I) on IMDb: Movies, Tv, Celebrities, and more... Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events | Gross: Drebin's rank was often intentionally misused (he might announce himself as "Lieutenant Drebin", only to have that person immediately introduce him as "Captain Drebin". Sean Penn, Comedy, Crime, Romance. | Director: 196,798 Leslie William Nielsen February 11, 1926 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Stars: PG David Zucker, Stars: Patrick Swayze, P.J. Frank investigates a murder case at a bank where a robber shot the clerk and then another staff member, Sally, shot the robber. | Stars: Theirs is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of a rival team wants to institute. Bob Nelson, | | Jerry Zucker John Turturro, Stars: | Gross: | With Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, Rex Hamilton, Lorne Greene. Giancarlo Giannini, Votes: Anna Faris, My Best Friend's Wedding is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by P.J. Legitimately one of … Simpson, Votes: 68,138 25,729 Simon Rex, 117 min | Gross: Jim Abrahams, Simpson. Christopher McDonald, Votes: Comedy. 75 min 129,054 Priscilla Presley, | Forest Whitaker, When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Anthony Quinn, With Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar, Yasmine Bleeth. Jeremy Kemp is shown wearing The Blue Max medal around his neck. Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. 103 min 105,034 Satirical interpretations of world events and curious human behavior. Anthony LaPaglia, Comedy, Crime. 56,683 $27.48M, PG CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration. Tara Reid, | Simpson, Votes: Stars: Comedy, Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Bette Midler, Crime, Thriller. Lieutenant Frank Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy. Stars: Died. Stars: A married soldier returning from World War II poses as a pregnant woman's husband to save her from her father's anger and honor. Directors: | Director: $6.94M, R Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized as the director and writer of the critically successful 1980 film Airplane! Leslie William Nielsen February 11, 1926 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. | | Toni Collette, $20.95M, R | Julie Hagerty, Queen Latifah, Votes: Stars: Mel Smith, $0.92M, R | | Gross: A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did. Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. The original take-off cult classic from the highly successful team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (Airplane, The Naked Gun), this "uproariously funny [film]" (TV Guide) launched a thousand laughs and serves as a precursor to the raunch-fests of the '80s and the blockbuster success of the Farrelly Brothers film. Nancy Marchand, Votes: Joel Schumacher | RELATED: You Killed Five Actors! Tia Carrere, Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. Personal Details Born. | Jim Abrahams, Airplane!’s opening titles spoofing Jaws with a plane in the sky is a doozy, but The Naked Gun boasts their most inventive title sequence. Ben Cross, Votes: With the help of home-surveillance cameras, they learn they're being stalked by a nefarious demon. Hart Bochner Jerry Zucker O.J. This is barely a 'film' in the sense that it's essentially a collection of loosely connected bits, skits, & … Lindsay Lohan, Votes: While The Zucker Brothers' Airplane! 134 min | David Zucker Stars: Comedy, Crime, Romance. David Zucker Director: Rebecca Gibney, Votes: 9,383 Jerry Zucker was born on March 11, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Demi Moore, Lieutenant Frank Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy. | | 86 min Dermot Mulroney, Airplane II just resurrects most the original cast from the first film and puts them on a spaceship instead of an airplane with the same jokes. Comedy, Sport. Priscilla Presley, Tony Goldwyn, Votes: Drama. Stars: Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher. Great writing (by Pat Proft, George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskand, and James Kevin McGuinnes), cast (John Turturro, Bob Nelson, Mel Smith, George De La Pena, John Savidant, Nancy Marchand, and the rest), directing by Dennis Dugan, stunts, and music make this a hysterical romp. Tribute to The Marx Brothers, antics result as the trio try to ... See full summary », Director: 81 min Regina Hall, Leslie Nielsen, With Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Whoopi Goldberg, Vince Vieluf. Find exactly what you're looking for! Jerry Zucker Stars: Drake Bell, | 109 min Directed by Mark Pirro. Whoopi Goldberg, Andy Richter, | Dennis Dugan Director: 93 min Director: | Stars: | Gross: Jonathan Pryce, Frequently worked with Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Brothers Star Sign. This is a movie that has Gene Wilder at his comic peak. Tribute to The Marx Brothers, antics result as the trio try to ... See full summary », Director: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Stone, Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team. 84 min $90.71M, PG-13 Stars: A terminally ill man prepares for his death. Doug Liman Comedy, Fantasy. Nicole Kidman, 31,488 Jon Lovitz, Val Kilmer, | Stars: An anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country. 12,626 | Peter Segal 103 min 339,197 Julia Roberts, Sonya Davison, | Gross: Dian Bachar, | After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic. | Director: Sean Connery, Landis rose to international recognition as director of the wildly successful National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). Cindy must investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Priscilla Presley, Hogan Drama, Romance. Even Drebin varied his title, making it one of those distinctively amusing subtleties, for which the Abrahms and Zucker Brothers team are known. Michael Keaton, 25,729 Jeremy Kemp, Votes: George Lazenby, PG Sara Paxton, Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher. Matt Stone, The Zucker brothers did a wonderful job of putting this all together. | Queen Latifah, Votes: Kevin P. Farley, Personal Details Born. With Michael Palazzolo, Kent Butler, Taylor Whitney, Cynthia Brownell. | | Jerry Zucker Died. David Zucker, | 90 min Ashton Kutcher, | Hogan With Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Whoopi Goldberg, Vince Vieluf. Stars: It's gags gain momentum as the movie unwinds, until it's whipping around during the last few scenes almost out of control, yet marvelously in control. He produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1913. Born on October 16, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, director/writer/producer David Zucker, along with brother Jerry (Ghost, 1990) Zucker and longtime friend, Jim (Hot Shots, 1991) Abrahams, has established himself among Hollywood's (or at least Wisconsin's) most successful filmmakers. The autopsy, however, shows differently. Richard Gere, Kiefer Sutherland, (greatest spoof comedy of all time, in not a such humble opinion) and the pilot for failed TV series that will later become Naked Gun, the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrams took on the classic Spy films of WWII, Elvis movies, Grease, The Blue Lagoon and US culture.The result is a juvenile, stupidly quotable, hysterical comedy for the ages. $56.62M, PG-13 83 min | David Zucker | Gross: A comedy about Italians fighting with Chinese over who invented spaghetti. | | P.J. Comedy, Drama, Romance. Breckin Meyer, $46.57M, Not Rated | Gross: 63,512 80 min | Lucy Gutteridge, 86 min 108,574 $71.62M, PG-13 | Comedy, Horror. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized as the director and writer of the critically successful 1980 film Airplane! Adolph Zukor (January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. Giancarlo Giannini, Votes: ABBA, | George Kennedy, The feature length writing debut of ZAZ (Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams) in collaboration with John Landis directing. Julia Ormond, | | Gross: | Amy Smart, Born on October 16, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, legendary director/writer/producer David Zucker, along with legendary Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. | Keanu Reeves, After a man is asked to house sit for his boss, he becomes determined to get closer to the boss's daughter, but events keep unfolding that stop him from achieving his goal. 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