Airplane II: The Sequel
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 Airplane II: The Sequel theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Ken Finkleman |
| Produced by | Howard W. Koch |
| Written by | Ken Finkleman |
| Starring | Julie Hagerty Robert Hays Lloyd Bridges Chad Everett |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein Richard Hazard |
| Cinematography | Joe Biroc |
| Editing by | Tina Hirsch |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 10, 1982 |
| Running time | 85 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Airplane! |
Airplane II: The Sequel (also known as Flying High II: The Sequel) is an American comedy sequel to the 1980 film Airplane! First released on December 10, 1982, the film was written and directed by Ken Finkleman and stars Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Rip Torn, and Sonny Bono.
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[edit] Plot
The moon has been colonized and supports a station on its surface. A lunar shuttle known as Mayflower One is being rushed to launch. The head of the ground crew, The Sarge (Chuck Connors), does not like what is occurring, but he defers to the airline's management. On-board is computer officer Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hagerty), who was a flight attendant in the first movie. Elaine has long-since left Ted Striker (Robert Hays) and is now engaged to one of the flight crew, Simon Kurtz (Chad Everett). On the flight crew with Dickinson and Kurtz are Captain Clarence Oveur (Peter Graves), First Officer Dunn (James A. Watson, Jr.) and Navigator Dave Unger (Kent McCord).
Striker has been committed to an insane asylum, as he was declared mentally incompetent in a lawsuit brought after the lunar shuttle crashed during a test flight that Ted piloted. Striker believes that the lawsuit was used to silence him because he knew there were problems with the lunar shuttle which made it unsafe. Now Striker is haunted by his actions in "The War", specifically the events that took place over "Macho Grande", where he lost his entire squadron. When Striker reads of the upcoming Lunar Shuttle launch he escapes the asylum and buys a ticket for the flight.
During the flight, Mayflower One suffers a short circuit and the computer develops a mind of its own, sending the ship toward the sun. Unger and Dunn try to deactivate the computer, but are blown out of an airlock. Oveur tries to stop the computer, but the computer gasses him. Kurtz abandons Elaine and leaves in the only escape pod. Once again Striker is called upon to save the day, but first he has to figure out how to make the computer relinquish control.
Steven McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges), the air traffic controller, reveals that a passenger named Joe Seluchi (Sonny Bono) had boarded Mayflower One with a bomb, intending to commit suicide so that his wife can collect on insurance money. Striker manages to wrestle the bomb from him and uses it to blow up the computer and set course for the moon as originally intended.
On the way to the Moon, control of the flight is shifted to a lunar base, commanded by Cmdr. Buck Murdoch (William Shatner). He has a high level of contempt for Striker because of Macho Grande, but agrees to help anyway. They manage to land the craft on the moon. Ted and Elaine fall back in love and are married at the end.
After the wedding, Seluchi looks into the cockpit and asks for his briefcase back.
[edit] Cameo appearances
Pat Sajak has a minor role in this movie as a TV news anchor. The year before, he had been named host of Wheel of Fortune. Other cameos include Leon Askin, George Wendt, David Leisure, David Paymer, Raymond Burr, Jack Jones, Hervé Villechaize, Art Fleming, Joyce DeWitt, Richard Jaeckel, John Vernon and Alison Price who appeared in Grease 2 that same year, also written by Ken Finkleman.
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After the end credits, a teaser trailer appears saying "Coming from Paramount Pictures: Airplane III" and a scene of William Shatner saying "That's exactly what they'll be expecting us to do!" (implying that there will actually be no such film). Most theatrical and home video prints retain the Airplane III teaser, but it is omitted on some TV airings.
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