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Apr 18, 2008 · Jerry Zucker, a self-made billionaire who turned a small holding company into an empire that eventually bought the Hudson’s Bay Company of Canada, died Saturday at his home in Charleston, S.C.
Jerry Zucker (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 11 de marzo de 1950) es un director y productor de cine estadounidense, reconocido por sus películas de comedia. Biografía [ editar ] Hijo de dos actores, Burton Zucker (1916-2008) y Charlotte Zucker (1921-2007). [ 1 ]
Jerry Zucker (Milwaukee, 11 marzo 1950) è un regista, sceneggiatore e produttore cinematografico statunitense, membro del trio Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker. Carriera La prima parte della sua carriera fu caratterizzata dalla collaborazione con il fratello David e con l ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Airplane!, American comedy film released in 1980 that parodies the disaster film genre with a story about a former pilot who must land a commercial plane after the passengers and pilots fall ill. Written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, the film combines content from Zero Hour! (1957), along with slapstick, surreal comedy, and other types of humour to satirize the ...
Oct 3, 2023 · DAVID ZUCKER, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker knew one another growing up in Shorewood, Wisconsin. While attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the trio founded a small theater known as The Kentucky Fried Theater in 1971. They moved to Los Angeles in 1972, which led to their first film The Kentucky Fried Movie in 1977.
Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, and produced by Jon Davison.It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lorna Patterson.
Oct 7, 2023 · W hen I ask Jim Abrahams and David Zucker what it was like to make a movie—in this case, the 1980 comedy Airplane!—with three directors (David’s brother, Jerry, being the third), I seem to have caught them flat-footed. “Normally, when someone asks that, we all start to talk at once, and we totally missed it,” Abrahams says.
