Airplane!
- PG
- Year:
- 1980
- 88 min
- 4,718 Views
FADE IN:
EXT. SKY - JUST ABOVE CLOUDS - NIGHT
OMINOUS, THREATENING MUSIC. The upper tail fin of a jet
plane emerges through the cloud layer and PASSES THROUGH the
FRAME like a shark's fin through water. It passes by again
in the opposite direction. MUSIC BUILDS as the fin comes
straight TOWARD the CAMERA, MUSIC SWELLS to CRESCENDO as
entire jet plane lifts out of clouds and passes overhead.
TITLE SLASHES ACROSS SCREEN, "AIRPLANE!"
CREDITS and MUSIC continue over following.
ESTABLISHING terminal building.
EXT. TERMINAL BUILDING - PASSENGER LOADING ZONE - NIGHT
Airport bus arrives. Stewardess ELAINE DICKINSON steps off.
CAMERA FOLLOWS Elaine as she walks to terminal building.
P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
The white zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of passengers only. There is
no stopping in the red zone.
P.A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
The red zone is for immediate loading and
unloading of passengers. There is no
stopping in the white zone.
P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
No. The white zone is for loading and
unloading, and there is no stopping in the
red zone.
P.A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
The red zone has always been for loading
and unloading, and there is never stopping
in a white zone.
P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
Don't tell me which zone is for stopping
and which zone is for loading.
P.A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
Listen, Betty. Don't start up with your
white zone sh*t again!
Elaine enters terminal building.
INT. TERMINAL BUILDING - NIGHT
Elaine is approached by a religious ZEALOT #1.
ZEALOT #1
Hello, we'd like you to have this flower
from the Religious Consciousness Church.
ELAINE:
No, but thank you very much.
Arrival-Departure TV monitors. Elaine approaches.
Reads:
Flight 209 to Chicago - Depart Gate 89 - 7:25 p.m.Arrival monitor is goldfish swimming.
BACK TO ELAINE:
She checks her watch and walks past Security Check area.
CAMERA STAYS with a middle-aged couple, SHIRLEY and JACK,
waiting to pass through Security Check. Behind them is sign
reading:
WARNING, HIJACKING IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE, etc.SHIRLEY:
Jack, isn't that Fred Bliffert over there
in the blue turtleneck? Maybe he's on our
flight to Chicago.
JACK:
Yeah, I think he is.
(waves)
Hey, Fred!
FRED recognizes Jack.
FRED:
(yelling)
Hi, Jack!!!
A swarm of police and airport security men descend on Fred
and take him away.
EXT. AIRPORT - PASSENGER LOADING ZONE - NIGHT
A limousine arrives. Two colorfully dressed BLACK DUDES
emerge. An extra pesters them. Two HARE KRISHNA'S arrive on
foot and walk toward terminal.
P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
There's just no stopping in the white
zone.
P.A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
Christ, you're as bad as your mother!
P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
Oh, really, Vernon! Why pretend? We both
know perfectly well what it is you're
talking about. You want me to have an
abortion.
P.A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
It's really the only sensible thing to do.
If it's done properly, therapeutically,
there's no danger involved.
P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
Have you considered that what's inside me
is a human being; that it's alive. We made
love. It's us -- you and me.
P.A. SYSTER (male v.o.)
That isn't true. A fetus at this stage is
not a human being, nor is it a person.
Krishnas enter terminal building.
INT. TERMINAL BUILDING - NIGHT
The Krishnas are approached by the Religious Zealot.
ZEALOT #2
Hello, we'd like you to have this flower
from the Church of Consciousness. Would
you like to make a donation?
KRISHNA:
(shakes his head)
No, we gave at the office.
INT. TERMINAL BUILDING - NIGHT
A voluptuous BLONDE saunters through the airport, clears her
throat loudly, and spits on the wall.
She walks past an ELDERLY WOMAN standing outside a men's
room door. She turns and sticks her head in the door.
ELDERLY WOMAN:
Go, O.J., go!!
INT. SECURITY CHECK AREA - NIGHT
SECURITY CHECK LADY is watching X-ray scanner. First picture
is typically filled suitcase, then another, then a chest X-
ray.
A man passes through metal detector archway and it BEEPS.
SECURITY LADY:
Please put your metal objects on this
tray.
He puts his watch, keys on the tray. Then removes his metal
arm and metal leg.
EXT. TERMINAL BUILDING - PASSENGER LOADING AREA - NIGHT
MR. and MRS. HAMMEN and their eight year old son, JOEY,
arrive in a station wagon. They unload luggage.
P.A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
The red zone is for immediate loading and
unloading of passengers only. There is no
stopping in the white zone.
P.A. System Female v.o. weeping.
P. A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
The red zone is for...Betty, put down that
gun!
SHOTS and GROAN.
P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
The white zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of passengers only. There is
no stopping in the red zone.
The Hammens walk toward terminal past a BUSINESSMAN.
BUSINESSMAN:
Taxi!
A taxi cab skids to a stop in front of him. The Businessman
gets in as the driver, TED STRIKER, drops the flag and
rushes out.
STRIKER:
Back in a minute.
INT. TERMINAL BUILDING - BAGGAGE PICKUP AREA - NIGHT
Striker enters, looking around as if searching for someone.
People are rolling down the conveyor belt of a baggage
carousel, banging into each other like luggage. The luggage
is standing around the conveyor belt, waiting for the people
to come off.
INT. TERMINAL BUILDING - ANOTHER AREA - NIGHT
Striker, walking briskly, is approached by Zealot #3 who
tries to pin a flower on his jacket. Striker keeps walking
but the Zealot is persistent. Finally, Striker slips out of
his jacket leaving the Zealot with the coat.
P.A. SYSTEM (v.o.)
Your attention, please. Flight seven-
thirty-three from Milwaukee is now
arriving on the B Concourse, Gate thirty-
five.
EXT. RUNWAY - NIGHT
Flight 733 taxis toward gate. A GROUND CREWMAN with red
flashlights is directing plane to his right. A SECOND
GROUND CREWMAN approaches as First Ground Crewman continues
to direct plane to his right.
Translation
Translate and read this script in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Airplane!" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/airplane!_89>.
Discuss this script with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In