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Originally Posted by mousepod
...and Arthur Hailey also wrote "Runway Zero-Eight", which was based on his script for the 1957 movie Zero Hour!, the movie that Airplane! spoofs.
(According to Wikipedia, the story first appeared as a CBC TV Movie called Flight Into Danger, which I've never seen).
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Holy crap. I had never even heard of Zero Hour!. And holy crap again, wikipedia says that they bought the rights to the film when they made Airplane! and used the screenplay mostly verbatim. No f'n way!
I must see this.