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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391145127
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D114512D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Running Time: 81 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1957
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Passengers on an airplane become food-poisoned causing a major emergency. This film is what Airplane! is based upon.Runtime: 81 minFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 085391145127 Manufacturer No: 114512
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
it's hard to watch this movie without thinking of Airplane,the movie
which spoofed it 22 years later.in this case,the movie itself is as
much of a parody as the movie that parodied it.Zero hour is rife with
hammy over the top the top dialogue that just begs to be
ridiculed,along with wooden over the top acting,and silly speeches.it
really is almost a comedy.having said that,it does have its
entertainment(and curiosity)value,and it isn't like it's
unwatchable.interestingly enough,i found that (at least,for me)Airplane
doesn't hold up over time,and found Zero Hour more entertaining.if you
go in with moderate expectation levels,you shouldn't be too
disappointed in this offering.for me Zero Hour is a 3/5
Rating:  -
Riddle: What is the difference between "Zero Hour!" and "Airplane!"? Answer: Not very much. The latter is only a slight exaggeration of the former, but that's enough to make us laugh.
Which isn't to say that "Zero Hour!" isn't risible on its own. Nothing happens you can't predict /before/ the movie starts (other than whether the fish or the lamb was tainted), the script is a string of clichés punctuated with lame psychological/philosophical dialog, and at the end, Dana Andrews and Sterling Hayden yelling senselessly at each other ("I'm coming in and there's nothing you can do about it!"). "Zero" runs a scant 80 minutes; one can only be grateful it's so short.
There isn't a single decent performance. Though one would like to think the actors broke into laughter at the end of most takes, I doubt any of them was paid enough to permit such levity. Andrews and Hayden likely wished they'd never made the film. It's not the sort of activity would would include in one's curriculum vitae.
Attention must be paid to Jerry Paris as a violently annoying ventriloquist trying to get a stewardess to accept his proposal. (Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker had the good sense to delete this sub-plot.) When he tries to cheer up sick little Joey with a miserable glove puppet (the Freudian implications of which should not be discussed in polite company), you wish the kid would puke on it. Paris had a long acting career, but is better remembered as a TV director, particularly of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (in which he also played Jerry Helper).
The low point of "Zero Hour!" (which might more aptly be titled "Zero Budget") occurs at the very end, with Andrews making a semi-crash landing that's one of the worst special effects you'll ever see. I couldn't stop laughing.
If you love "Airplane!" don't deny yourself the treat of "Zero Hour!". Just remember to choose the lamb, not the fish.
As is typical of Warner's Camp Cult Classics series, the transfer and sound are just about perfect. There is no running commentary, but "Airplane!" already provides one.
Rating:  -
Zero Hour! is not supposed to be a comedy (actually it's quite the B-movie), but as a die-hard fan of the 1980 classic Airplane! I laughed all the way through at all the lines the Zucker brothers lifted straight out of this movie -- they actually bought the rights to it so they could do this.
"Rain..."
"Rain..."
"And a little ice..."
"And a little ice..."
Fantastic!
Rating: -
What a fun movie. You'll understand where the movie Airplane got all its ideas.
A must see.
Rating: -
I have seen the movie Airplane countless times since it first came out on video. It's one of those films that can be watched over and over, even when you know the punchlines by heart. So when I found out that Zero Hour was the actual film that Airplane was based on, I couldn't wait to see. This film doesn't disappoint. So many of the characters are there, including Ted Striker, Elaine (named Ellen) and many of the same passengers. The dialog is there, word for word in most cases and even the camera shots are the same. When the young boy goes to the cockpit I expected to hear the pilot ask, "Ever seen a grown man naked?", but of course that doesn't happen in this movie. Even though this film wasn't meant to be funny I found myself laughing because I knew how it played out in Airplane. It's definitely a must have,
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