Tag: Jim Abrahams

Big Business Script

Script by:Dori Pierson (Screenplay), Marc Reid Rubel (Screenplay)
Directed by:Jim Abrahams
Year:1988
IMDb:tt0094739

Plot:In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
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Ruthless People Script

Script by:Dale Launer (Screenplay), O. Henry (Story)
Directed by:Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Year:1986
IMDb:tt0091877

Plot:A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Script

Script by:Jerry Zucker (Writer), Jim Abrahams (Writer), David Zucker (Writer), Pat Proft (Writer)
Directed by:David Zucker
Year:1988
IMDb:tt0095705

Plot:When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
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Airplane! Script

Script by:Jim Abrahams (Author), David Zucker (Author), Jerry Zucker (Author), Arthur Hailey (Teleplay)
Directed by:Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Year:1980
IMDb:tt0080339

Plot:Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.
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