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Airplane II: The Sequel is an American comedy film, first released on December 10, 1982, written and directed by Ken Finkleman, and starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Rip Torn and Sonny Bono. It is the sequel to the 1980 film Airplane!
.

In some foreign releases (including Australia), Airplane II was entitled Flying High II: The Sequel.

Just like the Original, Airplane II spoofs airline disaster stories such as Zero Hour!
and Airport. This time, however, they add an element of the science fiction film genre, with elements specifically from 2001: A Space Odyssey
. It also makes light of the wave of aircraft hijackings that had occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Pat Sajak has a minor role in this movie as a TV news anchor. The year before, he had been named host of Wheel of Fortune. Other cameos include George Wendt, David Leisure, Raymond Burr, Jack Jones, Hervé Villechaize, Joyce DeWitt and John Vernon.

Some of Airplane!
's original cast members play different characters in the sequel, the most noticeable being Stephen Stucker's "Jacobs" character (in the original, he was known as "Johnny Hinshaw"). In addition, Frank Ashmore, who played flight navigator Victor Basta in the original, has a small role as a Houston air traffic controller while Craig Berenson, who played Paul Carey (the airline employee sent to pick up Rex Kramer) in the original, has a role as a passenger who shaves in the shuttle's restroom as it descends.

The original writers and directors of Airplane!, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, were not involved in this film, and according to the commentary on the DVD release of the first movie, all three claim to have never seen the film. They had been attached at one point to make this sequel, but decided that they had gone as far as they could have with airplane jokes with the first film and backed out.

Plot synopsis

A Lunar Shuttle known as "Mayflower One", which looks very close to the Space Shuttle, is being rushed to launch. The head of the ground crew, The Sarge (played by Chuck Connors, and a spoof of Joe Patroni), does not like what's going on, but defers to the airline's management. On-board as computer officer is Elaine (Hagerty), who has long-since left Ted Striker (Hays) and is now engaged to one of the flight crew, Simon Kurtz (Everett).

Captain Clarence Oveur (played by Peter Graves) returns as the Captain. On the flight crew with Oveur and Kurtz are First Officer Dunn (James A. Watson, Jr.) and Navigator Dave Unger (Kent McCord).

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