Surely You Can't Be Serious
Book description
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film.
Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in…
Why read it?
1 author picked Surely You Can't Be Serious as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love biographies and also 'behind the scenes' glimpses of my favorite shows and movies.
Airplane! is one of my top ten all-time favorite movies, and I didn't know much about the making of the movie or the trio that created it, so this was right up my alley.
I liked that the book was written as a collection of small memory snippets, as the creators and actors recalled their days of filming the movie. I also enjoyed learning about the creator's very early days in showbiz.
It all felt very honest and real, refreshingly rough around the edges…
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