He and boyhood friends Jerry and David Zucker got their start with 'The Kentucky Fried Movie,' and they also were behind 'Top Secret!' and 'Ruthless People.' ...
Jim Abrahams, the writer-director behind films like Airplane! and Naked Gun, has passed away at the age of 80.
Mr. Abrahams built a wide-ranging résumé as a solo director including comedies such as “Big Business” (1988), starring Bette ...
Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies ... Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and ...
Jim Abrahams, who co-created spoofs such as Airplane! and The Naked Gun, has died at the age of 80. His son Joseph told trade website The Hollywood Reporter, that the writer died of natural causes at ...