The director of the cult comedies " airplane!"and" Naked Gun". He was 80 years old
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Director and screenwriter Jim Abrahams has died at the age of 80 at his home in Santa Monica. He co-wrote the legendary comedies "airplane!", "Naked Gun" and " hotheads!".
Screenwriter and director of the hit comedies "airplane!"and" Naked Gun " Jim Abrahams died at the age of 80, reports UNN with reference to NME.
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Jim Abrams died at the age of 80. The death of the outstanding director was announced by his son Joseph. He said his father died of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica.
Jim Abrahams has worked with Jerry and David Zucker on a number of popular parodies, and the trio known as ZAZ has worked together on many hit films, including airplane!"and A Naked Gun.
Before releasing the film "Airplane!"ZAZ took a break during which they made parodies of advertising. The film grossed 1 171 million from a budget of just 3 3.5 million and regularly appears on the "best comedy of all time"lists.
Jim Abrahams also worked on the creation of the 1982 Television Series "police squad!", which starred Leslie Nielsen and the fake police show of the time.
The film "Naked Gun" was also a success and was directed in 1986, which made a significant profit of 152 million dollars.
In addition, the film " hotheads!"1991 with Charlie Sheen in the title role. Abrahams later co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Very Scary Movie 4.
Jim Abrahams co-founded the Charlie Foundation to help Cure Pediatric Epilepsy, which helped children with epilepsy. His son Charlie had a severe form of this disease. Subsequently, the director transferred his experience to creativity and in 1997 made the film "do no harm".
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