Jim Abrahams

Jim Abrahams

Jim Abrahams  (born 10 May 1944) is an American movie director and writer. Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, to a Jewish family, and attended Shorewood High School.[1] He is known for the spoof movies that he co-wrote and produced with brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, such as Airplane! (for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) and The Naked Gun series. The team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (also referred to as "ZAZ") really began when the three men grew up together in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Abrahams later produced movies on his own such as Big Business, and further honed his skills in parody with Hot Shots! and its 1993 sequel Hot Shots! Part Deux. He now lives in Eagle River, Wisconsin.

  • Title: Jim Abrahams
  • Popularity: 3.151
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1944-05-10
  • Place of Birth: Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA
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  • Also Known As: James S. "Jim" Abrahams, 짐 에이브러햄스
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Jim Abrahams Movies

  • 1993
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    Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

    Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

    5.5 1993 HD

    As part of the film's promotion, a mockumentary was aired on HBO. Titled Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology, the mockumentary...

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  • 1980
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    Airplane!

    Airplane!

    7.3 1980 HD

    An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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  • 1983
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    Cocaine Blues

    Cocaine Blues

    1 1983 HD

    A look at the problems associated with cocaine use, including the toll it takes, not only on the users themselves but on society in general.

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  • 1984
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    Top Secret!

    Top Secret!

    7.1 1984 HD

    Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous...

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  • 1988
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    Coming to America

    Coming to America

    6.882 1988 HD

    An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In...

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  • 1991
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    Oscar

    Oscar

    6.3 1991 HD

    Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite...

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  • 2015
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    Kareem: Minority of One

    Kareem: Minority of One

    7.2 2015 HD

    This documentary charts the complexity and genius of the NBA's all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's legendary career, both on and off the...

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  • 1977
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    The Kentucky Fried Movie

    The Kentucky Fried Movie

    6.2 1977 HD

    A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy...

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  • 2019
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    FAT: A Documentary

    FAT: A Documentary

    6.2 2019 HD

    Weight loss expert Vinnie Tortorich and award-winning filmmaker Peter Pardini want you to join their team to make a hard-hitting documentary film...

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  • 1980
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    Airplane!

    Airplane!

    7.3 1980 HD

    An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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  • 1980
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    Airplane!

    Airplane!

    7.3 1980 HD

    An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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  • 2006
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    Scary Movie 4

    Scary Movie 4

    5.48 2006 HD

    Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are...

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  • 1990
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    Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

    Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

    6.2 1990 HD

    Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to...

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  • 1993
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    Hot Shots! Part Deux

    Hot Shots! Part Deux

    6.5 1993 HD

    Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue...

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  • 1993
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    Hot Shots! Part Deux

    Hot Shots! Part Deux

    6.5 1993 HD

    Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue...

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  • 1993
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    Hot Shots! Part Deux

    Hot Shots! Part Deux

    6.5 1993 HD

    Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue...

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  • 1984
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    Top Secret!

    Top Secret!

    7.1 1984 HD

    Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous...

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  • 1984
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    Top Secret!

    Top Secret!

    7.1 1984 HD

    Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous...

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  • 1986
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    Ruthless People

    Ruthless People

    6.607 1986 HD

    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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  • 1998
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    Jane Austen's Mafia!

    Jane Austen's Mafia!

    5.4 1998 HD

    Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.

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  • 1998
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    Jane Austen's Mafia!

    Jane Austen's Mafia!

    5.4 1998 HD

    Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.

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  • 1991
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    Hot Shots!

    Hot Shots!

    6.6 1991 HD

    The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only...

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  • 1997
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    ...First Do No Harm

    ...First Do No Harm

    6.9 1997 HD

    When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under...

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  • 1988
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    Big Business

    Big Business

    6.3 1988 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

    Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

    6.5 1994 HD

    Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for...

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  • 1988
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    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    7.3 1988 HD

    When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

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  • 1988
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    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    7.3 1988 HD

    When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

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  • 1980
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    Airplane!

    Airplane!

    7.3 1980 HD

    An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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  • 1992
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    Brain Donors

    Brain Donors

    6.2 1992 HD

    Three manic idiots—a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like...

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  • 1984
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    Top Secret!

    Top Secret!

    7.1 1984 HD

    Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous...

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  • 1991
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    Hot Shots!

    Hot Shots!

    6.6 1991 HD

    The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only...

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  • 1994
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    An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet

    An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet

    1 1994 HD

    An introduction to the Ketogenic Diet, a special high-fat diet used to treat seizures, as a treatment for childhood epilepsy narrated by Meryl...

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  • 1977
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    The Kentucky Fried Movie

    The Kentucky Fried Movie

    6.2 1977 HD

    A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy...

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  • 1991
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    The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

    The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

    6.8 1991 HD

    Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of...

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  • 1991
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    The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

    The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

    6.8 1991 HD

    Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of...

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  • 1990
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    Cry-Baby

    Cry-Baby

    6.5 1990 HD

    A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.

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  • 2022
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    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    7.7 2022 HD

    A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant...

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  • 1970
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    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    7.8 1970 HD

    In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin and his fellow officers from Police Squad bungle their...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    7.8 1970 HD

    In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin and his fellow officers from Police Squad bungle their...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    7.8 1970 HD

    In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin and his fellow officers from Police Squad bungle their...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

    7.8 1970 HD

    In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin and his fellow officers from Police Squad bungle their...

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