80-year-old Jim Abrahams, 'Aterriza como puedas' and 'Top Secret!' the director of his films.

80-year-old Jim Abrahams, 'Aterriza como puedas' and 'Top Secret!' the director of his films.

director Jim Abrahams He died at the age of 80. Era la A dentro del trio ZAZ, organized junto a los hermanos Jerry and David Zucker, responsible for some of the major classics of comedy absurda Creators of modern parodies in Hollywood it is incomprehensible Land as much as you can (1980) he Top Secret! (1984).

Abrahams, who died of natural causes on Tuesday at his home in Santa Monica, California. Attend the script at the beginning Buy as much as you can (1988), adaptation de su series Police team! (1982), and he directed the two films alone Hot shots! (1991, 1993) y Mafia, first of all (1998).

Today is the best absurdo and paródico humor que se conviro en marca de la casa ZAZ. eschatologies remixed with a frenetic beat of jams per second, delirious puns, silly jokes and clever humor un frenesí destinado a burlarse de todo.

I have any friends in Wisconsin, this is the center of the institute. John Landis. Era Kentucky Fried Movie, estrenada en España como Made in USA (1977), y su estructura repleta de sketches desvinculados, más una parodia a conciencia de Operation Dragon y el cine de bruce lee, It served as the beginning of Landis's generational success Desmadre a la American el año siguiente.

Perfect parody

Los ZAZ pasaron escribir y dirigir a seis manos su siguiente proyecto: Land as much as you can, una parodia salvaje del cine de catástrofe aéréas, muy en boga por la saga Aeropuerto. His formula was incredibly clear. Tomaron como main la película Suspense… hora cero (1957), for the B series argumento y dialogos afectados se destapan como risibles al ser reinterpretados in the midst of the absurd.

La jugada maestra fue sumar al conjunto a actors de trajección serial y voz profunda, como Leslie Nielsen y Lloyd Bridges. Esas interpretaciones dramáticas dando réplicas que son historia de la comedy (“No me llame Shirley”, “Elegí mal día para dejar de fumar”) established a career for siempre.

Los ZAZ also worked together Top Secret! (1984), starring a young Val Kilmer, y Fortunately, I was very happy (1986), with Bette Midler and Danny DeVito, special revista recuerda.

Abrahams led Gemelas also in ensalada (1988), co-wrote and directed by Midler and Lily Tomlin. Hot shots! (1991) and its 1993 sequel, both starring Charlie Sheen.

El ultimo credit como scriptura de Abrahams llegó con Horror movie 4 In 2006. He also has minor credits as an actor Kentucky Fried Movie, Land as much as you can, Top Secret! y In El Principe de Zamunda).

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