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Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (abbreviated to ZAZ) were an American comedy filmmaking trio consisting of Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker who specialised in writing slapstick comedy films during the 1980s.
David Samuel Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized for collaborating with Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry as part of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, with whom he wrote and directed the 1980 film Airplane! and created The Naked Gun ...
Films written, produced or directed by, David and Jerry Zucker. List activity. 19K views. 66 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 29 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Kentucky Fried Movie. 1977 1h 23m R. 6.4 (20K) Rate. 61 Metascore.
Jerry Gordon Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American film producer, director, and writer known for his role in directing comedy spoof films such as Airplane! and Top Secret!, and the Best Picture -nominated supernatural drama film Ghost. [1] . He and his older brother, David Zucker, collaborated on several films. Life and career.
- Kentucky Fried Origins. The Zucker brothers and Abrahams got their start making fun of pop-culture in comedy sketch shows, and never really stopped. While at The University of Wisconsin in the late ’60s and early ’70s they founded The Kentucky Fried Theater, where they would routinely spoof B-movies, TV shows, and the nightly news.
- Airplane! takes off. With one moderately successful film (thanks to a shoestring budget) under their belts, ZAZ decided to take the unusual step of writing and directing their next project on their own.
- Police Squad! and The Naked Gun. Having conquered the cinema, ZAZ turned their attention to the small screen. Their next project was the short lived but much loved series Police Squad!
- Top Secret! Among the spoofs ZAZ produced, Top Secret! didn’t enjoy the lasting success of Airplane! or the Naked Gun films, but it’s worth revisiting for Val Kilmer’s performance alone as Nick Rivers, an American rock star who gets caught up in an East German plot while performing overseas.
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Sep 3, 2019 · It’s not often you see three directors credited with a run of movies – but comedy directorial legends Zucker Abrahams Zucker ultimately had to go their own way. From Kentucky Fried Movie through to Ruthless People, the team of Jerry Zucker, David Zucker and Jim Abrahams in their own way ripped up the Hollywood textbook.
