The crazy spoof of disaster movies, a mix of old school vaudeville, Looney Tunes cartoon gags, and “Mad” magazine irreverence, has my vote for the funniest film ever made.
Tag: Robert Stack
John Wayne pilots ‘The High and the Mighty’ on SVOD and DVD
The High and the Mighty was the biggest hit of 1954 and nominated for six Academy Awards (it won for Dmitri Tiomkin’s memorable score). Seen today, this lavish aviation drama falls squarely between Stagecoach and Airport, a large ensemble drama about a mechanical crisis on a Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight where every passenger has a story […]