Biography: Leslie Nielsen |

Although his career stretches back half a century and includes over 100 films and countless TV programs, Leslie Nielsen gained true fame late in his career, when he starred in a series of comic spoofs beginning with 1980's Airplane!. The son of a... more
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Cast: David Zucker Peter Boyle   
Tags: Gross-Out Comedy Comedy Absurd Comedy Horror Comedy Parody/Spoof Slapstick 
Length: 88min
While star Anna Faris returns for the third film in the Scary Movie series, the power behind the camera has shifted from the Wayans brothers to one of the Zucker brothers. The Zucker in question is David Zucker, and he's brought along his partner in...

Tags: Science Fiction Comedy Sci-Fi Comedy Parody/Spoof 
Length: 98min
Originally titled 2000.1: A Space Travesty, this zany send-up of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi classic will never be confused with Noel Coward or Neil Simon. The inescapable Leslie Nielsen (who also co-produced and co-scripted) stars as U.S. Marshall...

Cast: James Keach   
Tags: Comedy Detective Film 
Length: 97min
A veteran detective and his novice assistant find some very unexpected mysteries in this offbeat comedy. Jack Potter (Leslie Nielsen) is a hard-boiled but absent-minded private detective who thinks it might be a good idea to retire soon. Potter is...

Cast: Michael York Richard Crenna   
Tags: Parody/Spoof Absurd Comedy Comedy 
Length: 85min
Pat Proft directed this satire on The Fugitive with a plot parody of the 1993 Harrison Ford movie, which in turn was inspired by the 1963-67 ABC television series with David Janssen. Violinist Ryan Harrison (Leslie Nielsen) romances the wife (Kelly Le...

Cast: Swoosie Kurtz   
Tags: Comedy of Manners Comedy 
Length: 90min
Previously adapted twice before, most notably for the Oscar-nominated 1950 film starring James Stewart, Mary Chase's classic stage-play +Harvey once again receives the celluloid treatment with this 1998 CBS made-for-TV movie. Night Court's Harry...

Cast: Leslie Nielsen   
Tags: Fantasy Comedy Comedy Family Family-Oriented Comedy 
Length: 88min
Containing much of the same spirit that permeated Tim Allen's The Santa Clause, Santa Who? tells the story of Zack (Max Morrow), a young boy who helps Santa (Leslie Nielsen) figure out who he is after an attack of amnesia caused by a fall from his...

Cast: Charles Durning Robert Culp Marcia Gay Harden Barry Bostwick   
Tags: Comedy Spy Comedy Parody/Spoof Absurd Comedy 
Length: 80min
The first of several sight gag and slapstick-rich comedies he produced without the team of Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, this lowbrow comedy from executive producer and star Leslie Nielsen suffers by comparison to his work with the...

Cast: Kelly Lynch Stephen Tobolowsky   
Tags: Family Comedy Slapstick Family-Oriented Comedy 
Length: 87min
Action-adventure director Stanley Tong (Supercop, Rumble in the Bronx) did a change of pace by directing this live-action adaptation of UPA's bumbling, near-sighted Mr. Magoo the animated-series character created during the '40s by John Hubley and...

Cast: Judge Reinhold   
Tags: Comedy 
Length: 120min
In this family-friendly comedy, a band of orphans are taken to a summer camp by their accident-prone guardian Harry (Leslie Nielsen). However, they soon find that they have to fight to keep the place open when greedy land tycoon Jeffrey Shayes (Judge...

S.P.Q.R. 2.000 e 1/2 anni fa (1995)
Tags: Adventure Comedy Parody/Spoof Comedy 
Length: 101min
Some things never change as this Italian comedy which spoofs government corruption, sports, night clubs, and the Mafia, amply proves. It is set in Rome, circa 71 B.C. and features comic actor Leslie Nielsen as a character similar to those in his Naked...




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