What American comedy is directed by Blake Edwards and has special effects technician Leland "Lee" Zavitz woking on it?
Lee Zavitz Leland "Lee" Zavitz (August 20, 1904– June 2, 1977) was a special effects technician. He was born in Mount Vernon, Washington. His first major impact was for his work on John Ford's 1937 film, "The Hurricane". Zavitz's work on the 1950 space fantasy film "Destination Moon" won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He also worked on films such as "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1956), "The Alamo" (1960), "Sodom and Gomorrah" (1963), "The Pink Panther" (1963) and John Frankenheimer's "The Train" (1964). His last film was Sydney Pollack's wartime chiller "Castle Keep" in 1969.
Airplane! Airplane! (titled Flying High! in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and the Philippines) is a 1980 American satirical parody film directed and written by David and Jerry Zucker as well as Jim Abrahams, and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lorna Patterson. The film is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film "Zero Hour!", from which it borrows the plot and the central characters, as well as many elements from "Airport 1975". The film is known for its use of surreal humor and its fast-paced slapstick comedy, including visual and verbal puns and gags.