Not only has Qantas had fatal crashes but has lost 2 planes due to shoot downs. All up the crashes and the shoot downs resulted in about 100 fatalities. Qantas itself doesn't claim that it's never had a fatal accident. They make the claim that they've never had a fatality due to a jetliner crash.
I was not clear in my statement - should add that they have had a few minor crashes since advent of jet age - but none involved fatalaties since circa 1960 - but qantas did indeed have a few crashes before the jet age - involving prop planes - and fatalaties did occur
I was working for Qantas when the movie came out . All staff got 2 free tickets to the movie Rainman . Also Qantas has crashed a piston engined aircraft . BUT , Qantas has never had a fatality or written off a JET ( gas turbine ) powered aircraft .
Actually, Qantas is one of the few 'Q' words that doesn't have a following U, because it started as an acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services.
So lucky we have Qantas.... Virgin Blue has near misses and brakes failing every other week hopefully all Australia's airlines can match Qantas' safety record!
Becuz I'm a white knuckle flier, I've been quoting Raymond's line about Qantas for yrs to anyone who will listen to me but they just think i'm crazy. Haha. Btw, I just read this on IMDb: "The scene in the airport was cut by most airlines on their plane trips... except Qantas. They even promoted one of the movie's writers to first class once when he traveled on their airline."
hallnoats4ever Are you trying to figure out autism logically??? Maybe he was used to that kind of travel and was more comfortable with it. Maybe he never read up on the different statistics with car/plane travel.
Folks afflicted with Autism do not respond well to change and also become fixated on things we may not understand. If you try to force them they become frustrated and in some cases self-injurious behavior is the result. Pretty good acting there.
Never noticed until now but some superb visual composition going on at 0.07 and 0.16. Firstly Ray’s head splits the screen, he looks at the TV on the right while yuppie Charlie is keeping his business afloat on the phone, on the left. Secondly - and this is brilliant from Levinson - you have Charlie taking up 2/3 of the screen on the phone, while the much smaller figure of Ray, glued to the TV, is on the right. The split in the screen contrasts their lives, the size of Charlie relative to Ray projects Charlie’s selfish mindset at that moment, where his own brother matters only to him because of money.
Well technically Aussies aren't saying them right either since Melbourne Aussies aren't pronouncing the bourne part like the English would (though without rhoticity) and Canberra is an Aboriginal word so again Canbra would not be the proper pronunciation of the tribe the word was taken from.
@@jasongoodacre Hmmm ... rather than Melbin or Melban, a better way of explaining the pronunciation would be Melbn, with equal emphasis on the Mel and bn syllables. :-)
Australian's pronounce it "Melbun". American's "MelboRne". In the US State of Texas, there is the city of Houston. British say "Hooston", we say "Hiewston" Every country pronounces cities differently. It's not a big deal.
Unfortunately this is UNTRUE. QANTAS never has had a crash involving total hull loss or fatality since the dawn of the jet era in 1960. That year a QANTAS Super Constellation crashed after a failed take off in Mauritius. No deaths however then. Prior to this, from its formation in 1922; QANTAS had 65 crashes with 72 deaths. Not including enemy activity in WW2 ! The worst culprit was the badly designed De Havilland DH 86. Bad experiences with this plane led QANTAS to American manufacturers and it has never purchased any British made aircraft since. it retired the Short Sunderland flying-boats in the 1950s.
I'm glad Raymond was giving Charlie a hard time because he was being selfish on trying to use Raymond to get the money. If they hadn't drove all the way to los angeles then he wouldn't have changed his ways.
@vnano Most planes don't have one screen per passenger. Almost no US airlines have this in economy class. However, you have to remember that you are paying for that service. Providing "free" TV screens to waiting passengers is completely different...
Here's another thing to consider: Qantas offers service from New York to Los Angeles, but they only offer it to those who buy the onward ticket to Australia. Perhaps they could have done that instead, but it would be a pretty expensive air fare...
Actually, 'Rain Man' came out on December 16, 1988 with premieres taking place in Los Angeles and New York City 2-4 days earlier before the nationwide release date.
Qantas have crashed before, just never a 'fatal' crash since the jet age. There were a few crashes during WW2 of qantas planes, and one in the Maldives in the 50s where a Connie lost power after takeoff and crashed, killing the few passengers on board. With the outsourcing of the maintenance, i think a crash is inevitable.
I am still wondering how did Raymond not notice any planes (let alone realise they were at an airport) until they are about to board?! They were bound to have seen several taking off in the distance as they drove nearer to the airport.
He probably never cared about planes there until he was actually confronted with boarding them. Sounds weird but an autistic mind works very different.
True, the planes were very out dated and back in those days flying was rather "primitive". Once jet planes were introduced so were far greater safety standards. Which has resulted in relatively safe air travel. These standards how ever have dropped since the new owners (a British based company) have bought the airline. Jobs that were performed by professional and highly skilled Australian workers are now performed by our cheaper Asian counterparts. Needless to say it's only a matter of time.
Actually, in the propellor era, Qantas crashed. If you want an airline that never had a crash with casualties, take Hawaiian. Never really crashed, just had 1 accident with a DC-10 (you know how that goes). Other than that, perfect record
The moment he uttered "QUANTUS" is one the best moments in movie history. I don't know, maybe we could convince Quantus to make flights to LA out of Cincinnati.
@William Eggleton I'm an Australian, having a joke. I know that it's Qantas. Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service. I was having a bit of fun, because it made my day when Qantas came up in that Rain Man scene.
Qantas has never lost a jet aircraft, last fatal accident in 1951 (has had a few close calls in the last year and a 747 overshot the runway in Bangkok landing in a golf course in 1999). 11 fatal accidents and only one of the crashes involved being shot down
Most service and maintenance is done at the Qantas Jet Base at Kingsford Smith Airport in Sydney. Some is done at overseas centres such as Changi in Singapore. There have been a few faults recently, it happens with every airline, but there have been no aeroplanes lost and no lives lost. Safety procedures have taken over and have worked as intended every time. "Google" USE IT!
to comment on Panamfreak, the reputation that Qantas never crashed with jets ain't valid anymore, as a 747 overran the runway in Thailand back in 2004.
@teutonicpenguin a few Qantas planes were shot down by the Japanese in WWII, only soldiers were on board...so Qantas has never lost any Civilians to an Accident
@217daneify I don't think QANTAS is in trouble. Even now when they codeshare alot of International Flights with airliners that have had serious crashes. I flew QANTAS LA --> Sydney on the A380 and it was extremely nice, I travel alot and I always find QANTAS to be friendly and courteous. And if you want to be specific QANTAS never crashed a commercial jet, but they had planes operating during WWII and had a couple of prop plane crashes after that, they have never crashed a JET engine plane.
qantas has never had a fatal 'jet' crash, i just said they have had a connie fatal crash. In fact, in the biography 'I still call Australia Home, the Qantas Story 1920-2005', i quote "The statistic isn't quite true - there were some incidents before and during the wars and one in 1951 when the airline was flying old World War 1 ex-fighter aircraft."
i am an australian. and yes qantas have never crashed but they also dont fly as much as the big american airline companies, if they did they will eventually crash as the laws of statistics say.
just had a near miss, flight coming from london to melbourne via hong kong had to make an emergency landing in manilla, when part of the fuselage ripped off. i know the stats, but still am happy when my feet are on the ground.
ya i so agree. i feel sorry for him, now when most people think of him the first thing that comes to their heads is "scientology", instead of his wonderful acting........damn media!
This wasn't product placement, but two the film's writers were later rewarded with upgrading to first class the next time they flew with Qantas. The information is inaccurate anyway, since Qantas crashed several times during the propeller era. However, Qantas hasn't had any fatalities since the introduction of jets.
The only reason Tom Cruise wasn't given Oscar consideration was because people dislike his character so much. But he played it brilliantly, biggest BS...
Qantas is still riding off this scene to this day.
Im not nomally a patriotic aussie - but even now qantas has not lost a passenger due to craft failure - that is amazing
Qantas has only ever had 1 crash and it was a minor one in Thailand I believe, and nobody was injured. I would never fly any Airline other than Qantas
Nope, Qantas have crashed much more, all without fatalities though, very very lucky
Not only has Qantas had fatal crashes but has lost 2 planes due to shoot downs. All up the crashes and the shoot downs resulted in about 100 fatalities. Qantas itself doesn't claim that it's never had a fatal accident. They make the claim that they've never had a fatality due to a jetliner crash.
I was not clear in my statement - should add that they have had a few minor crashes since advent of jet age - but none involved fatalaties since circa 1960 - but qantas did indeed have a few crashes before the jet age - involving prop planes - and fatalaties did occur
geoff hill not true. See my comment
One of the greatest movies ever made! Tom Cruise reaction to "Qantas" is priceless!
Enter the name into a field for a computerised voice to read out and hilarity will ensue!
SPOILER: It sounds like "Kansas".
I was working for Qantas when the movie came out . All staff got 2 free tickets to the movie Rainman . Also Qantas has crashed a piston engined aircraft . BUT , Qantas has never had a fatality or written off a JET ( gas turbine ) powered aircraft .
haha the only airline that never cut out this scene when showing it on the flights was Qantas
haha love it
Actually, Qantas is one of the few 'Q' words that doesn't have a following U, because it started as an acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services.
Interesting.
"I've got Jeopardy at 5:00, Jeopardy!"
I heard this scene was cut out whenever they showed this film on flights
Except Qantas
Was that only on non-quantus flights
@@daustin8888 Qantas never crashed
One of Hoffman's greatest performances
ASOT, great
aussie here, and Qantas is the only airline I trust completely. :3
You know the part where Ray and Tom agree that, "This is very serious." They were referring to two entirely different situations.
Pity Raymond wasn't around in 2014. He could have watched Double Jeopardy on his iPad on TH-cam to his heart's content!
So lucky we have Qantas.... Virgin Blue has near misses and brakes failing every other week hopefully all Australia's airlines can match Qantas' safety record!
1:36-1:38 He made eye contact!
You know shit's serious when rain man makes eye contact with you 👀
Tom Cruise deserves much respect for his work in this film, he plays his part perfectly and is tottally convincing.
This is probably the finest aged movie line of all time. It's July 2024 and Qantas still hasn't crashed.
Dustin hoffman is absolutely amazing in this film.
Becuz I'm a white knuckle flier, I've been quoting Raymond's line about Qantas for yrs to anyone who will listen to me but they just think i'm crazy. Haha. Btw, I just read this on IMDb:
"The scene in the airport was cut by most airlines on their plane trips... except Qantas. They even promoted one of the movie's writers to first class once when he traveled on their airline."
The only emotion I feel on a long flight is BOREDOM. Never once have I felt fear.
When Tom Cruise hits his briefcase in frustration...hilarious!
if Rainman won't fly why will he ride in a car and even drive a car slowly in the driveway???
hallnoats4ever Are you trying to figure out autism logically??? Maybe he was used to that kind of travel and was more comfortable with it. Maybe he never read up on the different statistics with car/plane travel.
Folks afflicted with Autism do not respond well to change and also become fixated on things we may not understand. If you try to force them they become frustrated and in some cases self-injurious behavior is the result. Pretty good acting there.
Never noticed until now but some superb visual composition going on at 0.07 and 0.16. Firstly Ray’s head splits the screen, he looks at the TV on the right while yuppie Charlie is keeping his business afloat on the phone, on the left. Secondly - and this is brilliant from Levinson - you have Charlie taking up 2/3 of the screen on the phone, while the much smaller figure of Ray, glued to the TV, is on the right. The split in the screen contrasts their lives, the size of Charlie relative to Ray projects Charlie’s selfish mindset at that moment, where his own brother matters only to him because of money.
He said Melbourne and Canberra wrong
Melbin and Canbra :)
ajrox999 that's how they say it in Omerica
Well technically Aussies aren't saying them right either since Melbourne Aussies aren't pronouncing the bourne part like the English would (though without rhoticity) and Canberra is an Aboriginal word so again Canbra would not be the proper pronunciation of the tribe the word was taken from.
It's pronounced Melban
@@jasongoodacre Hmmm ... rather than Melbin or Melban, a better way of explaining the pronunciation would be Melbn, with equal emphasis on the Mel and bn syllables. :-)
That should be Qantas' new motto
"Qantas Never Crashed"
nah, it would jinx it LOL
Poor guy:-( he's so scared of the plane!! ☹️☹️
Tell him that more people die in cars than jets.
Kathleen P So am I, you dope. I just thought it was funny, thinking about the guy going mental knowing that fact.
heyjoesoap but if u fly at least twice per year and drive the average amount there’s a similar chance
It’s pretty much the first thing Cruise’s character says. ”Safest travel in the world”
Infinitely more cars
I love how Raymond active his narrator mode right after hearing any specific term.
The best advertisement for Qantas Airlines.
Apparently all the other airlines removed the part where he mentions Qantas never crashed when showing this movie on their planes
They would just show car going in...car coming out.
Australian's pronounce it "Melbun". American's "MelboRne".
In the US State of Texas, there is the city of Houston. British say "Hooston", we say "Hiewston" Every country pronounces cities differently. It's not a big deal.
True
British people also say Hiewston, it just depends what part of Britain they're from. People from London are more likely to say Hooston.
...and of course I got Jeopardy at 5 o'clock 🤣🤣🤣
they both need a medal for this acting
Unfortunately this is UNTRUE. QANTAS never has had a crash involving total hull loss or fatality since the dawn of the jet era in 1960. That year a QANTAS Super Constellation crashed after a failed take off in Mauritius. No deaths however then. Prior to this, from its formation in 1922; QANTAS had 65 crashes with 72 deaths. Not including enemy activity in WW2 ! The worst culprit was the badly designed De Havilland DH 86. Bad experiences with this plane led QANTAS to American manufacturers and it has never purchased any British made aircraft since. it retired the Short Sunderland flying-boats in the 1950s.
Thanks, Raymond. Now get on the fucking plane.
kinda irrelevant
In 1973 I invited DH to Australia for my 21st birthday. He wrote back apologising for inability to attend. I wish I had the Qanta line then !!!! 😂
Qantas is one of the longest running airlines in the world and also have the best safety record. I love flying with them when i can.
I'm glad Raymond was giving Charlie a hard time because he was being selfish on trying to use Raymond to get the money. If they hadn't drove all the way to los angeles then he wouldn't have changed his ways.
QANTAS still has never had a commercial airliner crash.
Dustin Hoffman is devastating in this film, just incredible.
He deserved the Oscar!
Cruise is the most unappreciated and underrated actor in the film industry.
Tom Cruise is very underrated in this film. You can feel his frustration in your bones.
I’m currently on a Qantas flight Darwin to Perth 😄
The actor is DUSTIN Hoffman
2:58 This is what I do when women say no, I pull a rainman. "Wahhhhhhhhhh!!!" start slapping my own head, works like a charm.
Hahaha good plan
Jason Eaton
They're like "Oh God, will my large, round breasts help?"
***** yes! That's how life works 😄
@@JacobDavidCCunningham Yeahhh
It sounds like Melborn but I live in Australia and it sounds like melbin
Yeah that's how Americans pronoune it coz its spelt Mel----Bourne....so they pronounce it like the word Bourne......
killbot86 or some people say Melburn, but it just hurts the ears
it's more Melb'n ... it's neither Melbin or Melben, neither i or e is pronounced but rather discarded
It's Dennis Bergkamp not Dennis Hoffman
The non-flying rainman.
In 2022 this is still true. In fact no other modern Australian airline has crashed either
Still a true fact to this day, Qantas has never lost an aircraft! Accidents yes. Never lost a plane because of one.
@vnano Most planes don't have one screen per passenger. Almost no US airlines have this in economy class. However, you have to remember that you are paying for that service. Providing "free" TV screens to waiting passengers is completely different...
qantas is the second oldest airline in the world and still no fatalities....awesome...
Here's another thing to consider: Qantas offers service from New York to Los Angeles, but they only offer it to those who buy the onward ticket to Australia. Perhaps they could have done that instead, but it would be a pretty expensive air fare...
2:58 when someone tries to force me to go on a cross country road trip when I'm about to board a plane to the same destination
tom cruise and dustin hoffmann nailed these roles.
Actually, 'Rain Man' came out on December 16, 1988 with premieres taking place in Los Angeles and New York City 2-4 days earlier before the nationwide release date.
Qantas have crashed before, just never a 'fatal' crash since the jet age. There were a few crashes during WW2 of qantas planes, and one in the Maldives in the 50s where a Connie lost power after takeoff and crashed, killing the few passengers on board. With the outsourcing of the maintenance, i think a crash is inevitable.
I am still wondering how did Raymond not notice any planes (let alone realise they were at an airport) until they are about to board?!
They were bound to have seen several taking off in the distance as they drove nearer to the airport.
He probably never cared about planes there until he was actually confronted with boarding them. Sounds weird but an autistic mind works very different.
True, the planes were very out dated and back in those days flying was rather "primitive". Once jet planes were introduced so were far greater safety standards. Which has resulted in relatively safe air travel. These standards how ever have dropped since the new owners (a British based company) have bought the airline. Jobs that were performed by professional and highly skilled Australian workers are now performed by our cheaper Asian counterparts. Needless to say it's only a matter of time.
"3 Hours to LA from Cincinnati?" It was 1988 and commercial airliners did in fact used to fly faster because fuel wasn't as expensive.
IT'S DUSTIN HOFFMAN. NOT DENNIS
Insert obligatory quote about Holy Grail's Dennis here.
this was taped at the international airport in my hometown Cincinnati, OH
Actually, in the propellor era, Qantas crashed. If you want an airline that never had a crash with casualties, take Hawaiian. Never really crashed, just had 1 accident with a DC-10 (you know how that goes). Other than that, perfect record
2:59 When you realise it’s monday morning.
The moment he uttered "QUANTUS" is one the best moments in movie history. I don't know, maybe we could convince Quantus to make flights to LA out of Cincinnati.
@William Eggleton I wouldn't know that! The flying cangarioux!
@William Eggleton No. I only speeka da Eengleesh.
@William Eggleton I'm an Australian, having a joke. I know that it's Qantas. Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service. I was having a bit of fun, because it made my day when Qantas came up in that Rain Man scene.
@William Eggleton Well, how is Sydenee today?
@William Eggleton Go on. Maybe I can take it. Miss the Olympics?
Qantas has never lost a jet aircraft, last fatal accident in 1951 (has had a few close calls in the last year and a 747 overshot the runway in Bangkok landing in a golf course in 1999). 11 fatal accidents and only one of the crashes involved being shot down
After all that.....of course I have Jeopardy at five O' clock.
Dustin Hoffman, not Dennis Hoffman.
or Dentist Hoffman
Most service and maintenance is done at the Qantas Jet Base at Kingsford Smith Airport in Sydney. Some is done at overseas centres such as Changi in Singapore. There have been a few faults recently, it happens with every airline, but there have been no aeroplanes lost and no lives lost. Safety procedures have taken over and have worked as intended every time. "Google" USE IT!
Rain Man
pretty good movie
usually in the top 250, depending on who's movie list you're looking at
Tom cruise deserved the Oscar for this film.......
to comment on Panamfreak, the reputation that Qantas never crashed with jets ain't valid anymore, as a 747 overran the runway in Thailand back in 2004.
@teutonicpenguin a few Qantas planes were shot down by the Japanese in WWII, only soldiers were on board...so Qantas has never lost any Civilians to an Accident
@217daneify I don't think QANTAS is in trouble. Even now when they codeshare alot of International Flights with airliners that have had serious crashes.
I flew QANTAS LA --> Sydney on the A380 and it was extremely nice, I travel alot and I always find QANTAS to be friendly and courteous.
And if you want to be specific QANTAS never crashed a commercial jet, but they had planes operating during WWII and had a couple of prop plane crashes after that, they have never crashed a JET engine plane.
At 2:58, Rainman does want want to fly on United Airlines.
Haha, check out the overdub @ 1:26
So either they got the number wrong or it changed during filming.
While Qantas has had a crash before, theyve never had a fatal crash. IMO this says a lot about their pilot training, and their pilots.
This is the only movie by Mr. Cruise where he looks the character he is playing. Not the other way around.
Qantas never crashed a jet. Yet, that doesn't mean Qantas has not crashed a propeller aircraft...
The best movie ever❤️🇦🇺
you're right, it is a good performance, next to his performance in 1995's Outbreak.
legendary scene...
I watched Rain Man last year on an airline that wasn't Qantas. This scene was not in it, at least not the whole thing.
aresef It probably would have panicked the passengers.
qantas has never had a fatal 'jet' crash, i just said they have had a connie fatal crash. In fact, in the biography 'I still call Australia Home, the Qantas Story 1920-2005', i quote "The statistic isn't quite true - there were some incidents before and during the wars and one in 1951 when the airline was flying old World War 1 ex-fighter aircraft."
Mind you, this movie was released in 1988.
Everyone's talking about qantas but did you hear the other mistake? At 2:50 he calls Melbourne the capital of Australia.
No he didn't. He was talking about Canberra.
3:27 - 3:54 I've felt that way MANY times about some co-workers.
@PraiseEducation If you live in Florida it's 'Melburn'.
i am an australian. and yes qantas have never crashed but they also dont fly as much as the big american airline companies, if they did they will eventually crash as the laws of statistics say.
Qantas fly long haul over the world far more distance than domestic USA airlines!
just had a near miss, flight coming from london to melbourne via hong kong had to make an emergency landing in manilla, when part of the fuselage ripped off. i know the stats, but still am happy when my feet are on the ground.
I'll admit he's actual a quality actorb
he's based off a real life person kim peek
the character i mean
ya i so agree. i feel sorry for him, now when most people think of him the first thing that comes to their heads is "scientology", instead of his wonderful acting........damn media!
2:58 : Me if i'm forced to make a work phone call.
To hear the word 'Qantas never crashed', listen in 2:28.
You'd think that Raymond would know that driving is far more dangerous than flying.
Someone's watched way too many episodes of Mayday.
Rain Man is on netflix right now, you should watch it.
Thumbs up if you want a Remix of Him Screaming
right, but they safety record since '49 is pretty clean. No other major carrier can demonstrate similar. I thing Finn Air (AY) is pretty close though.
You and I are going to get on this Fuuucking plan
No screaming
This wasn't product placement, but two the film's writers were later rewarded with upgrading to first class the next time they flew with Qantas. The information is inaccurate anyway, since Qantas crashed several times during the propeller era. However, Qantas hasn't had any fatalities since the introduction of jets.
Jets manufactured from Boeing that is from 707-787
Ironic, when he was talking about Canberra, he said "Very Lovely Beaches", yet Canberra is in fact inland. Great movie.
He was reciting general facts about Australia, not just talking about Canberra.
Nothing but they gave one of the writers a free first class flight after the movie was released :)
so they had a crash 63 years ago... still an outstanding safety record and better then all other airliners out there today...
The only reason Tom Cruise wasn't given Oscar consideration was because people dislike his character so much. But he played it brilliantly, biggest BS...