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{{short description|1993 US comedy film directed by Gene Quintano}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Loaded Weapon 1 
| image          = Loaded Weapon 1 poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Gene Quintano]] 
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Suzanne Todd]]
* David Willis
}} 
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Don Holley
* Gene Quintano
}}
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* Don Holley
* Tori Tellem
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Emilio Estevez]]
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]]
* [[Jon Lovitz]]
* [[Tim Curry]]
* [[Kathy Ireland]]
* [[William Shatner]]}}
| music          = [[Robert Folk]]
| cinematography = [[Peter Deming]]
| editing        = [[Christopher Greenbury]]
| studio         = [[3 Arts Entertainment]]<br />Goodman Rosen Productions
| distributor    = [[New Line Cinema]]
| released       = {{Film date|1993|02|05}}
| runtime        = 83 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 82:40--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/national-lampoons-loaded-weapon-1-1970-1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306023518/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/national-lampoons-loaded-weapon-1-1970-1 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 6, 2016 | title=''NATIONAL LAMPOON'S LOADED WEAPON 1'' (PG) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=February 23, 1993 | access-date=August 3, 2015}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $8.2 million<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107659/|title=Loaded Weapon 1|date=February 5, 1993|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> 
| gross          = $51 million<ref name=ww>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=1|date=January 3, 1994|title=Int'l top 100 earn $8 bil|last=Klady|first=Leonard}}</ref>
}}
'''''National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1''''' (also known simply as ''''' Loaded Weapon 1''''') is a 1993 American [[parody film]] directed and co-written by [[Gene Quintano]],<ref name="Loaded Weapon 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84598/national-lampoons-loaded-weapon-1|title=Loaded Weapon 1|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> and starring [[Emilio Estevez]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Kathy Ireland]], [[Frank McRae]], [[Tim Curry]] and [[William Shatner]]. The film mainly spoofs the first three [[Lethal Weapon (series)|''Lethal Weapon'' films]], as well as several others including ''[[Basic Instinct]], [[Commando (1985 film)|Commando]]'', ''[[Die Hard]]'', ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', ''[[Rambo (film series)|Rambo]]'', ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'', ''[[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]'', ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' and TV series such as ''[[CHiPs]]''. ''Loaded Weapon 1'' was released on February 5, 1993.