Top Gun
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"Top Gun" is a 1986 action film directed by Tony Scott that follows elite Navy fighter pilots in training. The film became a major cultural phenomenon and helped define the action movie genre of the 1980s.
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7.1For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
Released: 1986-05-16110 minDir: Tony ScottAction, Drama, Romance
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Maverick
- Kelly McGillis as Charlie
- Val Kilmer as Ice
- Anthony Edwards as Goose
- Tom Skerritt as Viper
- Michael Ironside as Jester
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Key dates
- Published
- 1986
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Owned by
- Paramount Pictures
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Cast member
- Barry Tubb
- Composer
- Giorgio Moroder
Article
Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, with distribution by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article titled "Top Guns", written by Ehud Yonay and published in California magazine three years earlier. It stars Tom Cruise as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his radar intercept officer, Lieutenant (junior grade) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), are given the chance to train at the United States Navy's Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer and Tom Skerritt also appear in supporting roles.
Top Gun was released in the United States on May 16, 1986. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its visual effects and soundtrack, but criticism for its screenplay and military propaganda. Despite this, four weeks after its release, the number of theaters showing it increased by 45 percent, and it overcame initial critical resistance to become a huge commercial hit, grossing $177 million dollars globally against a production budget of $15 million. Top Gun was the highest-grossing domestic film of 1986, as well as the highest-grossing film of 1986 worldwide.