Top Gun is a 1986 film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., and was inspired by an article titled “Top Guns” published in California Magazine three years earlier.
The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt. Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a young Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Nick “Goose” Bradshaw (Edwards) are given the chance to train at the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School at Miramar in San Diego.
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected Top Gun for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
The stroyline follows Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell who is an expert United States Naval Aviator. When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman is clearly outflown and freaks. On almost no fuel, Maverick is able to talk him back down to the carrier. When his wingman turns in his wings, Maverick is moved up in the standings and sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. There he fights the attitudes of the other pilots and an old story of his father’s death in combat that killed others due to his father’s error. Maverick struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of his other students and in another way to Charlie Blackwood, a civilian instructor to whom he is strongly attracted.
Film Details
Title
Top Gun
Year of Film
1986
Director
Tony Scott
Starring
Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Whip Hubley, James Tolkan, Meg Ryan, Adrian Pasdar
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Action | Drama | Romance
Box Office
Budget: $15,000,000 (Estimated)
Opening Weekend: $8,193,052 (USA)
Gross: $356,830,601 (Worldwide)
Poster Details
Type of Poster
A1
Style of Poster
Style B
Origin of Poster
Germany
Year of Poster
1986
Designer
Unknown
Artist
Unknown
Size (Inches)
33″ x 23″
NSS # / Printer Markings
None
Tagline
Der neueste hit der produzenten von Beverly Hills Cop und Flashdance / The latest hit of the producers of Beverly Hills Cop and Flashdance
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