A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
July 31, 1991
Original Title:
Hot Shots!
Alternate Titles:
Des pilotes en l'air
Hot Shots
Hot Shots La madre de todos los desmadres
Hot Shots ¡La madre de todos los desmadres!
Hot Shots!
Loca Academia de Pilotos
Locos del aire
Usijane glave
Ässad
反卡神鷹
反斗神鹰
Genres:
Action | Comedy | War
Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M BR: 12 DE: 6 DK: 11 ES: 12 FI: K-12 FR: U GB: 12 HU: 16 IE: 12 KR: 15 NL: 14 PT: M/12 RO: 12 SE: 11 SK: 12 US: PG-13
Runtime: 85
The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only inspired laughs with his personal life. He plays Topper Harley, a fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. He gets involved in a relationship with Valerie Golino, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. But his mission is to avenge his father. Lloyd Bridges, late in his career, revealed an aptitude for this kind of silliness, here as a commander who is both incredibly dim and delightfully accident prone. Directed by Jim Abrahams, the film makes fun of a variety of other films as well, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys. It was so successful that they all returned in the sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux.
ADR Editor:
Renée Tondelli
Accountant:
Harriet Katz-Stevens
Aerial Coordinator:
Allen Gerbino
Aerial Director of Photography:
Paul 'Doc' Byrd
Animation Supervisor:
Jeff Burks
Assistant Camera:
Mike McEveety
Assistant Editor:
L. James Langlois
Assistant Property Master:
Nat Bocking
Assistant Sound Editor:
Meredith Gold
Associate Producer:
Stephen McEveety
Janet Graham
Greg Norberg
Best Boy Grip:
Joe Kelly
Boom Operator:
Richard Kite
Casting:
Mali Finn
Choreographer:
Lester Wilson
Color Timer:
Phil Hetos
Costume Design:
Mary Malin
Costume Supervisor:
Mark Peterson
Craft Service:
Ted Yonenaka
Dialect Coach:
Jessica Drake
Digital Effects Supervisor:
Steve Wright
Director:
Jim Abrahams
Director of Photography:
Bill Butler
Driver:
Roger Bojarski Jr.
Editor:
Jane Kurson
Eric A. Sears
Executive Producer:
Pat Proft
First Assistant Camera:
Dennis Rogers
First Assistant Director:
Tom Davies
First Assistant Editor:
Jonathan Chibnall
Foley Artist:
Dan O'Connell
Foley Mixer:
Greg Orloff
Foley Recordist:
Randy Singer
Grip:
Nico Bally
Key Grip:
Gary Dagg
Leadman:
Robert Lucas
Location Manager:
Ronald L. Carr
Makeup Artist:
Deborah Humphries
Makeup Department Head:
Ann Masterson
Makeup Designer:
Allan A. Apone
Makeup Effects:
John R. Fifer
Mixing Engineer:
Brian Reeves
Music Editor:
Ted Whitfield
Negative Cutter:
Mary Nelson-Duerrstein
Original Music Composer:
Sylvester Levay
Other:
Jack I. Bernstein
Payroll Accountant:
Jeanie Daniels
Pilot:
Charles Johnston
Producer:
Bill Badalato
Production Assistant:
Phil Bautista
Production Design:
William A. Elliott
Production Executive:
Rodney Liber
Production Sound Mixer:
Jeffrey M. Jones
Property Master:
Don Miloyevich
Second Second Assistant Director:
Robin Leigh Fleck
Second Unit Director:
Ernie F. Orsatti
Set Costumer:
Laurel Frushour
Set Decoration:
Jerie Kelter
Set Dressing Artist:
G. Roger Abell
Set Production Assistant:
Matt Rebenkoff
Sound Editor:
David B. Cohn
Sound Mixer:
Thomas Causey
Special Effects Coordinator:
Phil Cory
Special Effects Technician:
Hans Metz
Still Photographer:
Marsha Blackburn
Stunt Coordinator:
Ernie F. Orsatti
Stunt Double:
Jake Brake
Stunts:
Barbara Anne Klein
BJ Davis
Noon Orsatti
Supervising Art Director:
Greg Papalia
Supervising Sound Editor:
Randle Akerson
Telecine Colorist:
Scot Deer
Title Designer:
Phill Norman
Transportation Captain:
William Ballard
Transportation Coordinator:
Gary Shephard
Unit Production Manager:
Stephen McEveety
Utility Stunts:
Andy Gill
VFX Production Coordinator:
Gary Friedman
Video Assist Operator:
Scott Crabbe
Visual Effects Coordinator:
Erik Henry
Visual Effects Editor:
Jody Rogers
Visual Effects Producer:
Robert Stadd
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Mat Beck
Writer:
Pat Proft
Jim Abrahams
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