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Hot Shots!
Hot Shots!
Director:Jim Abrahams
Overview:
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 ax 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.
Release:
1991 / 07 / 31
Rating:
6.566
Genres & Subgenres:
Action
Comedy
War
Tags:
Charlie Sheen
as
Topper Harley / Rhett Butler / Superman
Cary Elwes
as
Kent Gregory
Valeria Golino
as
Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane
Lloyd Bridges
as
Admiral Benson
Kevin Dunn
as
Lt. Commander Block
Jon Cryer
as
Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
Kristy Swanson
as
Kowalski
Bill Irwin
as
Buzz Harley
Heidi Swedberg
as
Mrs. 'Dead Meat' Thompson
Bruce A. Young
as
'Red' Herring
Ryan Stiles
as
'Mailman' Farnham
Don Lake
as
Doctor
Annie O'Donnell
as
Amish Woman
Charles Barkley
as
Charles Barkley