Top Gun

Theatrical Release Date: 1986 05 16 (USA) / 2013 02 08 (USA - IMAX 3D)

UPC: 097360563849

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity, War Violence]

Summary: Devil-may-care navy pilot Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is sent to Miramar Naval Air Station for advanced training. Here he vies with Tom Kasansky (Val Kilmer) for the coveted "Top Gun" award. When not so occupied, Mitchell carries on a romance with civilian consultant Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis). Shaken up by the death of a friend, Mitchell loses the Top Gun honor to Kasansky. Worried that he may have lost his nerve, Mitchell is given a chance to redeem himself during a tense international crisis involving a crippled US vessel and a flock of predatory enemy planes. The story wasn't new in 1986, but Top Gun scored with audiences on the strength of its visuals, especially the vertigo-inducing aerial sequences. The film made more money than any other film in 1986 and even spawned a 1989 takeoff, Hot Shots. An Academy Award went to the Giogio Moroder-Tom Whitlock song "Take My Breath Away." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Original Song – null Best Original Song – null Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture – People's Choice Awards

Features: ccDisc 1:
Commentary by Jerry Bruckheimer, Tony Scott & naval experts
Vintage gallery
4 music videos:
Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone"
Berlin "Take My Breath Away"
Loverboy "Heaven in Your Eyes"
Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens "Top Gun Anthem"
TV spots
Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs
Dolby Digital: English 5.1 surround
English Dolby surround
French Dolby surround
English 6.1 DTS surround
English subtitles, Spanish subtitles

Disc 2:
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun (6-part documentary)
Multi-angle storyboards with optional commentary by director Tony Scott
Vintage gallery
Behind-the-Scenes featurette
Survival training featurette
Tom Cruise interviews
Production photography

Top Gun

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/14/2004

Audio: DDS Dolby Digital Surround, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Digital Theater Systems, DTS-ES Digital Theater Systems

Runtime: 109 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 -- Top Gun, Disc 1
1. Flight Deck [2:43]
2. Bogies [3:52]
3. The Elite [5:41]
4. Target Rich Environment [:29]
5. Callsign: Charlie [5:24]
6. Dogfighting [:53]
7. I Don't Date Students [5:39]
8. Falling [:57]
9. The Need for Speed [3:45]
10. Take Me to Bed [:28]
11. Flameout [6:46]
12. Keep Sending Him Up [2:25]
13. No Disgrace [3:18]
14. Migs Dead Ahead [5:32]
15. Wingman [:15]
16. Choice of Duty [5:38]

Lucia Bozzola

The quintessential 1980s blockbuster, Top Gun (1986) may be a slick exercise in macho flyboy ethics, but the kinetic aerial sequences and Tom Cruise's cocky superstar presence make it a perennial crowd-pleaser. Featuring a pre-E.R. Anthony Edwards as the best pal and a bristling Val Kilmer as the nemesis, the story of how Cruise's unsubtly monikered Maverick learns what it takes to truly be a Navy "top gun," with the assistance of Kelly McGillis' fishnet stocking-clad instructor, hits all of the predictable notes. Former television commercial director Tony Scott gave the proceedings a stylish sheen, however, which reached its apex in the flight scenes involving actual Navy hardware zooming, diving, and spinning through energetic MTV-ready dogfights against hostile Soviets. Another hit for flashy action producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, Top Gun became the top-grossing film of 1986, rocketing Cruise and his grin into the action pantheon and earning several Oscar nominations, including Best Editing. The erotic subtext of Top Gun's male posturing and bonding was memorably deconstructed by Quentin Tarantino in the minor indie film Sleep With Me (1994). ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Brian Sheehan  Actor 
Adrian Pasdar  Actor 
Randall Brady  Actor 
Frank Pesce  Actor 
Duke Stroud  Actor 
Ron Clark  Actor 
William Badalato  Producer 
Jerry Bruckheimer  Producer 
Jim Cash  Screenwriter 
Jack Epps, Jr.  Screenwriter 
Harold Faltermeyer  Composer (Music Score) 
Giorgio Moroder  Composer (Music Score) 
Tony Scott  Director 
Don Simpson  Producer 
Tom Cruise  Actor 
Kelly McGillis  Actor 
Val Kilmer  Actor 
Anthony Edwards  Actor 
Tom Skerritt  Actor 
Meg Ryan  Actor 
Michael Ironside  Actor 
John Stockwell  Actor 
Barry Tubb  Actor 
Rick Rossovich  Actor 
Tim Robbins  Actor 
Clarence Gilyard, Jr.  Actor 
Whip Hubley  Actor 
James Tolkan  Actor 

Country: USA