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Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer (View All)
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Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
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, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
5/12/86
MPAA Rating
Rated PG
Running Time
110 mins.
Locations
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Fallon, Nevada, USA
- Miramar Naval Air Station, San Diego, California, USA
- North Island Naval Station, Coronado, California, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$176,650,237
Awards
- Winner of the Best Song award at the 1986 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Song award at the 1986 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1986 People's Choice Awards [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1986 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 1986 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound Effects award at the 1986 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
