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Hot Shots! (1991)
The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
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The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Action, Comedy, War
Directed By:Jim Abrahams
Written By:Pat Proft, Jim Abrahams
In Theaters:7/31/1991
Box Office:$181,096,164
Runtime:85 minutes
Studio:20th Century Fox
Cast
Jim Abrahams
Director
Jim Abrahams
Director
Charlie Sheen
Topper Harley / Rhett Butler / Superman
Cary Elwes
Kent Gregory
Valeria Golino
Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane
Lloyd Bridges
Admiral Benson
Kevin Dunn
Lt. Commander Block
Jon Cryer
Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
William O'Leary
Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson
Kristy Swanson
Kowalski
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Wilson
Bill Irwin
Buzz Harley
Heidi Swedberg
Mrs. 'Dead Meat' Thompson
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