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Hot Shots!
1991 6.6 (2242 votes) 1h 25m
Genres
Action Comedy War
Production Companies
20th Century Fox

Hot Shots!

The mother of all movies.

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 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.

Key Crew

Director: Jim Abrahams

Producer: Bill Badalato

Director of Photography: Bill Butler

Writer: Pat Proft, Jim Abrahams

Top Cast

Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen

Topper Harley / Rhett Butler / Superman

Cary Elwes
Cary Elwes

Kent Gregory

Valeria Golino
Valeria Golino

Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane

Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges

Admiral Benson

Kevin Dunn
Kevin Dunn

Lt. Commander Block

Jon Cryer
Jon Cryer

Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach

William O'Leary
William O'Leary

Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson

Kristy Swanson
Kristy Swanson

Kowalski

Videos

Hot Shots! Trailer

Hot Shots! (1991) - Original Theatrical Trailer

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