Hot Shots!

Release date: 07/31/1991

Budget: $26,000,000

Revenue: $181,096,164

Genres:

Action, Comedy, War

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

6.6

The mother of all movies.

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.

Trailer

Actors

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

Bruce A. Young

'Red' Herring

Ryan Stiles

'Mailman' Farnham

Ryan Cutrona

Captain Margolis

Don Lake

Doctor

Kelly Connell

Air Controller

Tony Simotes

Ambulance Driver

Don Luce

Paramedic

Marie Thomas-Foster

Francine

Pat Proft

Lawrence Lipps

Marc Shaiman

Piano Player

Cylk Cozart

Drill Sergeant #1

Jimmie Ray Weeks

Amish Man

Annie O'Donnell

Amish Woman

Charles Barkley

Bill Laimbeer

Eugene Greytak

Pope John Paul II

Tony Lorea

Humphrey 'Bogie' Bogart

Jerry Haleva

Saddam Hussein

Elston Ridgle

Boxer #1

Hot Shots!

Trailer

Actors

Recommendations