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Top Gun (16-May-1986)

Director: Tony Scott

Writers: Jim Cash; Jack Epps, Jr.

Music Score by: Harold Faltermeyer

Producers: Don Simpson; Jerry Bruckheimer

Keywords: Drama, Cold War

Tom Cruise is Pete Mitchell, "Maverick", at the U.S. Navy school for elite fighter pilots. Also enrolled are Anthony Edwards as Goose, Mitchell's only friend; Val Kilmer as Iceman, a rival pilot. Formulaic, end-to-end clichés, obvious homoerotic subtext despite Meg Ryan's presence, a surplus of aerial fight scenes; it shows very much as a product of the Reagan 1980s that has become quite dated. Box office smash at the time, earning over $170M by the end of 1986.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Tom Cruise
Actor
3-Jul-1962   Flamboyant Scientologist
Anthony Edwards
Actor
19-Jul-1962   Dr. Mark Greene on ER
Clarence Gilyard
Actor
24-Dec-1955   Conrad McMasters on Matlock
Whip Hubley
Actor
28-Aug-1958   Russkies
Michael Ironside
Actor
12-Feb-1950   Scanners, Top Gun, Starship Troopers
Val Kilmer
Actor
31-Dec-1959   Real Genius
Kelly McGillis
Actor
9-Jul-1957   Love interest in Top Gun
Adrian Pasdar
Actor
30-Apr-1965   Heroes
Tim Robbins
Actor
16-Oct-1958   The Player, Jacob's Ladder
Rick Rossovich
Actor
28-Aug-1957   Navy Seals
Meg Ryan
Actor
19-Nov-1961   Sleepless In Seattle
Tom Skerritt
Actor
25-Aug-1933   Viper in Top Gun
John Stockwell
Actor
25-Mar-1961   Cougar in Top Gun
James Tolkan
Actor
20-Jun-1931   Back to the Future
Barry Tubb
Actor
13-Feb-1963   Lonesome Dove

CAST

Tom Cruise   ...   Maverick
Kelly McGillis   ...   Charlie
Val Kilmer   ...   Ice
Anthony Edwards   ...   Goose
Tom Skerritt   ...   Viper
Michael Ironside   ...   Jester
John Stockwell   ...   Cougar
Barry Tubb   ...   Wolfman
Rick Rossovich   ...   Slider
Tim Robbins   ...   Merlin
Clarence Gilyard   ...   Sundown
Co-Starring
Whip Hubley   ...   Hollywood
James Tolkan   ...   Stinger
Meg Ryan   ...   Carole
Adrian Pasdar   ...   Chipper
Randall Brady   ...   Lt. Davis
Duke Stroud   ...   Air Boss Johnson
Brian Sheehan   ...   Sprawl
Ron Clark   ...   Inquiry Commander
Frank Pesce   ...   Bartender
Pete Pettigrew   ...   Perry Siedenthal
Troy Hunter   ...   Radio Operator
Linda Rae Jurgens   ...   Mrs. Metcalf
Adm. T. J. Cassidy   ...   Himself

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