Hot Shots!
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 Valeria 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.
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
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Jim Abrahams
Director
Jon Cryer
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Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
Marc Shaiman
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Piano Player
Valeria Golino
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Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
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Wilson
Rowan Atkinson
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Dexter Hayman
James Lew
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Kick Boxer Opponent
Stewart Skelton
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Secret Service Agent
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