Hot Shots! (1991)

07/31/1991 1h 25m

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33 years 10 months 28 days

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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Charlie Sheen

as Topper Harley / Rhett Butler / Superman

Born 09/03/1965, age 59

Cary Elwes

as Kent Gregory

Born 10/26/1962, age 62

Valeria Golino

as Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane

Born 10/22/1966, age 58

Lloyd Bridges

as Admiral Benson

Born 01/15/1913

Died 03/10/1998, age 85

Kevin Dunn

as Lt. Commander Block

Born 08/24/1956, age 68

Jon Cryer

as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach

Born 04/16/1965, age 60

William O'Leary

as Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson

Born 10/19/1957, age 67

Kristy Swanson

as Kowalski

Born 12/19/1969, age 55

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

as Wilson

Born 11/30/1918

Died 05/02/2014, age 95

Bill Irwin

as Buzz Harley

Born 04/11/1950, age 75

Bruce A. Young

as 'Red' Herring

Born 04/22/1956, age 69

Pat Proft

as Lawrence Lipps

Born 04/03/1947, age 78

Cylk Cozart

as Drill Sergeant #1

Born 02/01/1957, age 68