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 spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $181M worldwide, about 7.0 times its $26M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in San Diego
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Sequels
Followed by Hot Shots! Part Deux
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Collection
Part of Hot Shots! Collection
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Music
Music by Sylvester Levay
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Bill Butler
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Pat ProftWriter
- Jim AbrahamsWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 31, 1991
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $26M
- Revenue
- $181.1M
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- Hot Shots! Collection
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In the United States
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Cast
Charlie SheenTopper Harley / Rhett Butler / Superman
Cary ElwesKent Gregory
Valeria GolinoRamada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane
Lloyd BridgesAdmiral Benson
Kevin DunnLt. Commander Block
Jon CryerJim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
William O'LearyPete 'Dead Meat' Thompson
Kristy SwansonKowalski
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Wilson
Bill IrwinBuzz Harley
Heidi SwedbergMrs. 'Dead Meat' Thompson
Bruce A. Young'Red' Herring
Ryan Stiles'Mailman' Farnham- Rino ThunderOwatonna 'The Old One'
- Mark ArnottRosener
Ryan CutronaCaptain Margolis
Don LakeDoctor
Kelly ConnellAir Controller
Tony SimotesAmbulance Driver
Don LuceParamedic
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