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Top Gun (Original title)
Date: 1986 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Tony Scott

Production company billing: ©1986. Paramount Pictures Corporation
Synopsis: Adventure film set in the world of U.S. Naval fighter pilots. Pete Mitchell, known as Maverick, is a gifted young pilot and is sent to the prestigious Top Gun training school where some skeletons from his past are revealed, and where he also falls in love with one of the staff, the instructor Charlotte Blackwood.

Genre:
Action and Adventure

Subjects:
United States Naval Academy, Military, Pilots
Releases
Date: 1986not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Metrocolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 110 mins Length: 9883 FeetLanguage: English

Credits (133)
©: Paramount Pictures Corporation, Executive producer/unit prod manager: Bill Badalato, Producer: Don Simpson, Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Associate Producer: Warren Skaaren, Production manager (USFX): Whitney Green, Production co-ordinator (USFX): Christine Whitney, Sally Syberg, Assistant Director: Dan Kolsrud, Assistant Director: Sharon Mann, Assistant Director: Patrick Cosgrove, Screenplay: Warren Skaaren, Screenplay: Jim Cash, Screenplay: Jack Epps Jr, Director of Photography: Jeffrey Kimball, Animation photography (USFX): Donald Smith, Underwater/aerial photography: Jack Cooperman, Air to air photography: Clay Lacey, Aerial camera operator: Nick Alavardo, Aerial camera operator: Dan Koblash, Aerial camera operator: Don Thompson, Aerial camera operator: William J. Kelly, Aerial camera operator: C.J. "Heater" Heatley, Aerial camera operator: George Howe, Aerial camera operator: David Nowell, Aerial camera operator: Lawrence Blanford, Gary Tolbert, Camera Operator: John Connor, Steadicam Operator: Joe Valentine, Special photography effects supervisor: Gary Gutierrez, Astrovision operator: David Knoll, Special Visual Effects: USFX, Special Visual Effects: Colossal Pictures, Visual Effects Photography: Rick Fichter, Process co-ordinator: Don Hansard Sr, Special effects co-ordinator: Allen Hall, Special Effects: Peter Cairo, Special Effects: Robert G. Willard, Special Effects: Steve Foster, Pyrotechnician (USFX): Peter Stolz, Ted Moehnke, Model department supervisor (USFX): David Sosalla, Model maker (USFX): Earle Murphy, Model maker (USFX): David Carothers, Model maker (USFX): Marghe McMahon, Model maker (USFX): Steve Sanders, John Eaves, Video graphics: Intervideo, Richard Clark, Animation supervisor (USFX): William Groshelle, Animation (USFX): Sam Comstock, Animation (USFX): Wes Takahashi, Stuart Cudlitz, Editor: Billy Weber, Editor: Chris Lebenzon, Production Designer: John F. Decuir Jr, Set Designer: Craig Dennis Edgar, Set Decorator: Robert R. Benton, Men's costume supervisor: James Tyson, Women's costume supervisor: Bobbie Read, Men's wardrobe: John Napolitano, Wingate Jones Jr, Make-up artist: Rick Sharp, Additional make-up artist: Scott Eddo, Title Design: Dan Curry, Titles and opticals: Cinema Research Corporation, Music: Harold Faltermeyer, Songs: Tom Whitlock, Music Editor: Robert Badami, Record company consultant: Michael Dilbeck, Ron Oberman, Sound Recording: William B. Kaplan, Sound Recording: James Cavarretta Jr, Sound Recording: Mike Haney, Sound Recording: Bob Nichols Ii, Sound Re-recording: Don Mitchell, Sound Re-recording: Kevin O'Connell, Sound Re-recording: Rick Kline, Supervising Sound Editor: Cecelia Hall, Supervising Sound Editor: George Watters Ii, Sound Editor: Virginia Cook, Sound Editor: Teri E. Dorman, Sound Editor: Julia Evershade, Sound Editor: Frank Howard, Sound Editor: Marshall Winn, Sound Editor: David Stone, Special sound effects created: John Paul Fasal, Supervising ADR editor: Andrew Patterson, ADR Editor: Juno J. Ellis, Foley artist: Edward Steidele, Sarah Jacobs, Foley Editor: Pamela Bentkowski, Foley Editor: Joseph A. Ippolito, Stunt Co-ordinator: R.A. Rondell, Stunts: R.A. Rondell, Stunts: Gary Epper, Stunts: Randy Peters, Stunts: Steve Holladay, Stunts: Donna Keegan, F-14 camera consultant: John Gilbert, George Leahy, Aerial consultant: Richard T. Stevens, Thomas R. Harmon, Technical adviser: Peter "Viper" Pettigrew, Navy aerial co-ordinator: Robert "Rat" Willard, F-14 air crew: Lloyd "Bozo" Abel, F-14 air crew: Scott 'D-Bear' Altman, F-14 air crew: Dennis "Loner" Broska, F-14 air crew: Rick "Curly" Moe, F-14 air crew: Chuck "Silver" Lewis, F-14 air crew: Ben "Rabbi" Schneider, F-14 air crew: Tracy "Too Cool" Skeels, Kenneth "Squire" Smith, F-14 consultant: Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Dave "Bio" Baranek, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Michael "Vida" Blue, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Peter "Horse" Caulk, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: John "Player" Cushing, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Ricky "Organ" Hammonds, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Terrence "Circus" Mcguire, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: James "Jambo" Ray, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Ray "Secks" Seckinger, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Dennis "Sunshine" Dilucente, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Gregory "Hollywood" Dishart, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Michael "Flex" Galpin, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Thomas "Sobs" Sobieck, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: William "Tex" Spence, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Michael "Boa" Straight, Top gun instructor/MIG pilot: Robert "Rat" Willard, James "Jaws" Winnefeld, Navy dialogue consultant: Jim "Flex" Destafney, Armature designer (USFX): Gary Platek
Cast (24)
Tom Cruise (Pete "Maverick" Mitchell), Kelly McGillis (Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood), Val Kilmer (Tom "Iceman" Kazansky), Anthony Edwards (Nick "Goose" Bradshaw), Tom Skerritt (Commander Mike Metcalf "Viper"), Michael Ironside (Dick "Jester" Wetherly), John Stockwell (Bill "Cougar" Cortell), Barry Tubb (Henry "Wolfman" Ruth), Rick Rossovich (Ron "Slider" Kerner), Tim Robbins (Sam "Merlin" Wills), Clarence Gilyard Jr (Evan "Sundown" Gough), Whip Hubley (Rick "Hollywood" Neven), James Tolkan (Stinger), Meg Ryan (Carole Bradshaw), Adrian Pasdar (Chipper), Randall Brady (Lieutenant Davis), Duke Stroud (Air Boss Johnson), Brian Sheehan (Sprawl), Ron Clark (Inquiry Commander), Frank Pesce (Bartender), Peter "Viper" Pettigrew (Perry Siedenthal), Troy Hunter (Radio Operator), Linda Rae Jurgens (Mrs. Metcalf), T.J. Cassidy (Admiral T. J. Cassidy)