Hot Shots! (1991)
The mother of all movies.
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 ax 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.
Read the Hot Shots! feature →- Budget
- $26M
- Box office
- $181.1M
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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' HerringKeywords
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What is Hot Shots! about?
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 ax 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.
How long is Hot Shots!?
Hot Shots! has a runtime of 84 minutes.
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