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Iceman, Hollywood, and Maverick are sent to the Enterprise immediately for a "crisis situation," providing air support to rescue the SS Layton, a disabled communication ship drifted into hostile waters.
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Maverick and Merlin (Cougar's former RIO) are back-up for F-14s flown by Iceman and Hollywood, with Iceman concerned about Maverick's mental state.
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Subsequent hostile engagement with six MiGs sees Hollywood shot down; Maverick is scrambled alone due to a catapult failure, nearly retreating when encountering circumstances similar to those causing Goose's death.
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Finally rejoining Iceman, Maverick refuses to leave him without a wingman, shooting down three MiGs.
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Iceman also gets one, and the other two flee.
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Upon their triumphant return to Enterprise, the pilots share a newfound respect for each other.
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Maverick throws Goose's dog tags overboard, having come to terms with himself and his friend's death.
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Offered any assignment he chooses, Maverick returns to TOPGUN as an instructor.
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[ "TOPGUN" ]
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At a bar in Miramar, he and Charlie reunite.
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The primary inspiration for the film was the article "Top Guns" by Ehud Yonay, from the May 1983 issue of California magazine, which featured aerial photography by then-Lieutenant Commander Charles "Heater" Heatley.
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[ "Top Gun", "California", "Lieutenant" ]
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The article detailed the life of fighter pilots at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, self-nicknamed as "Fightertown USA".
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[ "San Diego", "Naval Air Station Miramar" ]
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Numerous screenwriters allegedly turned down the project.
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Bruckheimer and Simpson went on to hire Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., to write the first draft.
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[ "Jim Cash", "Jack Epps Jr." ]
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The research methods, by Epps, included attendance at several declassified Topgun classes at Miramar and gaining experience by being flown in an F-14.
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The first draft failed to impress Bruckheimer and Simpson, and is considered to be very different from the final product in numerous ways.
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Tony Scott was hired to direct on the strength of a commercial he had done for Swedish automaker Saab in the early 1980s, where a Saab 900 turbo is shown racing a Saab 37 Viggen fighter jet.
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[ "Saab 900", "Tony Scott", "Saab 37 Viggen" ]
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Actor Matthew Modine turned down the role of Pete Mitchell (that went to Tom Cruise) because he felt the film's pro-military stance went against his politics.
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[ "Tom Cruise", "Matthew Modine" ]
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Julianne Phillips was in consideration for the role of Charlie, and had been scheduled to perform a screen test opposite Tom Cruise.
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[ "Tom Cruise", "Julianne Phillips" ]
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The producers wanted the assistance of the US Navy in the production of the film.
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The Navy was influential in relation to script approval, which resulted in changes being made.
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The opening dogfight was moved to international waters as opposed to Cuba, the language was toned down, and a scene that involved a crash on the deck of an aircraft carrier was also scrapped.
[ "aircraft carrier" ]
[ "Cuba" ]
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Maverick's love interest was also changed from a female enlisted member of the Navy to a civilian contractor with the Navy, due to the US military's prohibition of fraternization between officers and enlisted personnel.
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The "Charlie" character also replaced an aerobics instructor from an early draft as a love interest for Maverick after producers were introduced to Christine "Legs" Fox, a civilian mathematician employed by the Center for Naval Analyses as a specialist in Maritime Air Superiority (MAS), developing tactics for aircraft carrier defense.
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[ "Center for Naval Analyses" ]
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Rear Admiral Pete "Viper" Pettigrew, a former Navy aviator, Vietnam War veteran, and Topgun instructor, served as a technical advisor on the film, and also makes a cameo appearance in the film as a colleague of Charlie's.
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[ "Vietnam War" ]
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The Navy made several aircraft from F-14 fighter squadron VF-51 "Screaming Eagles" (which Mike "Viper" Metcalf mentions in the scene at his home) available for the film.
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Paramount paid as much as US$7,800 per hour (equivalent to $19,700 today) for fuel and other operating costs whenever aircraft were flown outside their normal duties.
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Shots of the aircraft carrier sequences were filmed aboard USS Enterprise, showing aircraft from F-14 squadrons VF-114 "Aardvarks" and VF-213 "Black Lions".
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The majority of the carrier flight deck shots were of normal aircraft operations and the film crew had to take what they could get, save for the occasional flyby which the film crew would request.
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During filming, director Tony Scott wanted to film aircraft landing and taking off, back-lit by the sun.
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[ "Tony Scott" ]
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During one particular filming sequence, the ship's commanding officer changed the ship's course, thus changing the light.
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When Scott asked if they could continue on their previous course and speed, he was informed by the commander that it cost US$25,000 (equivalent to $63,000 today) to turn the ship, and to continue on course.
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Scott wrote the carrier's captain a US$25,000 check so that the ship could be turned and he could continue shooting for another five minutes.
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Future NASA astronaut Scott Altman piloted F-14 aircraft for many of the film's stunt sequences, having been recently stationed at NAS Miramar at time of filming.
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[ "NASA", "Scott Altman" ]
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Altman was the pilot seen "flipping the bird" in the film's well-known opening sequence, as well as piloting the aircraft shown "buzzing the tower" throughout the film.
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Most of the sequences of the aircraft maneuvering over land were shot at Naval Air Station Fallon, in Nevada, using ground-mounted cameras.
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[ "Nevada", "Naval Air Station Fallon" ]
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Air-to-air shots were filmed using a Learjet, piloted by Astrovision inventor and legendary pilot Clay Lacy (his name is misspelled in the closing credits, as "Clay Lacey").
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Grumman, manufacturer of the F-14, was commissioned by Paramount Pictures to create camera pods to be placed upon the aircraftthat could be pointed toward either the front or rear of the aircraft providing outside shots at high altitude.
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[ "Grumman", "Paramount Pictures" ]
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The fictitious MIG-28 enemy aircraft was depicted by the Northrop F-5.
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[ "Northrop F-5" ]
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The San Diego restaurant and bar Kansas City Barbeque served as a filming location for two scenes (shot in July 1985).
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[ "San Diego", "Kansas City Barbeque" ]
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The first scene features Goose and Maverick singing "Great Balls of Fire" while seated at the piano.
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The final scene, where "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" can be heard on the restaurant's jukebox, was also filmed at the restaurant.
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[ "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" ]
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Both scenes were filmed consecutively.
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After the release of the movie, the restaurant went on to collect a significant amount of memorabilia from the motion picture until a kitchen fire on June 26, 2008, destroyed much of the restaurant.
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Some memorabilia and props, including the original piano used in the film, survived the fire, and the restaurant re-opened in November 2008.
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Renowned aerobatic pilot Art Scholl was hired to do in-flight camera work for the film.
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The original script called for a flat spin, which Scholl was to perform and capture on a camera on the aircraft.
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The aircraft was observed to spin through its recovery altitude, at which time Scholl radioed "I have a problem...
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I have a real problem".
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He was unable to recover from the spin and crashed his Pitts Special biplane into the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast near Carlsbad on September 16, 1985.
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[ "California", "Pacific Ocean", "Pitts Special" ]
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Neither Scholl's body nor his aircraft were recovered, leaving the official cause of the accident unknown.
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Top Gun was dedicated to Scholl's memory.
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The film was shot in the Super 35 format, as anamorphic lenses were too large to fit inside the cockpits of the fighter jets and also the cameras would fall off their mounts when the fighter jets maneuvered on their sides.
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Reshoots after Top Gun's filming wrapped conflicted with Made in Heaven, in which McGillis starred with brown hair.
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Top Gun's filmmakers were forced to hide her hair color, which for example resulted that the scene shot in an elevator featured McGillis in a baseball cap.
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The Top Gun soundtrack is one of the most popular soundtracks to date, reaching 9× Platinum certificationand No.
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1 on the Billboard Hot 200 albums chart for five non-consecutive weeks in the summer and fall of 1986.
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Harold Faltermeyer, who previously worked with both Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson on Beverly Hills Cop, was sent the script of Top Gun by Bruckheimer before filming began.
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[ "Top Gun", "Don Simpson", "Beverly Hills Cop", "Jerry Bruckheimer", "Harold Faltermeyer" ]
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Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock worked on numerous songs including the Oscar-winning "Take My Breath Away".
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[ "Tom Whitlock", "Giorgio Moroder", "Take My Breath Away" ]
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Kenny Loggins performed two songs on the soundtrack, "Playing with the Boys", and "Danger Zone".
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[ "Danger Zone", "Kenny Loggins", "Playing with the Boys" ]
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Berlin recorded the song "Take My Breath Away", which would later win numerous awards, sending the band to international acclaim.
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After the release of Loggins's single "Danger Zone", sales of the album exploded, selling 7 million in the United States alone.
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[ "Danger Zone", "United States" ]
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On the re-release of the soundtrack in 2000, two songs that had been omitted from the original album (and had been released many years before the film was made), "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers, were added.
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[ "Jerry Lee Lewis", "Great Balls of Fire", "The Righteous Brothers", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" ]
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The soundtrack also includes "Top Gun Anthem" and "Memories" by Faltermeyer, with Steve Stevens also performing on the former.
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[ "Top Gun", "Steve Stevens" ]
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Other artists were considered for the soundtrack project but did not participate.
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Bryan Adams was considered as a potential candidate but refused to participate because he felt the film glorified war.
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The band Toto was originally meant to record "Danger Zone", and had also written and recorded a song "Only You" for the soundtrack.
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However, there was a dispute between Toto's lawyers and the producers of the film, paving the way for Loggins to record "Danger Zone" and "Only You" being omitted from the film entirely.
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The film's premiere was held in New York City on May 12, 1986,with another held in San Diego on May 15.
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The film opened in the United States and Canada in 1,028 theaters on May 16, 1986, a week prior to the Memorial Day weekend, which was considered a gamble at the time.
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[ "Memorial Day", "United States" ]
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In addition to its box office success, Top Gun went on to break further records in the then still-developing home video market.
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It was the first new-release blockbuster on video cassette to be priced as low as $26.95 and, backed by a massive $8 million marketing campaign, including a Top Gun-themed Diet Pepsi commercial,the advance demand was such that the film became the best-selling videocassette in the industry's history on pre-orders alone, with over 1.9 million units ordered before its launch on March 10, 1987.
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It eventually sold a record 2.9 million units.
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The film was first released in the U.S. on DVD under Paramount Pictures on October 21, 1998, and included the film in both Widescreen (non-anamorphic Univisium 2.00:1) and Full Screen (open matte) versions.
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Top Gun's home video success was again reflected by strong DVD sales, which were furthered by a Special Collector's Edition 2-disc DVD release on December 14, 2004, in both Widescreen (anamorphic 2.39:1) and Full Screen (open matte) versions, that include new bonus features.
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Special features comprise audio commentary by Bruckheimer, Tony Scott and naval experts, four music videos including the "Top Gun Anthem" and "Take My Breath Away", a six-part documentary on the making of Top Gun, and vintage gallery with interviews, behind-the-scenes and survival training featurettes.
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[ "Top Gun", "Tony Scott", "Take My Breath Away" ]
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Subsequently, the film was first released on a Special Collector's Edition Blu-ray disc on July 29, 2008, with the same supplemental features as the previous 2004 DVD.
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A 2-disc limited edition 3D copy was issued on February 19, 2013.
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The remastered Blu-ray and Digital Copy version of the film was released on May 19, 2019, on Paramount Movies.
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Top Gun was released in the U.S. on remastered Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on May 19, 2020, with two new special features titled The Legacy of Top Gun and On Your Six: Thirty Years of Top Gun, with the remaining bonus features being carried over.
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[ "Top Gun", "Blu-ray" ]
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Top Gun reached number one on the U.K. official Film chart based on DVD, Blu-Ray and download sales on the week ending May 31, 2022.
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Top Gun was re-released in IMAX 3D on February 8, 2013, for six days.
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A four-minute preview of the conversion, featuring the "Danger Zone" flight sequence, was screened at the 2012 International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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[ "Amsterdam", "Danger Zone", "Netherlands", "International Broadcasting Convention" ]
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Top Gun was re-released in Dolby Cinema and screened by AMC Theatres on 153 screens on May 13, 2021.
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[ "Top Gun", "AMC Theatres", "Dolby Cinema" ]
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On the first weekend it grossed a total of $248,000 ranking at number 10.
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It grossed a total of $433,000 in a ten-day period.
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The film quickly became a success and was the highest-grossing film of 1986.
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It would be six months before its theater count dropped below that of its opening week.
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It was number one on its first weekend with a gross of $8.2 million, and went on to a total domestic gross of $176.8 million, and $177 million internationally, for a worldwide box office total of $353.8 million.
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The film sold an estimated 47.65 million tickets in North America in its initial theatrical run.
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The film grossed an additional $3 million in its IMAX re-release in 2013, and an additional $471,982 in its 2021 re-release, bringing its domestic gross to $180.3 million and its worldwide gross to $357.3 million.
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On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 56% based on reviews from 71 critics, with an average rating of 5.9/10.
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The website's critical consensus states: "Though it features some of the most memorable and electrifying aerial footage shot with an expert eye for action, Top Gun offers too little for non-adolescent viewers to chew on when its characters aren't in the air.
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"On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
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Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.
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Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, saying that "Movies like Top Gun are hard to review because the good parts are so good and the bad parts are so relentless.
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[ "Top Gun", "Roger Ebert", "Chicago Sun-Times" ]
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The dogfights are absolutely the best since Clint Eastwood's electrifying aerial scenes in Firefox.
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But look out for the scenes where the people talk to one another.
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"American film critic Pauline Kael commented, "When McGillis is offscreen, the movie is a shiny homoerotic commercial: the pilots strut around the locker room, towels hanging precariously from their waists.
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It's as if masculinity had been redefined as how a young man looks with his clothes half off, and as if narcissism is what being a warrior is all about.
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"Film producer John Davis said that Top Gun was a recruiting video for the Navy, that people saw the movie and said, "Wow!
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[ "Top Gun", "John Davis" ]
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