Top Gun

Top Gun
Top Gun
Directed by	Tony Scott
Written by	Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash; Jack Epps, Jr.
Produced by	Don Simpson; Jerry Bruckheimer
Starring	Tom Cruise; Kelly McGillis; Val Kilmer; Anthony Edwards; Tom Skerritt
Cinematography	Jeffrey L. Kimball
Edited by	Chris Lebenzon; Billy Weber
Music by	Harold Faltermeyer
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 12, 1986
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$353,816,701

Top Gun is a 1986 American action-drama movie set in San Diego, California. It was produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and was directed by Tony Scott. Top Gun was released on May 16, 1986 in North America. The movie received mixed reviews with a 45% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and Roger Ebert gave the movie a 2.5 out of 4 stars.

Awards[change | change source]

The movie won an Academy Award in 1987 for Best Music, Original Song – Giorgio Moroder (music) and Tom Whitlock (lyrics) for the song "Take My Breath Away"^[1] and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist) – Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens for "Top Gun Anthem".

Cast[change | change source]

Tom Cruise as Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
Kelly McGillis as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood
Anthony Edwards as Lt. (j.g.) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw
Val Kilmer as Lt. Tom "Iceman" Kazansky
Tom Skerritt as Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf
Meg Ryan as Carol Bradshaw
Michael Ironside as Lt. Cmdr. Rick "Jester" Heatherly
John Stockwell as Lt. Bill "Cougar" Cortell
Barry Tubb as Lt.(j.g.) Leonard "Wolfman" Wolfe
Rick Rossovich as Lt. (j.g.) Ron "Slider" Kerner
Tim Robbins as Lt. (j.g.) Sam "Merlin" Wells
Clarence Gilyard, Jr. as Lt. (j.g.) Marcus "Sundown" Williams
Whip Hubley as Lt. Rick "Hollywood" Neven
James Tolkan as Cmdr. Tom "Stinger" Jordan
Adrian Pasdar as Lt. Charlie "Chipper" Piper
Linda Rae Jurgens as Mrs. Metcalf
Ron Clark as the Inquiry Commanding Officer
Brian Sheehan as "Sprawl"
Duke Stroud as "Air Boss Johnson"
Randall Brady as Lt. Davis

Release dates[change | change source]

Country	Premiere
Mexico	12 May 1986
United States	16 May 1986
Argentina	26 June 1986
Sweden	4 July 1986
Brazil	10 July 1986
Hong Kong	24 July 1986
Australia	31 July 1986
Netherlands	31 July 1986
Finland	1 August 1986
Norway	7 August 1986
West Germany	7 August 1986
Denmark	8 August 1986
Spain	21 August 1986
Israel	5 September 1986
France	17 September 1986
Greece	17 September 1986
Italy	18 September 1986
Portugal	26 September 1986
United Kingdom	3 October 1986
Ireland	10 October 1986
Chile	10 November 1986
Japan	6 December 1986
Colombia	25 December 1986
Uruguay	25 December 1986
Poland	31 December 1986
Peru	1987
Turkey	January 1987
South Korea	9 December 1987
Hungary	3 January 1991