Hot Shots! poster
Director Jim Abrahams
Writer Jim Abrahams, Pat Proft

Hot Shots!

Tagline: The mother of all movies.

Release Date: 1991-07-31

Duration: 85 minutes

Synopsis

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 axe 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.

Casting

  • Cary Elwes
    Kent Gregory
  • Charlie Sheen
    Topper Harley / Rhett Butler / Superman
  • Jon Cryer
    Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
  • Valeria Golino
    Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane
  • Kevin Dunn
    Lt. Commander Block
  • Kristy Swanson
    Kowalski
  • Lloyd Bridges
    Admiral Benson
  • Ryan Stiles
    'Mailman' Farnham
  • Heidi Swedberg
    Mrs. 'Dead Meat' Thompson
  • Charles Barkley
    Charles Barkley