Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with the Paramount Pictures company. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., and was inspired by the article "Top Guns" written by Ehud Yonay for California magazine. The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt. Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his Radar Intercept Officer Nick "Goose" Bradshaw are... given the chance to train at the Navy's Fighter Weapons School. The film depicts Maverick's progress through the training, his romance with a female instructor , his overcoming a crisis of confidence following a fatal training accident, and the killing of several enemy pilots of unlisted nationality in a dogfight. Top Gun is slated for a 3D theatrical re-release in 2012. United States Naval Aviator Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell flies the F-14A Tomcat off USS Enterprise , with Radar Intercept Officer Lieutenant Nick "Goose" Bradshaw.
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| Release date: | May 12, 1986 |
| Directed by: | Tony Scott |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 110 Minutes |
| Producer: | Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Editor: | Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon |
| Music by: | Harold Faltermeyer |
| Cinematography: | Jeffrey L. Kimball |
| Screenplay by: | Jim Cash, Jack Epps, Jr. |
| Estimated budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action |