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Top Secret!

  • 19841984
  • PGPG
  • 1h 30m
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7.2/10
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Top Secret! (1984)
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An American rock and roll singer becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany.An American rock and roll singer becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany.An American rock and roll singer becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
69K
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POPULARITY
2,746
541
    • Jim Abrahams
    • David Zucker
    • Jerry Zucker
  • Writers
    • Jim Abrahams
    • David Zucker
    • Jerry Zucker
  • Stars
    • Val Kilmer
    • Omar Sharif
    • Jeremy Kemp
    • Jim Abrahams
    • David Zucker
    • Jerry Zucker
  • Writers
    • Jim Abrahams
    • David Zucker
    • Jerry Zucker
  • Stars
    • Val Kilmer
    • Omar Sharif
    • Jeremy Kemp
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 200User reviews
    • 52Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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    Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer
    • Nick Rivers
    Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif
    • Agent Cedric
    Jeremy Kemp
    Jeremy Kemp
    • General Streck
    Warren Clarke
    Warren Clarke
    • Colonel von Horst
    Tristram Jellinek
    • Major Crumpler
    Billy J. Mitchell
    Billy J. Mitchell
    • Martin
    Major Wiley
    • Porter
    Gertan Klauber
    Gertan Klauber
    • Mayor
    Richard Mayes
    • Biletnikov
    Vyvyan Lorrayne
    • Madam Bergerone
    Nancy Abrahams
    • Pregnant Woman
    Ian McNeice
    Ian McNeice
    • Blind Souvenir Vendor
    John Sharp
    John Sharp
    • Maitre D'
    Lucy Gutteridge
    Lucy Gutteridge
    • Hillary Flammond
    Michael Burlington
    • Waiter
    Marcus Powell
    • Little German
    Louise Yaffe
    • Cafe Diner
    Charlotte Zucker
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      • Jim Abrahams
      • David Zucker
      • Jerry Zucker
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    • Trivia
      The songs that Val Kilmer sings in the film are actually performed by Kilmer himself and were featured on the film's soundtrack released in 1984 under Kilmer's character's name Nick Rivers.
    • Goofs
      When the magnet picks up the car in the junk yard, the driver's window is halfway open. In the following shot of the car being placed into the crusher, the window is completely closed.
    • Quotes

      General Streck, German High Command: [talking on the phone] What is the condition of Sergeant Kruger?

      [pause]

      General Streck, German High Command: Very well, let me know if there is any change in his condition.

      [Hangs up]

      General Streck, German High Command: He's dead.

    • Crazy credits
      This Space For Rent [ this is in the middle of an otherwise blank screen ]
    • Alternate versions
      Several scenes are in the television version that are not in the video release version:
      • A two scene subplot involving Commandant van Horst's dog.
      • When Nick (Kilmer) spits at General Streck (Kemp) the projectile ricochets off of two walls.
      • In the park, Nick offers Hillary (Gutteridge) a cart of beverages.
      • When Nick and Hillary kiss, breaking the guitar, much of the scene is edited. They roll in front of two buildings and a window overlooking a burning building.
      • Near the end, Cedric (Sharif) crushes Streck in a car as he had been.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Paul Behragam Talk Show: Balto 3 R&T Part 3 (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Skeet Surfing
      Parody medley based on:

      "Surfin' U.S.A." by Brian Wilson and Chuck Berry

      "Fun, Fun, Fun" by Brian Wilson and Mike Love (as Michael Love)

      "Little Honda" by Brian Wilson and Mike Love (as Michael Love)

      "California Girls" by Brian Wilson

      "Hawaii" by Brian Wilson

      Produced by Mike Moran

      Performed by Val Kilmer

    User reviews200

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    8/10
    Spoof movie done right.
    There was a time when spoof movies were funny. They relied on visual gags. They relied on jokes. They relied on ridiculous situations, funny characters and subverting expectations. In short, they relied on comedy to sell the product. Then filmmakers got lazy. Really lazy. Instead of carefully crafting a joke or scene they went for pop culture references that immediately date the movie and make it unwatchable a few years later. But during the 80's we had a series of gems of the genre and this is possibly one of the funniest.

    The story, if you can call it such, deals with a young man played by Val Kilmer who's the biggest rock star of his time. His big hit, "Skeet Surfing" where people take to the waves on their surfboards and try to hit their targets while wielding shotguns. Silly? Of course. That's what this movie is all about.

    His adventures take him to Europe where he fights against the East Germans, falls in love and Pac Man shows up in one scene for no readily explained reason. The jokes and sight gags come at you very fast sometimes in the foreground, often times in the background and everywhere else. One example is he goes to a fancy restaurant for dinner but they won't let him in without a jacket. So instead of pulling some musty old jacket out of the closet, they bring in a tailor to make him a tuxedo which is ready in five minutes so he can have dinner. Some of the jokes land, some don't but they're all played straight and no attention it called to them. It's as if nothing is out of the ordinary which makes it much funnier.

    This movie is in the style of classics such as Airplane, not whatever Selzter and Friedberg monstrosity has come out this year. It's funny. You should give it a watch.
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    • Jun 3, 2019

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    • Release date
      • June 22, 1984 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
      • German
      • Yiddish
      • Latin
      • French
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    • Filming locations
      • Osterley Park House, Isleworth, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Kingsmere Properties
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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