Top Secret!

Top Secret!

Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cast: Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif
, Jeremy Kemp
Jeremy Kemp
Jim Abrahams
Top Secret!

Top Secret!

Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cast: Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif
, Jeremy Kemp
Jeremy Kemp
Jim Abrahams

DVD (Wide Screen)

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Overview

The second of Zucker-Abraham-Zucker's theatrical-feature spoofs (Airplane was the first, discounting the patchwork Kentucky Fried Movie), Top Secret! lampoons practically every film genre. Specifically, however, this is a hybrid of an "Elvis" movie and a World War II "underground resistance" thriller. In his film debut, Val Kilmer plays Nick Rivers, a Presley-like American rock idol sent behind the Iron Curtain on a goodwill tour. Before long, he is involved in a complex espionage scheme thanks to beautiful Lucy Gutteridge, the daughter of a scientist (Michael Gough) held captive by the Communists. Also essential to the action is flamboyant resistance leader Christopher Villiers, who behaves like Victor Mature in Betrayed (1954) and talks like James Mason. Adhering to Z-A-Z's cheerful disregard for people, places and events, the East Germans are depicted as Nazis, while the Underground is comprised of Frenchmen. The plot is mainly an excuse for the Z-A-Z team's fondness for joke-a-minute lampoonery, skewering cinematic targets ranging from The Blue Lagoon (1980) to The Wizard of Oz (1939). As in Z-A-Z's other efforts, Top Secret! scores its biggest yocks when invoking cliches that we never realized were cliches-and falls on its face whenever attempting a too-obvious gag (the biggest clinker: that pigeon statue in the park). Everyone has his or her favorite bits in this film: our faves include the resistance fighter named Deja Vu ("Haven't we met somewhere before?"), Kilmer's horrible nightmare while being tortured (he arrives too late to take final exams), the army-booted cow, the sensitive Pinto, and the East German National Anthem, sung to the tune of the Shorewood (Wisconsin) High School marching song. But let's say no more: comedy of this nature is designed to be seen, not written or read about.

Product Details

Release Date: 10/24/2017
UPC: 0032429286888
Original Release: 1984
Rating: PG
Source: PARAMOUNT
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 1:30:00
Sales rank: 13,992

Special Features

Closed Caption; Group Commentary by Directors Jm Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker, Producers Jon Davison & Hunt Lowry; and Moderator Fred Rubin; Alternate Scenes; Storyboards

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Omar Sharif Agent Cedric
Jeremy Kemp General Streck
Warren Clarke Colonel von Horst
Tristram Jellinek Major Crumpler
Val Kilmer Nick Rivers
Billy J. Mitchell Martin
Major Wiley Porter
Gertan Klauber Mayor
Richard Mayes Biletnikov
Vyvyan Lorrayne Madam Bergerone
Ian McNeice Blind Souvenir Vendor
John Sharp Maitre D'
Lucy Gutteridge Hillary Flammond
Michael Burlington Waiter
Louise Yaffe Cafe Diner
Charlotte Zucker Cafe Diner,Chef
Susan Breslau Cafe Diner
Richard Pescud Priest
John J. Carney Klaus
Daisy the Cow Herself
Nancy Abrahams Pregnant Woman
David Adams Back-Up Singer
Maurice Jarre Composer

Technical Credits
Jim Abrahams Director,Executive Producer
David Zucker Director,Director,Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
Jon Davison Producer
Hunt Lowry Producer
Susan Arnold Casting
Frederick Zollo Producer
Lucy Boulting Casting
Mary Selway Casting
Derek Ball Sound/Sound Designer
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