Hot Shots!

Hot Shots!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJim Abrahams
Written byJim Abrahams
Pat Proft
Produced byBill Badalato
Starring
CinematographyBill Butler
Edited byJane Kurson
Eric A. Sears
Music bySylvester Levay
Production
company
Peter V. Miller Investment Corp.
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • July 31, 1991 (1991-07-31)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$26 million[1]
Box office$181.1 million[1]

Hot Shots! is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams, co-writer and co-director of Airplane!, and written by Abrahams and Pat Proft. It stars Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer, Kevin Dunn, Kristy Swanson, Bill Irwin, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.[2] The film is primarily a parody of Top Gun, with some scenes spoofing other popular films, including 9½ Weeks, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dances with Wolves, Marathon Man, Rocky, Superman, and Gone with the Wind.

A sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux, was released in 1993, with Sheen, Golino, Bridges and Jerry Haleva reprising their roles.

  1. ^ a b "Hot Shots!". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Hot Shots!". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 3, 2016.