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DVD ~ Val Kilmer
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing, Jeremy Kemp, Christopher Villiers
  • Directors: David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
  • Writers: David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Martyn Burke
  • Producers: David Zucker
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Paramount
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Jul 2002
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000066C6Z
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 84,469 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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In between the disaster movie satire Airplane! in 1980 and the hardboiled cop show parody The Naked Gun in 1988, the comedy crew of Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker put together a picture that's almost as funny as their better-known hits. Top Secret! sends up spy movies and cheesy teen rock 'n' roll musicals. Val Kilmer stars as swivel-hipped American rocker Nick Rivers, a sort of blonde Elvis whose secret weapon is Little Richard's tune "Tutti Fruitti." On tour behind the Iron Curtain, Nick strikes blows for democracy overtly and covertly, with his music as well as his espionage skills. In short, this is a very, very silly motion picture. Some great gags, including a subtitled scene in a Swedish book shop, and an inspired bit with a Ford Pinto that not everybody may get anymore. (The Pinto, you may or may not recall, was notoriously prone to gas tank explosions when rear-ended.) --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just hilarious, but really inventive, too, 3 Mar 2007
By Dr. George L. Sik (Epsom, Surrey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Top Secret [DVD] [1984] (DVD)
A 'cult classic' is what we're talking about here. At the time, and even now, some just won't get it.

It is interesting that Airplane!, which came before, and The Naked Gun, which followed, were huge successes and this is probably because they were more disciplined parodies of highly recognisable genres. Here, though, as in The Kentucky Fried Movie where they began, the team just let ideas run wild. Although more surreal, this is no less funny and at times is probably the best work they've done.

The songs are sublime, from a razor-sharp Beach Boys spoof to a reworded Are You Lonesome Tonight? turned into an advertising jingle. The dialogue sparkles, the jokes are terrific and the fact that Val Kilmer is taking it so seriously (he always does - and this actually makes the film funnier now that he is so well-known) just adds to the brilliance.

Who can forget the city map turning into a Pac-Man game, the giant pigeon statue or the scene with Peter Cushing, filmed entirely backwards - a scene which was ripped off by an advertising campaign for Tennants Pilsner which must have lasted a decade?

Of course, today many of the targets sent up will perhaps have been forgotten. Who now remembers Midnight Express, The Blue Lagoon, any number of cheesy Elvis, World War II and Cold War movies...perhaps even Pac Man itself?

The fact that it's so brimming with ideas will just be too much for some viewers, like a cake that's too rich. Others will be in comedy heaven.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Soooooooooooo funny!!!, 17 Nov 2002
This review is from: Top Secret [DVD] [1984] (DVD)
Any one who likes comedy has to get this, it is one of the funniest spoof comedys ever! Ok, so it might be a bit old now, but one you start watching it, you won't stop laughing.
It is one of the rare comedy films which continues to churn out the gags during the film, and never lets up.
The cast is brilliant, headed by the excellent Val Kilmer, and the charecters are very good too, especially 'de ja vous', a member of the french resistance, who's first line upon meeting people is 'have we not met before'.
This film has been my favorite since I was very young, and it still looks brilliant every time i watch it.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest Spoof movies ever, 9 Nov 2002
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This review is from: Top Secret [DVD] [1984] (DVD)
Right from the opening shot - The screaming locomotive pass-by and the train-top chase - featuring a notable appearance by Omar sherif, You are sure to be in for first class spoofing. The jokes are hilarious and they just keep coming. If you thought Val Kilmer was a cool action dude, then check him out doing comedy. Absolute entertainment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Top Secret [DVD] [1984
Great film, its the film that was made before "Airplane" series, if you like the series you will love this.
Published 1 month ago by Richard Fox

5.0 out of 5 stars Which language? which sub-titles?
Audio: English, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish.

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5.0 out of 5 stars FUNNIEST FILM EVER
i haven't bought this of amazon but i watched it at a friends and we couldn't stop laughing. One of the funniest parts is where a man says "spleken die deutsch"(my german isn't... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Top Funny
'Top Secret' is one of the comedies from Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. During the years they have brought the wonderful 'Airplane! Read more
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Need a good laugh ?

This film is so fantatic, it is one of the funniest films ever.

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Published 22 months ago by Mr. Carl Parkin

5.0 out of 5 stars Great obvious straightforward laugh a minute!
This has got to be the best Zucker brothers film Ive seen! can say that I was rolling around on the floor with laughter the first time i saw this!! Read more
Published on 19 April 2007 by Heidi Manuel

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Zucker Abrahams film of all
Contains many of the funniest gags I have ever seen. There are some cracking verbal gags. I cannot praise it highly enough. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2007 by The Hound

2.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointing....
I was a little disappointed by this film. It wasn't nearly as funny as Airplane, which I can watch again and again and still laugh out loud. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2006 by Mr. R. Lister

5.0 out of 5 stars Very amusing but dated humor
For people that grew up with after the "Berlin wall", this film may need some explaining.

American rock and roll singer, Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) has a gig in the now extinct... Read more

Published on 11 Sep 2005 by bernie

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Weird film!
I bought this film on the basis that it was made by the Airplane people. It doesn't really compare to Airplane too well, but its still a comedy film. Read more
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