Top Gun | |
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4 Nominations / 1 Win | |
Year | 1986 |
Director | Tony Scott |
Writer | Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. |
Starring | Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt |
59th Academy Awards |
Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article titled "Top Guns" published in California magazine three years earlier. The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt.
Wins
- Best Original Song — "Take My Breath Away" – Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock
Nominations
- Best Film Editing — Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon
- Best Original Song — "Take My Breath Away" – Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock
- Best Sound Mixing — Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, William B. Kaplan
- Best Sound Effects Editing — Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
Plot[]
As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.