Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1324 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-09-04
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, German, French, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish, Danish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Dutch, Finnish, Croatian, Greek, Bulgarian
• Dubbed in: German, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 105 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Jingoism, beefcake, military hardware, and a Giorgio Moroder rock score reign supreme over taste and logic in this Tony Scott film about a maverick trainee pilot (Tom Cruise) who can't follow the rules at a Navy aviation training facility. The dogfight sequences between American and Libyan jets at the end are absolutely mechanical, though audiences loved it at the time. The love story between Cruise's character and that of Kelly McGillis is like flipping through pages of advertising in a glossy magazine. This designer action movie from 1986 is made more palatable by the canny casting of good actors in dumb parts. Standouts include Anthony Edwards--who makes a nice impression as Cruise's average-Joe pal--and the relatively unknown Meg Ryan in a small but memorable appearance. --Tom Keogh

Special Features

• Running Time: 105 minutes
  
• Disc Format: Single Sided/Dual Layer – DVD-9
  
• Region Code: 2
  
• Widescreen
  
• Soundtrack Languages: German, Italian, Spanish (Dolby Digital Surround)/French, English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  
• Subtitles: Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, English for the Hearing Impaired, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish

Synopsis
Cocky, undisciplined Maverick (Tom Cruise) flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules at the Navy fighter pilot academy with his best friend and co-pilot Goose (Anthony Edwards). Along the way, Maverick romances the civilian astrophysics instructor (Kelly McGillis) who is initially put off by his hotshot antics. When a personal tragedy leads Maverick to reassess his abilities and choices, he proves that he can be a team player and still shine. Directed by Tony Scott, TOP GUN was the top grossing movie of 1986.

Customer Reviews

Comments on the Blu Ray version of TOP GUN.
Paramount's Blu-ray disc of Top Gun is clean and crisp, getting the most out of John Schwartzman's slick cinematography. The disc is liberally slathered with DS and 5.1 options in English, French and Spanish. Savant's viewing reminded him very much of the original multi-track experience, which definitely had the audience in its pocket.

Jerry Bruckheimer gathers his director Scott, writer Epps and some military experts for the commentary, while a multi-part docu Danger Zone covers the making of the film. Tony Scott provides an optional commentary for a storyboard comparison, and an extra docu The Best of The Best lauds the expertise of the Navy's elite fliers, excuse me, aviators.

Top Gun's appeal was due in no small part to its hot soundtrack, and the disc includes music videos for Take My Breath Away, The Top Gun Anthem, Heaven in Your Eyes and Danger Zone, which shows up every time the planes go into action, as if programmed into the automated cockpit environment. Top Gun was criticised for grafting MTV glitz on a Military back drop, but nobody's denying that the mix isn't effective.

TV spots, more EPK featurettes (one on survival techniques) and Tom Cruise interviews finish up this great package.

An all time action classic
This film will always be one of my favourites if not my favourite for the rest of time. The action scenes are amazing and Tom Criuse...there is a reason why he is one of Hollywood's finest. Even though you are only watching, it really gets the adrenalin pumping; and after, it made me wanna be a fighter pilot myself ...if one really needs any encouragement to want to be a fighter pilot in the first place! Action, romance, humour, and a good soundtrack ..hard to find a minus.

Duck when Tom does a fly-by!
Remastered in blu ray this is absolutely fantastic!

The sound, the definition of the pictures.

Blu ray at its best!