Top Secret!

1984
15
1h 30m

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7.2/10

76K

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An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resi... Read allAn American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scientist.An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scientist.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

76K

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152

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Trivia
The songs that Val Kilmer sings in the film are actually performed by him and were featured on the film's soundtrack released in 1984 under Kilmer's character's name Nick Rivers.

Goofs
Nick puts the 20th tally on the jail cell wall representing his 20th minute in jail. In the next shot, the wall doesn't show any tally marks.

Quotes
General Streck, German High Command: [talking on the phone] What is the condition of Sergeant Kruger?
[pause]
General Streck, German High Command: Very well, let me know if there is any change in his condition.
[Hangs up]
General Streck, German High Command: He's dead.

Crazy credits
End credits contain an empty title card that reads: "This Space For Rent."

Alternate versions
Several scenes are in the television version that are not in the video release version:
A two scene subplot involving Commandant van Horst's dog.
When Nick (Kilmer) spits at General Streck (Kemp) the projectile ricochets off of two walls.
In the park, Nick offers Hillary (Gutteridge) a cart of beverages.
When Nick and Hillary kiss, breaking the guitar, much of the scene is edited. They roll in front of two buildings and a window overlooking a burning building.
Near the end, Cedric (Sharif) crushes Streck in a car as he had been.

Connections
Edited into The Paul Behragam Talk Show: Balto 3 R&T Part 3 (2015)

Soundtracks
Skeet Surfing
Parody medley based on:
"Surfin' U.S.A." by Brian Wilson and Chuck Berry
"Fun, Fun, Fun" by Brian Wilson and Mike Love (as Michael Love)
"Little Honda" by Brian Wilson and Mike Love (as Michael Love)
"California Girls" by Brian Wilson
"Hawaii" by Brian Wilson
Produced by Mike Moran
Performed by Val Kilmer

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Featured review

very underrated

The Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team, master of the rapid-fire humor and insane spoofs, strike again! This time with "Top Secret!", which is a very underrated movie that, in my humble opinion, is just as good as "Airplane!" (which of course is considered their best work).

I don't understand it - what makes this film inferior to "Airplane!"? There are just as many jokes, the jokes are just as good, the timing is as always perfect. Am I missing something? Is it just that "Airplane!" was bold in breaking barriers for spoof movies, setting a precedent that "Top Secret!" was just there to follow?

That's not to diminish the quality of "Airplane!", which is one of my favorites. But what's wrong with "Top Secret!"? Why only a 6.6 rating? It must be from those purists who don't understand movies like this, and don't like this movie because the plot is not as well-developed as the plot of "Airplane!" Don't get me wrong - ordinarily a more developed plot only makes a movie funnier, but in the case of a spoof like this, the plot isn't important (it has often been said that the plot is just a "clothesline" for the jokes in such movies). Those purists completely miss the point of this movie.

Watch this movie unless you're one of those blasted aforementioned purists. If that is the case, go watch "The Philadelphia Story" for the thousandth time.