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Reaction

The movie was the third highest grosser at the box-office for the year. Despite the large revenues, the film was criticised for being unfaithful to the original television series Mission: Impossible by focusing more on the star (and also producer) Tom Cruise's character Ethan Hunt rather than emphasizing teamwork. At the same time the film made the central character of the television series, Jim Phelps, a traitor in the CIA. The script was also criticized for being too complicated, a twist on the usual complaints that summer blockbusters are too lowbrow and simple. However some fans regard it as much more faithful than its immediate sequel Mission: Impossible II. The second sequel, Mission: Impossible III however, was praised for its use of teamwork in various missions; a trait very much in line with the original series.

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Locations

Filming locations include:

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Plot summary

Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is an agent who serves as a point man on a squad of intelligence operatives known as IMF, which is headed by Jim Phelps (Jon Voight). The movie begins with the team assembling for a mission in Prague to stop a traitor from stealing the Non-official cover (NOC) list—a comprehensive list of all IMF agents in Eastern Europe which includes their call signs and their real names. The mission goes inexplicably wrong, apparently resulting in the assassinations of nearly the entire team, including Phelps, leaving Hunt the sole survivor.

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See also

Historical incidents similar to those in the film's climax:

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References in popular culture

The success of Top Gun has seen it have a cultural influence in society which has spawned many references, some of which lampoon the film:

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Video games

Top Gun also spawned a number of video games for various platforms. The original game was released in 1987 under the same title as the film. It was released on five platforms in total; PC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (with an equivalent version for Nintendo's "VS." arcade cabinets). In the game the player pilots an F-14 Tomcat fighter and has to complete four missions. A sequel, Top Gun: The Second Mission, was released for the NES three years later.

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Awards and nominations

The film won the following awards:

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Reception

The film opened in the United States in 1,028 theatres on May 16, 1986. On its first weekend it came in at number one with a $8,193,052 gross, and went on to a total domestic figure of $176,786,701. Internationally it was embraced, taking in $177,030,000 for a worldwide box office total of $353,816,701.[5] The film was praised for the action sequences but its dramatic side was criticized, as by Roger Ebert who makes light of the situation by saying that "The dogfights are absolutely the best since Clint Eastwood's electrifying aerial scenes in Firefox. But look out for the scenes where the people talk to one another".[6] New York Times critic Walter Goodman hailed its action ability saying that it "fires off as spectacular a show of state-of-the-art jet battle" but later writes that "The excitement is switched off on landing",[7] echoing the thoughts of reviews such as Ebert's.

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Accident during filming

Renowned aerobatic pilot Art Scholl was hired to do in-flight camera work for the film. The original script called for an inverted flat spin which he was to perform and capture on an onboard camera. Scholl entered the spin, but was unable to recover from it and crashed his Pitts S-2 in to the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast. The cause of the accident remains unknown.

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Music

The Top Gun soundtrack is one of the most popular soundtracks to date. Harold Faltermeyer, who previously worked with both Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson on the films Flashdance and Beverly Hills Cop was sent the script of Top Gun by Bruckheimer before filming even had even started. Kenny Loggins was present at one of the screenings for composers and singers. He picked a smaller scene, one that might not be too popular, thinking he would have a better chance of getting his material in the film. He chose the volleyball scene. Together with producer Peter Wolf, the two produced the song Playing with the Boys for the scene. Loggins, already doing Playing with the Boys, went on to complete Danger Zone as well.

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