Top Secret! Director: Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, David Zucker Cast: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Christopher Villiers, Omar Sharif
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- DVD Release Date: 02/03/2009
- Original Release: 1984
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- Sales Rank: 34,073
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Features
Closed Caption; Group commentary by directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker, producers Jon Davison & Hunt Lowry; and moderdator Fred Rubin; 4 alternate scenes; Storyboards; Original theatrical trailer
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Disc #1 -- Top Secret
1. Trouble on the Berlin Express [:13]
2. Global Domination [1:10]
3. Skeet Surfing [1:49]
4. Nick Rivers...Ambassador [:18]
5. The Cultural Festival [2:44]
6. Party Tricks [:06]
7. East German National Anthem [3:36]
8. Table for Two [1:38]
9. Folk Dancing [1:56]
10. Das Tutti Frutti [:41]
11. The Nuckcracker Suite [:18]
12. Lengthy Incarceration [2:13]
13. Escape Attempts [4:26]
14. Dr. Paul Flammond [1:00]
15. Nick Rivers in Concert [5:15]
16. Pigeon Park [:44]
17. The Swedish Bookstore [2:16]
18. Childhood Stories/"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" [4:23]
19. Meeting With Some Resistance [1:05]
20. The Torch [1:15]
21. Nice Shooting [2:04]
22. Der Pizza Haus/"Straighting the Rug" [2:37]
23. One of the Herd [2:11]
24. Breaking Into Flugeldorf Prison [2:24]
25. Double Cross [1:46]
26. Underwater Bar Room Brawl [:18]
27. Romantic Finale [4:39]
28. End Credits/"Spend This Nigth With Me" [1:32]
Editorial Reviews
The second of Zucker-Abraham-Zucker's theatrical-feature spoofs (Airplane was the first, discounting the patchwork Kentucky Fried Movie), Top Secret! lampoons practically every film genre. Specifically, however, this is a hybrid of an "Elvis" movie and a World War II "underground resistance" thriller. In his film debut, Val Kilmer plays Nick Rivers, a Presley-like American rock idol sent behind the Iron Curtain on a goodwill tour. Before long, he is involved in a complex espionage scheme thanks to beautiful Lucy Gutteridge, the daughter of a scientist (Michael Gough) held captive by the Communists. Also essential to the action is flamboyant resistance leader Christopher Villiers, who behaves like Victor Mature in Betrayed (1954) and talks like James Mason. Adhering to Z-A-Z's cheerful disregard for people, places and events, the East Germans are depicted as Nazis, while the Underground is comprised of Frenchmen. The plot is mainly an excuse for the Z-A-Z team's fondness for joke-a-minute lampoonery, skewering cinematic targets ranging from The Blue Lagoon (1980) to The Wizard of Oz (1939). As in Z-A-Z's other efforts, Top Secret! scores its biggest yocks when invoking cliches that we never realized were cliches-and falls on its face whenever attempting a too-obvious gag (the biggest clinker: that pigeon statue in the park). Everyone has his or her favorite bits in this film: our faves include the resistance fighter named Deja Vu ("Haven't we met somewhere before?"), Kilmer's horrible nightmare while being tortured (he arrives too late to take final exams), the army-booted cow, the sensitive Pinto, and the East German National Anthem, sung to the tune of the Shorewood (Wisconsin) High School marching song. But let's say no more: comedy of this nature is designed to be seen, not written or read about. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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