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Top Secret! (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 17  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.4/10

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Runtime: 90 mins

Synopsis: Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops along the way. East Germany is planning a cultural festival, and invites... Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops along the way. East Germany is planning a cultural festival, and invites rock-and-roll singer Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) (but only after Leonard Bernstein can't make it). The festival, however is a mere distraction so that the Germans can launch a secret attack on a submarine fleet without being detected. Nick soon finds himself involved with the French resistance, encountering slapstick gags and film parodies every time he turns around. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Jeremy Kemp

Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Screenwriter: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Martyn Burke

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 16, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Checkpoint
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
  • Dolby Digital Mono - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer - 1. Theatrical
  • Audio Commentary - 1. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker - Directors, Jon
  • Davison, Hunt Lowery - Producers, Fred Rubin - Moderator
  • Alternate Scenes (4)

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Storyboards

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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The story has almost no momentum and runs out of gas, ending abruptly, but how can you knock a movie with so many gut-busting jokes?

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Geoff Andrew
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Chuck O'Leary
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Bill Chambers
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Emanuel Levy
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07/13/05
Rob Blackwelder
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3/5

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06/30/05
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
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3.5/4

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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4/5

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09/01/04
Ryan Cracknell
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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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3/5

Serves up a veritable smorgasbord of comic bits.

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08/19/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Andy Klein
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11/23/03
Rebecca Murray
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10/05/03
Josh Gilchrist
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08/29/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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4/5

One of the funnier post-Airplane! free-for-alls

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07/18/03
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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3/5

Another piece of loony bin entertainment from the Abrahams-Zucker chuckle factory...inspired in its wickedly silly-minded skin

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05/29/03
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com
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3/5

Used to be very funny but doesn't hold up.

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05/02/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
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2/5

Intermittenly funny, but no Airplane!

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12/19/02
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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