| Show T?V7 V Arts movies & music CI 51 Best bets Q fj U- -3 L Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will speak at Weber State College See local 2D Alan Alda has a few more dimensions than usual in his new film 'Sweet Liberty'5D Despite its predictability 'God's Favorite' evens out into a nice little play 8D JIKHiii Oqdcn May 16 1986 Standard-Examine- r IPC 6 "N j Top Gee ' J (f top draw I j 9 the summer's co lot of people are going to want to fly Navy jets by the end of the summer "Top Gun" may be the best military recruiting film ever made But it's not only a good advertisement for the Navy it's also an excellent movie "Tod Gun" is too flieht entertainment Tom Cruise ("Risky Business") stars as Lt Pete "Maverick" Mitchell a young Navy fighter pilot who yearns to be the best of the best in the world And to because Movie Review 'Top Gun' V v 1 I x N A f W I ifll I I ill I 'S£!&£9£ZS&mm "ft- Kelly McGillis and Tom Cruise relationship in Top share an interesting Gun' opening in the the "Mann Fourplex Ogden area tonight at Twin Drive-Itheaters Iw and achieve that goal Maverick has wiped fear — and sometimes common sense — from his mind He's a hot dog and not a bit ashamed of it He's proud as a matter of fact and for a couple of reasons First of ail his father (also a fighter pilot) was reported missing in action in Vietnam under Suspicious circumstances in 1965 so Maverick had to grow up battling rumors that his old man took an over to the enemy He's been try ing to clean up the family name ever since Second and more important his showboating leads to an encounter with a Soviet MiG fighter that makes him a legend throughout the Navy and secures a spot for him at the prestigious Fighter Weapons School — or Top Gun as pilots refer to it It's where the top one percent of the Navy's fighter jocks train in the art of airborne combat Competition at Top Gun is stiff however and a war of nerves and skill soon emerges between Maverick and Iceman (Val Kilmer) Iceman is a pilot and considers Maverick's style dangerous The competition between these two characters provides the central conflict and drama in "Top Gun" But the movie explores more than the competitive aspect of combat training There is a w onderful and sensuous relationship between Maverick and Charlotte (Kelly McGillis) a civilian astrophysicist and instructor at Top Gun There's also the warm friendship betwren Maverick and Goose (Anthony Edwards) his radar intercept officer (who sits tandem with him in the Tomcat) and the developing cockpit of their respect betwren the Top Gun instructors and the unorthodox pilot And all of this w orks so because the actors are first rate Cruise Edwards and Kilmer all manage to capture the aura of supreme arrogance that is part of the fighter pilot fabric These guys think their butts a ton and they probably do carry a lot of weight in the Navy They make us believe their egocentric attitude — although repugnant in civilian society — is necessary to the confidence level they must maintain to stay in top form Cruise in particular may very wrll have secured a position as his generation's Robert Redford He uses the same kinds of wry smirks in this movie that Redford used so deftly in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting" to become THE sex sjmbol of his generation McGillis adds another fine performance to her growing list ("Reuben Reuben" "Witness") Her quiet sensuality is the key to massive amounts of sexual tension Charlotte and Maverick As to any political tension in the film "Top Gun" may be a movie about military training and response to enemy aggression but the attitude is decidedly hereas "Rambo" made all kinds of West apolitical vs East statements "Top Gun" makes no such judgments or at least not overtly This film is more concerned with propagating the notion that American Navy pilots are the best in the (something that will no doubt make the pilots at Hill Air Force Base happ) Stars' stellar salaries soar out of sight Ev E03 THCVAS AsKca'c-( K?) — In the Cary Grant and Irene Dunne could cam $150000 a picture Today Sylvester Stallone fcis $12 million for acting in a movie and Dustin HotYman can collect $6 rni''ion to &j- Sar salaries arc Yc e das heights concerns that the rrerrfirg tUn industry is lovrg its eco- - LOS ANGELES !?4s sirg i)rf Vrc cvj sa 'rj iiii ClUd the pi-- t r names to market their movies and are willing to pay big bucks for recognizable faces "The trend continues down the line" said r Murphy financial cxpt ho teaches film at the University cf Southern California "Stars of like Bruce iue Icr0s and 19'0s Dvrn and George Sofa! are ptrr picture ecu-rit whereas they were Kfore" p: J a' iv t!e vurrvrt contra a lr-UM-Si? 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