"Star Wars" on Earth created by the first collaboration between "Top Gun" Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott

"Top Gun" synopsis

Maverick and other top-level men gather at an elite pilot training school called "Top Gun" established by the U.S. Navy. As they devote themselves to rigorous training similar to actual combat, they become rivals who compete in their flying skills. Maverick falls in love with the beautiful instructor Charlie. Just when everything was going well, his plane got caught in the wake of a jet and his best friend, who was on board with him, was killed. Maverick loses his confidence and decides to leave Top Gun...

Index

• What I wanted to create was a terrestrial version of Star Wars.
• Tom Cruise on the floor vomiting
• Tony Scott is particular about color.
• The director passed away before he knew it. And what about the sequel?

What I wanted to create was a terrestrial version of Star Wars.

It was May 1983. Jerry Bruckheimer, an up-and-coming producer who was attracting attention at the time for films such as `` American Gigolo '' (1980) and ` `Flashdance '' (1983), noticed an article in a magazine. The article, titled "Top Guns," chronicled the life of a fighter pilot based at Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego, California.

Bruckheimer was determined to make the film into a movie, and approached his production partner, Don Simpson, with the idea of ​​making a film based on the highly successful science fiction anthology. " Star Wars " (77-). Bruckheimer's intentions were clear. What he was trying to create was a ``Star Wars'' on Earth.

"Top Gun" trailer

The creator's thoughts are beautifully translated into film. ``Top Gun'' (1986) was a film that captured scenes of real fighter planes dogfighting freely in the sky, and it became a work that is passed down as the best fighter plane movie of all time. The thrill is comparable to what could be called ``Star Wars'' on Earth.

What made this possible was the full cooperation of the U.S. Navy. The F-14 and other practical fighter jets, the Miramar Naval Base, and the inside of the aircraft carrier USS Ranger would have been opened up for filming. With the exception of a portion of the inverted flight scene at the beginning of the movie, all of the footage was shot using real fighter jets. In the movie, not only CG but also optical compositing (a compositing method before digital compositing became mainstream) is not used at all.

Tom Cruise on the floor vomiting