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Hot Shots! is a 1991 comedy spoof which starred Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer, Kevin Dunn, and Bill Irwin. It was directed by Jim Abrahams, co-director of Airplane!
, and was written by Abrahams and Pat Proft.

Plot summary

Hot Shots has been described as "Top Gun meets Airplane!
". Sheen stars as U.S. Navy pilot Topper Harley who is asked to return to active duty for a special assignment after dropping out to go and live with Native Americans. Harley is romantically linked to the same woman (Golino) as another top gun pilot (Elwes). Amidst the chaos, the owner of an aerospace firm is trying to sabotage the mission in order to make the current fighter jets look bad in hopes that the Navy will replace them in favor of his German-made jets.

Trivia

The aircraft used in the movie are Folland Gnats.
The film was followed by a sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux
.
One of the best-remembered parts of the film is a scene in which Valeria Golino catches an olive in her mouth that has been popped out of her navel. According to Golino (interviewed in a behind-the-scenes featurette for the sequel), this scene was filmed without special effects.

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