Top Secret!
1984 Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker …
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Parody of WWII spy movies in which an American rock and roll singer becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany.
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A flat out comedy masterpiece, and staggeringly, one that remains the ZAZ team's undiscovered feature for many. It is my life's mission to get more people to see it.
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Whilst it’s fairly understandable that some things will get lost in the shuffle when your back catalogue includes the likes of the Naked Gun films and Airplane!, I can’t understand how little praise I’ve seen for this film over the years. It does lack a real stand out or oft quoted gag such as the “I am serious... and don't call me Shirley” line from Airplane! or a character as strongly defined as the Naked Gun’s Frank Drebin, but it does have just as high a hit rate of stupidly puerile humour, great sight gags, clever wordplay and inventive shots to mean that it should be included in any discussion of the best spoof comedies.
It also has a great…
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This movie has an operatic horse in it. And a cow in tall boots. That should be enough for anyone to like it.
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After finally drudging through Vanilla Sky, I needed a break from the overly serious. Enter Top Secret: A fun and hilarious parody of the action/spy genre that plays like Naked Gun meets Austin Powers. I have nothing more to say other than damn, Val Kilmer can move!
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A classic that receives nowhere near enough attention for it's hilarious comedy value. For a fan of Airplane, which will most likely be the majority of people reading, this is a must watch.
Fantastic, underrated comedy that deserves so much more.
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"I know a little German. He's sitting over there."
[Nick and Hillary arrive at the Potato Farm. Shetland pony is coughing]
Nick Rivers: What's wrong with him?"Oh, he caught a cold last week and he's just a little hoarse."
"Listen to me, Hillary. I'm not the first guy who fell in love with a woman that he met at a restaurant who turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist, only to lose her to her childhood lover who she last saw on a deserted island, who then turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French resistance."
Some definite laughs throughout this much lesser known Zucker brothers, post-Airplane, pre-Naked Gun movies outing. It…
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One of the funniest spoof movies ever made.
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Es una cima del humor absurdo tipo "Aterriza como puedas". Y Val Kilmer jamás ha estado mejor.
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A fun, quirky little film from the folks behind 'Airplane!' I enjoyed the zaniness more when I was younger, and my brother and I quoted the thing to death, but the gleefully silly attitude can still get me chuckling.
Plus one star if you haven't seen 'Top Secret!' before.
Plus an extra 1/2 if you're unfamiliar with anything the comedy crew
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Val Kilmer do comedy good.
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This movie has an operatic horse in it. And a cow in tall boots. That should be enough for anyone to like it.
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Not as memorable as the masterpiece that is Airplane!, but it's got some great sight gags of its own.
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I'd never seen this before. It was nice to see some Zucker/Abrahams sight gags for the first time again. The scene in the book store with Peter Cushing is inspired. There were ten-ish jokes that I literally laughed out loud at, to myself, with no-one else in the room. I liked Val Kilmer. And it's short! I love a short movie.
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After finally drudging through Vanilla Sky, I needed a break from the overly serious. Enter Top Secret: A fun and hilarious parody of the action/spy genre that plays like Naked Gun meets Austin Powers. I have nothing more to say other than damn, Val Kilmer can move!
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Val's hairdo
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