Top Secret!

Top Secret!

  • Director: David Zucker
  • Writer: Jim Abrahams,David Zucker,Jerry Zucker
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States
  • Language: English, German, Yiddish, Latin, French
  • Release date: June 8, 1984
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Top Secret
  • "Top Secret!" is an action comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams , zucknuckle and Jerry Zucker, starring Val Kilmer , Lucy Gutteridge , Jeremy Kemp and others. The film was released in the United States on June 8, 1984.
    The film tells the story of a well-known American rock singer Nick Rivers who was invited to perform in East Germany. During the period, he met the daughter of scientist Flamond, Hillary, but was accidentally involved in a spy case   .

    Details

    • Release date June 8, 1984
    • Filming locations Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    • Production companies Kingsmere Properties

    Box office

    Budget

    $9,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $20,458,340

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $4,406,205

    Gross worldwide

    $20,458,340

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kaia 2022-02-11 08:02:13

      The pioneer of nonsensical and funny, it is difficult to surpass until now

      In 1984, the movie "Laughing Breaking the Iron Curtain", the pioneer of nonsensical funny, and "The White-headed Detective" were both nonsensical American movies that came out in the past eight years. Later, Stephen Chow also borrowed a lot from it, but now it seems that they cannot be surpassed. The director's brain is really big, and his thinking is bursting. . A rare piece of the originator of nonsense, in 2015, it seems to be a smile. . What an unexpected classic movie!
      Recommendation...

    • By Yasmin 2022-02-11 08:02:13

      How to be funny with the discrepancy between expectations and reality.

      I have always liked watching some early American spoof films. The early films have a kind of childlike comedy color. Every laughter is as funny as a child’s thinking. Of course, there are also some adult jokes, but the content is very small, and modern comedy. It's not a number of ways at all.

      The starring role is Fang Moji, who was still well-groomed back then. After all, he is also one of the actors of Batman. He also played a young gunman in "Heat". It seems that he has never seen...

    • By Eloise 2022-02-11 08:02:13

      Iron curtain

      The more standard American justice and the Soviet Union’s evil values. The singers go to East Germany to participate in the festival, which is itself a espionage activity. There are traitors in the underground resistance organization in East Germany. By the way, I can show off a few singing voices. At a critical moment, the traitor was exposed and he was actually a senior member. In the end, the scientist was successfully rescued, and the female pig's feet issued a declaration...

    • By Cory 2022-02-11 08:02:13

      The culmination of spy nonsensical movies

      In classic spoof comedies, many of the nonsensical techniques and scenes have been learned by later comedy directors. For example: lines that are misleading and then reversed, unreasonable situations, exaggerated details to the extreme, wicked fun, etc., are widely used in many comedy movies.
              The protagonist was arrested and imprisoned. A friend came to visit the prison and said that he had tried all kinds of methods. As a result, the conversation turned "I can't make my wife...

    • By Jade 2022-02-11 08:02:13

      A funny meal with generous portions

      At the beginning of the small bridge section of the train fighting, you realized that this must be a physical spoof; the next East German military meeting, a bunch of clothes and talking except for the classic posture of not raising the right hand "h! h!" , The officers who acted freely from the Nazi pirated version showed that the film was ridiculous in terms of the narrative tone; then, as the title of the movie appeared, a song and dance of surfing and playing flying saucers on the water...

    User comments

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    • By Eryn 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      It's so fucking ridiculous...

    • By Vivianne 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      1. It is indeed a nonsensical precursor, walking too far ahead. 2. People who are the most cheap are invincible, and they are the most invincible when they are cheap. 3. Those who are not cheap can't come up with these ideas. This sentence is envy and...

    • By Leola 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      The black humor of 1984 is no worse than the film made now! ! It's so...

    • By Michelle 2022-04-23 07:02:34

      My cousin laughed at me for being crazy, and I blamed my cousin for laughing a little too...

    • By Lurline 2022-04-23 07:02:34

      The spoof of more than 30 years ago is ridiculous, many classic scenes, adapted East German songs, the Great Escape, tribute to the Wizard of Oz, underwater western fights, even Reagan was...

    Behind the scenes gags

    The film is co-directed by the three directors Jim Abrahams , zucknuckle , and Jerry Zucker , who once used " Airplane! " and " Ruthless People " as the masterpieces of the movie . The common feature of the three is that they are used to making jokes with ridiculous film techniques . 
    The film is Val Kilmer 's film debut, and the songs in the film are sung by him   .
    The wall of the prison scene where Nick was imprisoned in the film has...
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    Evaluation action

    The film is the most unknown and weirdest crazy satirical comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams, zucknuckle and Jerry Zucker. But its rich creativity made the film won the audience's love. The plot combines rock music and spy thriller (not to mention other types of works) , and the comedy creation is quite stable   . (Review of "Chicago Reader")
    The film is a spoof that combines the spy film of World War II and the movie of Elvis Twist....
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    Movie quotes

    • Doctor Flamond: You see, a year ago, I was close to perfecting the first magnetic desalinization process so revolutionary, it was capable of removing the salt from over 500 million gallons of seawater a day. Do you realize what that could mean to the starving nations of the earth?

      Nick Rivers: Wow. They'd have enough salt to last forever.

    • Nigel: Good work, Chocolate Mousse.

      Resistance Member: [High fiving him]

      [the only time another black person appears in their crew]

      Resistance Member: My man!

    • Agent Cedric: [sidling up to Blindman] Know any good white basketball players?

      Blindman: There are no good white basketball players.