Top Secret! (1984)
Rating: 3 Stars (out of 4)
Skeet Surfin'
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Buy Top Secret! on DVD
I could never figure out why this comedy-packed gem bombed during its
day until I saw it again and realized how juvenile it is. Nevertheless,
my memories of it helped me enjoy it once again. Val Kilmer stars as an
Elvis-like rock star sent behind the Iron Curtain and ends up saving
humanity while managing to sing a few tunes. In one scene Val visits a
bookstore run by Peter Cushing, who talks in a foreign language Ð
actually the soundtrack run backwards. The disc contains one essential
hidden Easter egg: this scene performed forwards, as filmed. "Everybody
go skeet surfin'."
Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing, Omar Sharif
Written by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Martyn Burke
Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 90 minutes
Date: September 5, 2002
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