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THE LOUDEST BANG The detonation of Top Gun, which mixed the talents of Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis to become the year's highest-grossing movie (about $170 million).
Throughout the lighthearted skits, one-liners fly like shrapnel -- about Reagan's forgetfulness, loose use of facts, light working schedule ("from 9 to 12, from Monday clear to Wednesday") and reliance on pop-culture symbolism ("an idyllic land of tax breaks and lots of big-grossing summer movies"). The title...
The partnership has been profitable for both Hollywood and the Pentagon. Top Gun, which has raked in $160 million so far at the box office, is the year's highest-grossing film. Its glorified portrayal of Navy life spurred theater owners in such cities as Los Angeles and Detroit to...
He is equally adept at prying open a wild croc or a can of Foster's. But ask Paul Hogan how he feels about the success of his first film, "Crocodile" Dundee, and he's likely to sound like the laid-back grandpa he is rather than the hottest actor...
And yet adventurous filmmakers like Ridley Scott continue to buck the trend and spend the bucks on these archaic entertainments. Legend cost about $30 million, runs only 89 minutes in its current form, and had its U.S. release delayed for almost a year before surprising everybody with two consecutive top...