Top Secret! (8/9) Movie CLIP - Underwater Barfight (1984) HD
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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Nick (
Val Kilmer) and the
Torch (
Christopher Villiers) duke it out in an undersea saloon.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
The second of Zucker-Abraham-Zucker's theatrical-feature spoofs (
Airplane was the first, discounting the patchwork
Kentucky Fried Movie), Top Secret! lampoons practically every film genre. Specifically, however, this is a hybrid of an "
Elvis" movie and a
World War II "underground resistance" thriller. In his film debut, Val Kilmer plays Nick
Rivers, a Presley-like
American rock idol sent behind the
Iron Curtain on a goodwill tour. Before long, he is involved in a complex espionage scheme thanks to beautiful
Lucy Gutteridge, the daughter of a scientist (
Michael Gough) held captive by the Communists. Also essential to the action is flamboyant resistance leader Christopher Villiers, who behaves like
Victor Mature in
Betrayed (1954) and talks like
James Mason. Adhering to Z-A-Z's cheerful disregard for people, places and events, the
East Germans are depicted as Nazis, while the
Underground is comprised of
Frenchmen. The plot is mainly an excuse for the Z-A-Z team's fondness for joke-a-minute lampoonery, skewering cinematic targets ranging from
The Blue Lagoon (
1980) to
The Wizard of Oz (
1939). As in Z-A-Z's other efforts, Top Secret! scores its biggest yocks when invoking cliches that we never realized were cliches-and falls on its face whenever attempting a too-obvious gag (the biggest clinker: that pigeon statue in the park).
Everyone has his or her favorite bits in this film: our faves include the resistance fighter named
Deja Vu ("
Haven't we met somewhere before?"), Kilmer's horrible
nightmare while being tortured (he arrives too late to take final exams), the army-booted cow, the sensitive
Pinto, and the
East German National Anthem, sung to the tune of the
Shorewood (Wisconsin)
High School marching song. But let's say no more: comedy of this nature is designed to be seen, not written or read about.
CREDITS:
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Paramount (
1984)
Cast: Lucy Gutteridge, Christopher Villiers, Val Kilmer
Directors:
Jim Abrahams,
David Zucker,
Jerry Zucker
Producers: Jim Abrahams,
Jon Davison,
Tom Jacobson, Hunt
Lowry, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Screenwriters: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker,
Martyn Burke
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