Top Gun (1986)
Original 1986 Paramount Pictures black and white split publicity still #TG-COMP-5, combining stills #TG-5111-16 and #TG-5158-26.
Two images share this sheet. In the upper frame, commanding officer James Tolkan tells Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards, as Maverick and Goose, that they have been selected to join the Navy's elite fighter school; below, director Tony Scott explains an upcoming scene to Cruise, both men in flight gear. Photographed by Ralph Nelson, it retains the original Paramount Pictures publicity sheets on the reverse with the studio's own captions and credits, making it a wonderful piece of production history as well as a portrait of a star on the rise.
TOP GUN was the highest-grossing film of 1986 and turned Tom Cruise into a global superstar. Produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, it set the template for the glossy, high-octane blockbuster, with Tony Scott's sun-drenched aerial photography, Harold Faltermeyer's score and Berlin's Oscar-winning "Take My Breath Away" becoming instantly iconic. Its long-awaited sequel, TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022), brought Cruise back to the cockpit more than three decades later and introduced a whole new generation to the original.
- Year: 1986
- Still Numbers: TG-COMP-5 (TG-5111-16 / TG-5158-26)
- Size: 8 X 10 Inches
- Condition: Unframed
- Product Code: T6900
