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Top Gun
Film credit
Tom Skerritt
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 3
- Movies in this archive
- 3
Rewatchables episodes featuring Tom Skerritt’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
Recasting Couch
Robert Ridgely, Philip Baker Hall or William H. Macy as Barzoon; Tom Skerritt as Cullen; Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp as Lomax; Jack Nicholson as Milton
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:16:58Read transcript
- Replacements for Jones include Ridgely, Hall and Macy; Hall is questioned as insufficiently plausible as a jogger.
- Skerritt is proposed for Cullen, and Pitt is recalled as a stronger lead.
- Pitt and Depp are suggested as actors who could have elevated the lead role. — Bill Simmons
- Redford is rejected as Milton, while Nicholson is considered able to deliver the speeches.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:25:07Read transcript
- Michael Ironside and Tom Skerritt are excluded as too recognizable
- James Tolkan, remembered as the Back to the Future principal, is selected; transcript spelling is imperfect
Apex Mountain
Kelly McGillis, Rick Rossovich, and Simpson–Bruckheimer: yes
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:23:44Read transcript
- Tom Skerritt is debated against Alien
- Kelly McGillis’s Witness–Top Gun stretch is accepted
- Rick Rossovich is accepted
- The Navy is debated against Zero Dark Thirty
- The Beverly Hills Cop–Top Gun run is accepted for Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer
- Cruise and Kilmer are rejected as being at their apex here
- Beach volleyball is debated against Karch Kiraly
What’s Aged the Best?
The soundtrack, rivalry, style and Tony Scott’s filmmaking
In the discussion (14)
Approx. transcript time · 00:55:24Read transcript
- Buzzing the tower became part of everyday vocabulary
- Charlie’s Porsche is admired
- The soundtrack and electric-guitar anthem retain their appeal
- Kenny Loggins’s run of movie-theme songs is discussed
- Meg Ryan and Anthony Edwards have convincing chemistry
- Maverick and Iceman’s rivalry is compared to Bird and Magic
- Tom Skerritt balances authority, warmth and intimidation
- The character-by-character end credits are praised
- The panel credits the low-priced Top Gun VHS release and Pepsi marketing with expanding home-video ownership
- Aviators, bomber jackets, jeans and mustaches remain iconic
- Cruise’s sex-symbol image and the forbidden romance are discussed
- Call signs and practical aerial effects hold up
- Tony Scott’s glossy blockbuster direction is praised
- Tim Robbins’s tiny role is a source of continuing surprise
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