In one scene where Charlie sheen spins his plane, he says "I learnt this one from Paula Abdul". Paula Abdul was Charlie Sheen's then sister in law.
Movie news
Great sites
Quotes
Topper Harley: My father used to say that not playing to win is like sleeping with your sister. Sure she's a great piece of tail, with a blouse full of goodies, but... it's just illegal. Then you get into that whole inbred thing. Kids with no teeth who do nothing but play the banjo... eat apple sauce through a straw... pork farm animals.
Mistakes
When Dead Meat has crashed, and Washout's parachute is lying on the road, the ambulance runs over it. In the first shot, the ambulance clearly runs completely over it without catching the parachute at all. In the next shot we see the ambulance hooking the parachute and dragging Washout along the road. See more...
Movie Mistakes blog
Popular blog posts:
15 Transformers mistake pictures
15 biggest Harry Potter mistake pictures
Hot Shots! (1991) - 5 trivia entries
Directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Cary Elwes, Charlie Sheen, Kevin Dunn, Lloyd Bridges (add more)
In one scene where Charlie sheen spins his plane, he says "I learnt this one from Paula Abdul". Paula Abdul was Charlie Sheen's then sister in law.
Topper Harley's name comes from a model of Harley-Davidson's 1960's motor scooter, the Harley Topper.
The end credits of the movie contain several hidden jokes, such as a recipe for baking a dessert, etc.
There is a gag credit at the end of the film, "Things you can do after the movie," is the same as a gag credit at the end of the Bruce Lee send-up in The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977).
In the faux Indian language the English term "curve ball" translates to "Hershiser", a reference to Dodgers' pitcher Orel Hershiser.
You may also like: Hot Shots Part Deux | Apocalypse Now | Top Gun | The Caine Mutiny | The Dam Busters
Message boards
No discussions yet
Register as a member to post a message
The message boards are meant for discussing things with other users, rather than making submissions/corrections. By all means feel free to post what you like here, but for anything to be looked at properly and entered into the "official" section please use the "submit something" link in the navigation bar. Any members who post offensive content will have their accounts blocked. This is also not the place to contact Jon (who runs the site (although the members who help him check are a BIG help)) - for that, please use the contact form.