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Top Secret!

1984 · 90 min

A rapid-fire spoof packed with sight gags and musical numbers, rewarding close attention with constant absurd jokes.

Directed by: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing

Tagline: Don't tell anyone.
Overview: Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.

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Directed by: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
freedom
love
rebellion
Places: big city
countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	0
Humour	10
Realism	1
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
Written by: Martyn Burke, Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing, Jeremy Kemp, Christopher Villiers, Warren Clarke, Harry Ditson, Jim Carter
Music: Maurice Jarre
Cinematography: Christopher Challis
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English, Yiddish, German

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