Top Gun (1986)
Episode description
Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film.
In this episode, we’re sweating into our jeans with 1986’s TOP GUN. Piloted by English director Tony Scott, who went on to have huge success with films such as True Romance and Enemy of the State, and written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr, Top Gun remains nothing less than a motorcycle straddling, towel slapping phenomenon. Tonight we’ll be soaring above the clouds with our hero Maverick and exploring his connections with the wisecracking Goose, the glamorous Charlie and the cerebral Iceman. Are the friendships we make under pressure a highway to the danger zone? You’ll never know what you can do until you get it up as high as you can go.
Recorded in April 2022.
Produced by Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson
Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Instagram @paulmdabbott)
Design by NOAKE (on Instagram @n_o_a_k_e)
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