TOP GUN Rerelease (with new intro to honor VAL KILMER)

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 128 minutes

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On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha RERELEASE their episode on TOP GUN to honor the passing of Val Kilmer. Steve and John record a new intro discussion Kilmer's work in the movie and why he is an essential part of why this movie still works today and why his return in TOP GUN: MAVERICK was a perfect return for his Iceman character. Sit back after our new introduction and enjoy Steve and John going scene by scene thru this movie and exploring the acting, direction, the writing and the effect the film has on us today.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the Cineophiles.
0:10.6	We are honoring the great Val Kilmer by re-releasing one of his most important movies,
0:16.1	and that is Top Gun.
0:17.0	My name is Steve Morris.
0:18.0	I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.
0:21.1	Oh, I'm feeling the need for speed. This is the outlaw, John Roker, here, writer, producer,
0:25.5	and host and voiceover artist in San Diego, California. And Steve, we're sadly doing a tribute to,
0:31.4	I mean, you know, one of the best actors ever over the last few decades of our lives, man, really.
0:37.7	I mean, honestly, the moment I saw the news, and it frankly wasn't unexpected news.
0:43.4	We knew that he had been ill for quite a long time and had lots of health struggles.
0:47.4	And so what I think we're going to do, we've talked about it, is we're going to re-release some of the movies that we've done, starring Val Kilmer.
0:57.8	And then we're building up to doing what we've done several times lately, which is another live show like we just recently did for Gene Hackman, because that just seems like a great
1:02.3	way to celebrate someone's life. But John, I really want to know what drew you to Val Kilmer as an
1:07.6	actor. You know, when you're an actor yourself, you look for those,
1:11.7	especially when you're a certain kind of actor, you look for those actors that are interesting,
1:17.1	unique, challenging, artistic, creative, and they just marched to a different drum. And that's
1:24.2	what I've always gravitated to. And there was something about Val Kilmer.
1:28.2	There was something about the way he played Iceman with that cocksure confidence, but still able to be
1:33.7	vulnerable at the end when he says, you can be my wingman anytime. There's something about
1:38.1	the playfulness of top secret. The in on the joke, Mad Mardikin and Willow. There's something to be sitting back in awe of in your 20s when you watch him play
1:48.4	Jim Morrison in the doors.
1:50.4	And then when you watch and then when you hear all the stories about how difficulty
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