DIRECTOR: TONY SCOTT 1986 TOP GUN MOBILE F-14 Tom Cruise + Aussie press sheet

Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), Déjà Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010).

Scott was the younger brother of film director Ridley Scott. They both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, and were among a generation of British film directors who were successful in Hollywood having started their careers making television commercials. In 1995, both Tony and Ridley received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2010, they received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.

A production budget of $15 million with a box office return of $357 million.

Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, with distribution by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. and was inspired by an article titled "Top Guns", written by Ehud Yonay and published in California magazine three years earlier. It stars Tom Cruise as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his radar intercept officer, Lieutenant (junior grade) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), are given the chance to train at the United States Navy's Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, and Tom Skerritt also appear in supporting roles.

SALE ITEM 1) A mobile 19 inches in diameter. It is printed on heavy glossy cardstock, designed in England, and printed in America. This is a very rare item from 1986. They were always hard to come by - I have just unearthed this one in my warehouse - it is a real gem. 

SALE ITEM 2) An Australian double-sided press sheet size 10x15 inches.

My movie listings lead with the DIRECTOR: followed by the actual name of the director movie title and the actors. The cast is important but it is the director who lives with all aspects of getting the movie to the big screen by guiding the players, the writers, financiers, and technicians to the point where they have financial success at the box office. The director must be passionate, motivated, and committed, not just directing on the set. I grew up following directors and their output for entertainment. The director often needs to be involved with the writing process to make sense of what is being presented on the screen.

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