
598. Directorpiece Theatre: Constructing the Military Fantasy (Top Gun)
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The Importance of Top Gun Instructors
An actual Top Gun instructor who was not Abe named Peter Pettigrew. "You don't own the concept of Top Gun. You own the details of the story," he says. The movie is being made for mom and pop in Oklahoma, but they won't know the difference. It's just a grit. One of those things that they that's like a Douglas Adams thing."
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