Cool trend to go back and see where top rated movies where filmed. Go behind the scene of Top Gun film location!
Shout out to the men & women of Beyond the Backlot.
Fun facts:
The initial inspiration for Top Gun came from an unusual place, not from an obscure novel but from a magazine article. The article in question is a May 1983 California magazine feature called ‘Top Guns’ by Ehud Yonay. The piece in question explored the life of fighter pilots at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, self-nicknamed as “Fightertown USA.” Of course, the film would become far more memorable and iconic than its source material.
Take My Breath Away is easily one of the most iconic movies soundtrack songs of all time. Director Tony Scott and company must have realized this early on because the song inspired them to shoot new steamy love scenes between Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis – months after principal photography wrapped. “If you see those scenes, you’ll notice that they are lit differently and there are those gauzy curtains blowing around,” says songwriter Tom Whitlock in a 2014 interview, “all of that was to disguise that some months had gone by and the actors didn’t look exactly the same.” While it certainly explains how out-of-place the scenes feel, it certainly helped the song’s popularity.