Hot Shots!

1991 film directed by Jim Abrahams
Movie film Q832105
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Summary

Hot Shots! is a film[1]. Hot Shots! ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,493 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jim Abrahams[3]
  • Screenwriter: Jim Abrahams[4], Pat Proft[5]
  • Composer: Sylvester Levay[6]
  • Genre: parody film[7], war film[8]
  • Followed by: Hot Shots! Part Deux[9]
  • Cast member: Charlie Sheen[10], Cary Elwes[11], Valeria Golino[12], Lloyd Bridges[13], Jon Cryer[14], Kevin Dunn[15], Bill Irwin[16], Efrem Zimbalist Jr.[17], Bill Laimbeer[18], Bruce A. Young[19], Charles Barkley[20], Kristy Swanson[21], Marc Shaiman[22], Ryan Stiles[23]
  • Producer: Pat Proft[24]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[25]
  • Director of photography: Bill Butler[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 6.5/10[29], 82%[30], 61/100[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: July 31, 1991[34], December 13, 1991[35], December 19, 1991[36]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[37], Netflix[38], Disney+[39]
  • Filming location: San Diego[40]
  • Main subject: aviation[41]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Hot Shots univese[42]
  • Title: Hot Shots![43]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[44]
  • Duration: 82 minutes[45]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 6[46]
  • Filmiroda rating: Category II[47]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[48]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[49]

  • First release date: 1991-08-21[50]

  • Genre(s): electronic, pop rock, rock, smooth jazz[51]

  • Community tags: electronic, pop rock, rock, smooth jazz[52]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c1279cbc-d761-3790-a961-33520451168e[53]

Why It Matters

Hot Shots! has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Hot Shots! is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . boxofficemojo.com. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . sfi.se. sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx. wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Jamie7687 · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unconsenting media id → 13848
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Unconsenting media id: 13848, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/172261183|Hot Shots! (#172261183)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5134|Unconsenting Media C"
  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 102059
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  3. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 20389
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1991-07-31T00:00:00Z, +1991-12-13T00:00:00Z, +1991-12-19T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Jim Abrahams, Pat Proft
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+82'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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