{"id":20133,"date":"2026-03-20T09:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=20133"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:09:35","slug":"1986-top-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=20133","title":{"rendered":"1986 &#8211; Top Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(kinda &#8220;vintage nostalgia&#8221; : )<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;more or less, we all remember, maybe the younger generations don&#8217;t, but the rest of us remember the iconic photo used for the poster of &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; (the 1st photo, left), at that time I was very young, of course I admired them : ) myself too was an aviation cadet, though not for long, shortly before I had abandoned the military academy (I had to&#8230; the circumstances were such) &#8211; here some images (sourced via Getty) of the American actors Tom Cruise, as Lieutenant Pete &#8216;Maverick&#8217; Mitchell, and Kelly McGillis, as Charlotte &#8216;Charlie&#8217; Blackwood, in a promotional portrait for &#8216;Top Gun&#8217;, it was directed by Tony Scott, 1986.<br \/>\n<em>(Photos: Paramount Pictures \/ via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/getty_tom_cuise_top_gun_vintage_1_opt.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/getty_tom_cuise_top_gun_vintage_1_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/getty_tom_cuise_top_gun_vintage_1_opt.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/getty_tom_cuise_top_gun_vintage_1_opt-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/getty_tom_cuise_top_gun_vintage_1_opt-1024x755.jpg 1024w, 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