Top Gun: Maverick Receives A Five Minute Standing Ovation At Cannes
The highly anticipated Top Gun: Maverick received a 5-minute standing ovation at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Some 36 years after the first installment of the Tom Cruise-led Navy drama first arrived, Maverick looks to deliver an even greater rush of adrenaline to audiences than its predecessor. This time, Cruise actually flew some of the fighter jets that are used in the film, unlike the first film, which used trained pilots.
While the firstTop Gun told the story of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise), a cocky young student at the elite Top Gun pilot school, the second film depicts what appears to be Maverick’s rather reluctant return. Decades on from his previous experiences at the Top Gun school, Maverick is recruited by a former rival, Tom “Iceman” Kazansky (Val Kilmer), to train a new crop of recruits for a special mission. In addition to Cruise and Kilmer, the new film also includes Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, and Ed Harris. Sadly, original Top Gun director Tony Scott, who had initially planned to direct the sequel, passed away in 2012. As a result,Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski was brought on to helm the project.
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Top Gun: Maverick recently made its premiere at the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival. Cannes is a notoriously difficult avenue for a new film to test its merit, with audiences traditionally not shy about booing or praising the films that screen. In the case of Maverick, however, its cast and crew couldn’t have asked for a better reaction. As per Variety, the sequel’s screening reportedly ended on a high note, with the audience at the esteemed Palais des Festivals rewarding it with a 5-minute standing ovation.
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