Top Secret! (6/9) Movie CLIP - Backwards Bookstore (1984) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
A Swedish bookstore owner (Peter Cushing) arranges for Nick (Val Kilmer) and Hillary (Lucy Gutteridge) to meet the resistance.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
The second of Zucker-Abraham-Zucker's theatrical-feature spoofs (Airplane was the first, discounting the patchwork Kentucky Fried Movie), Top Secret! lampoons practically every film genre. Specifically, however, this is a hybrid of an "Elvis" movie and a World War II "underground resistance" thriller. In his film debut, Val Kilmer plays Nick Rivers, a Presley-like American rock idol sent behind the Iron Curtain on a goodwill tour. Before long, he is involved in a complex espionage scheme thanks to beautiful Lucy Gutteridge, the daughter of a scientist (Michael Gough) held captive by the Communists. Also essential to the action is flamboyant resistance leader Christopher Villiers, who behaves like Victor Mature in Betrayed (1954) and talks like James Mason. Adhering to Z-A-Z's cheerful disregard for people, places and events, the East Germans are depicted as Nazis, while the Underground is comprised of Frenchmen. The plot is mainly an excuse for the Z-A-Z team's fondness for joke-a-minute lampoonery, skewering cinematic targets ranging from The Blue Lagoon (1980) to The Wizard of Oz (1939). As in Z-A-Z's other efforts, Top Secret! scores its biggest yocks when invoking cliches that we never realized were cliches-and falls on its face whenever attempting a too-obvious gag (the biggest clinker: that pigeon statue in the park). Everyone has his or her favorite bits in this film: our faves include the resistance fighter named Deja Vu ("Haven't we met somewhere before?"), Kilmer's horrible nightmare while being tortured (he arrives too late to take final exams), the army-booted cow, the sensitive Pinto, and the East German National Anthem, sung to the tune of the Shorewood (Wisconsin) High School marching song. But let's say no more: comedy of this nature is designed to be seen, not written or read about.
CREDITS:
TM & © Paramount (1984)
Cast: Lucy Gutteridge, Val Kilmer, Peter Cushing
Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Producers: Jim Abrahams, Jon Davison, Tom Jacobson, Hunt Lowry, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Screenwriters: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Martyn Burke
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[@thebandage5422]

The fact they managed to get Peter Cushing for such a silly little role is a testament to just how genuinely funny these films are!

[@FingerBreakerWu]

Peter did a slew of campy parts over the years. It’s just the average moviegoer that’s either not British or an old school horror fan only knows him for Grand Moff Tarkin.

[@marknewbold2583]

@@FingerBreakerWu Star Wars is camp

[@gr6e]

​​@@FingerBreakerWufun fact: the casting of his face they used to make the giant eye prosthetic for this movie is the only way they were able to bring Tarkin back in Rogue One. It gave them a high resolution model of his face from the same time frame as his star wars appearances.

[@Aes85]

Finally, a full trailer of Tenet.

[@チョンブリーラームトルテ]

Can't believe Christopher Nolan padded that out to 2 1/2 hours!

[@Leprutz]

@@チョンブリーラームトルテ Yeah. very boring and uninteresting 2 1/2 hours.

[@JoachimHorsley]

You sir a a legend for this comment.

[@BDNeon]

This movie really deserves more love not just for its hilarious humor but also for its brilliant cinematography and practical effects work. This is some of the best use of reversed footage I've ever seen.

[@jfcc9086com]

I agree 100% Exept Some? I would way The best use. Still " eye popping" today. :)

[@alvexok5523]

Yes, especially since they were actually speaking the on screen subtitles backwards.

[@paullittlebury8773]

Who could forget Omar Sharif's scene: "Wait! You dropped your phoney dog poo." (holding it out in his hand). "What phoney dog poo?"

[@yusukeelric]

It makes fun of and celebrates at the same time every single Hollywood cliche

[@robertmacdonald1102]

This is the best movie of its genre. Better than Airplane. Better than Kentucky fried movie. Better than Naked Gun. Better than Ezra. (It's that Good)

[@sdftrd]

They had to rehearse the scene backwards. Amazing that they were able to pull it off.

[@countryboyblue21]

Yeah you can tell by how they are talking 😂🤣 😂 it's huliriuos

[@thisguy9733]

That old man had to get the cocaine off the book

[@Boxanadu]

They filmed it backwards. The book throwing was the hardest part.

[@charlessentenat1250]

The dog messes up the scene guess they couldn't get him to run backwards.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@charlessentenat1250 It's the joke

[@mistergooji]

Nick's face when he throws the books in😂he's so happy

[@kevinbailey8827]

But he had to make the face _before_ he threw them.

[@polreamonn]

Neeeeek's face

[@toonbat]

According to Wikipedia, Peter Cushing got prostate cancer in 1982, and... "He was rushed to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital when his left eye had swollen to nearly three times its normal size, a side effect of the cancer." I was worried that this had maybe been the inspiration for this gag, which would have been pretty morbid. Thankfully, I ran into an article where someone has suggested a different inspiration. In 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell', there's a similar scene of Cushing looking through a magnifying glass at some eyeballs, with the lens distorting his eye much like this scene, so it might have just been that.

[@Moviesan69]

Amazing shot. The actors pull it off perfectly, I'm sure rehearsing this took some time to get everything right and make sure it flowed properly. I hope this movie gets a blu-ray release sometime, the directors that made this are comedy geniuses.

[@michelpp01]

The most clever scene I've ever seen. Taking the mickey aout the swedish language. It really seems english played backwards. All the movie is genius. How I miss this trio of comic producers.

[@laurensmork]

To me, as a Norwegian, it sounds more Dutch.

[@pedebe100]

@@laurensmork To me a Dutch it sounds Norwegian

[@Loki_K]

To me as a Lebanese, it sounds German. I really love humanity sometimes~ 🖤

[@buzinaocara]

@@laurensmork The first time I heard dutch people talking it definetly sounded like backwards audio recordings. I'm brazilian hahahah.

[@nicolasmontes7207]

Peter Cushing looks less distracting here than in rogue one

[@ScienceWinsEveryTime]

They had to make a head cast of him for this film to make the eye prosthetic. They used the same cast to model his CGI replacement for Rogue One.

[@patbau96]

@@ScienceWinsEveryTime yeah but they still couldn't get it to move right

[@al112v4]

This movie is better than RO.

[@ricardospaniard9050]

This is what happens when one of Vader's force chokes goes wrong😁😁

[@MichelleAnnM]

Not being dead and resurrected will do that.

[@reynolph]

When Val Kilmer closes the shop door behind him at the start of the scene, notice how his hand flaps about oddly for a moment after he lets go of the doorknob. This is obviously because when they shot the scene he had to walk backwards to the door, then locate the doorknob behind his back without looking.

[@nickkickball2322]

When the old dude looks like he inhales the cloud of dust and then hacks over his shoulder... First time I saw that I'm pretty sure I pissed myself..Brilliant !!

[@MattJohnsonA]

Fun fact - if you play this backwards, she actually asks the bookkeeper if he has "a rare book titled 'Europe On 5 Quaaludes A Day.'" The rest of the dialog is mostly the same as the subtitles.

[@grimlock047]

hahaha. the dog spoiled the scene... right from the... beginning???

[@lkvideos7181]

Moff Tarkin demoted after the disastrous loss of the first Death Star. An event that left him terribly scarred and forced to live backwards.

[@XanthusPictures]

That gum you like is going to come back in style.

[@CEIVE4EVER]

I think David Lynch watched this scene more than twice.

[@jackcarterful]

It takes me there too

[@Simple1Jack]

This was back when spoof movies were funny... nowadays we just get served shit like Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie.

[@Manuel012387]

Nowadays a movie like this will "trigger" a lot of people...

[@Wearyboots]

ok boomer

[@Simple1Jack]

@@Wearyboots So is anyone older than 25 classed as a boomer now?

[@Wearyboots]

@@Simple1Jack no only people acting like they are 200

[@Simple1Jack]

@@Wearyboots Surely acting like you’re 200 is basically the same as acting like a corpse?

[@kva8970]

There should be a reverse button on KZbin so we could really see the genius acting in this scene!

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

I'd use that button all the time!

[@Beeznitchio]

The fluidity of Kilmers one handed catches and handing them over seems underappreciated here.

[@lambyiii]

0:35 Lesbian Bars of North Carolina?

[@GenX9r9r]

Genius cinematic choreography. The 3 Actors worked very hard with the Director to create this.

[@jmwild1]

This is the movie where they got the cast of Peter Cushing's face to scan and use to render Tarkin in Rogue One.

[@evanrule7323]

Someone watches RLM

[@jmwild1]

I do but this was pretty common behind-the-scenes knowledge when the movie came out. The recent re:View episode reminded me of it.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Yep. Kudos to the studio guy who located the face cast - which was unlabeled and held in deep storage in some studio lock-up.

[@CoolGobyFish]

@@michaelmuldowney8 couldn't they just scan the rod-puppet Cushing from the original movie? or did they destroy it?

[@mjt1517]

@@CoolGobyFish honestly, they could just sculpt his face in 3D imagining software. There are plenty of talented 3D artists who could have gotten acceptable results.

[@grandmofftarkin1933]

Look! It's me!!!

[@Orcaluv26]

You got something in your eye

[@countryboyblue21]

Your a good guy this time 👍👍😎

[@KimSjopi]

GRAAND MOOF TAARKING!

[@1o1elite95]

Mario!? xD

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

Are you sure that ain't Van Helsing?

[@cinemabon]

Must have taken them a long time to set up that shot, one of the best from the film.

[@superdrive986]

As a Swede it is even more gibberish than to others, but that is why I love it.

[@PremiumHouseSverige]

Vid 1.01 låter det verklugen som ”håll käften”😃 Slumpen förstås, men ändå kul!

[@TheInkPitOx]

That's how Swedish sounds to most Americans

[@betoen]

Oh, ssssshit. I never understood this scene when i was a kid. After all this years i get it. XD

[@smoothvirus]

I finally watched Peter Cushing in "Curse of Frankenstein" and now I get the source of the magnifying glass joke.

[@plasticweapon]

so you haven't seen all the other movies where he has one in front of his eye?

[@mjt1517]

@@plasticweapon It really doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to find at least one or two more. :)

[@ewangodin6037]

I saw this when I was high, my brain completely broke up

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

I can just imagine it when the edibles hit.

[@captainsmoke1612]

I was so confused when I saw this scene as a child. It was so good that I didn't get it. lol

[@Cinedragon]

I would be so confused if I had to shoot this scene!

[@saskoilersfan]

+Cinedragon ITS EASY...JUST MIRROR THE ACTIONS.....IF YOU USE THIS METHOD....YOU CAN SOLVE THE JFK HOAX ALSO.....

[@looseygoosey1349]

4 years old and im here to ask to watch TENET

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Love Peter Cushing. A terrific actor. Aren't any more like him.

[@khbkb]

Absolutely brilliant. The late Peter cushing of Star Wars fame

[@Popcultureguy3000]

He’ll always be Baron Frankenstein to me.😢

[@jackdshellback3819]

He will always be the gentleman who I used to see riding his bicycle on his way to buy his vegetables to me.

[@mjt1517]

He will always be the teen ager who egged my house the night before Halloween. That rapscallion!

[@jamesboyce2506]

I have such a soft spot in my heart for this bit of inspired lunacy. I loved the movie growing up and it's still funny. I don't know how much time was dedicated to shooting this scene, but with the prep and staging alone, it must have been a while. I keep imagining an entire day spent on prepping, staging, rehearsing, and a LOT of takes.

[@Leatherbubba]

Peter Cushing. Nuff said.

[@Bhanz1]

Excellent work Excellent comedy One of the best

[@LordZontar]

Top Secret! may have been an Abrams/Zucker Bros. comedy but that scene is pure David Lynch.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Before David Lynch used it for spooky effect.

[@spazbot81]

This movie is so underrated and overlooked. It's a classic

[@snarf4058]

The dog kills me and breaks my brain at the same time 🤣🤣

[@benjiespinosa4703]

Now we know where Christopher Nolan gets his ideas 🤣

[@ETH5626]

RIP Peter Cushing aka Baron Victor Frankenstein.

[@raynard79]

LOL at 0.36.. the book "Lesbian Bars".. this movie is filled with so many subtle jokes

[@sweiland75]

A shame we don't have brilliant comedies like this any more.

[@himayamata]

I didn't know that was Peter Cushing! Grand Moff Tarkin!

[@Frothenbath1]

Just noticed that myself, LOL!

[@DanielS2001]

It's amazing to believe that if it weren't for this gag, there wouldn't be a life cast of Cushing, which ended up being scanned by ILM to make the digital Tarkin for Rogue One.

[@mjt1517]

3D artists are capable of rendering someone's face without physical casts.

[@toxichammertoe8696]

Admire Tarkin?😮 Woooow!

[@Desgaroth]

at last i found that movie. YES. i saw this thing when i was a kid and only from this part on. I never saw it again. thanks so much for this video!

[@MutatedCow]

+Desgaroth I had exactly the same thing and I just rewatched it today ^^

[@floridadad2817]

I never noticed the book on display, "Lesbian Bars." LOL

[@66kprdwd]

Very clever concept.

[@GSS1Sirius]

The part when he sucks in the dust has killed me every time I've seen it. 🤣

[@d0dgecity]

I see this and raise you one Twin Peaks.

[@johnharrison6745]

GRAND MOFF TARKIN! 😁

[@turbothechicken3813]

OMG! It's so rare to see people post things in Norwedgian! Such a beautiful language!❤ Will quote this to my tutor

[@peterfrank3365]

I thought the dog was going to slide up the pole too.

[@pap0618]

In 1991 my broadcast room in high school had a vhs bay to edit and I reversed this scene. It’s cool to watch how they did this backwards.

[@apeanut4031]

Really! I never knew that was Peter Cushing!!

[@geno5299]

The TENET before TENET.

[@paolog7809]

Tarkin survived the Death Star

[@Wherethehellarewegoing]

But at what cost? Obviously the poor sod had to spend the rest of his life ageing forward but being forced to walk and talk backwards

[@shawnclyne1904]

All time favorite character! Choclate Mousse!

[@DniSorceress]

Am I in the Black Lodge?

[@FireWalkWithMe91]

+Sorceress Sam sey

[@Galatea20]

When parody movies were made with love.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Far better than the _________ Movie franchise

[@jamesraynor9114]

Swedish is such a beautiful language

[@toonbat]

.egamorf ud ettelemO

[@lowmax4431]

My head hurts

[@retromentodo]

Cushing's Fake Eye is More Real that CGI in Rogue One.

[@Dread_Coffins]

true... so true...

[@mairead354]

Does the big book on the desk say 'Lesbian Bars' ?? lmfao

[@jmwild1]

Not just any lesbian bars, lesbian bars of North Carolina.

[@davidjames579]

Now I see where Red Dwarf got the idea for the Backwards episode

[@gabrielgerman359]

So, this is from where Nolan got his inspiration for "Tenet".

[@Leprutz]

I never knew of this scene and or movie, but I told everyone I knew: Nolan has seen a scene that was choreographed backwards and though. Hm.... Why not make it with action. Well duh. Not a single of his movies is actually really a true own creative idea.

[@Omnihil777]

(Not so)FunFact: About 1982 Peter Cushing was rushed into hospital with a 3-times normal size swollen left eye as a side effect from his cancer illness. Hmm, he is described (by his friend Christopher Lee) as a fan of praktical jokes and very humorous man. BTW a masterful take.

[@looseygoosey1349]

"You're not grabbing the book; you're catching it."

[@Vic-Vega]

No! The direction would be: "You're not catching the book, you're throwing it!"

[@shanke300]

After the Airplane, it's Top Secret

[@Mayak-s2t]

If dog wasn’t running behind everything is legit

[@DamningTooth1]

Twin Peaks vibes

[@davebaniassi427]

Now I know where Nolan Got his inspiration from for Tenet

[@samuelmunoz7652]

If twin peaks was a comedy

[@Soultaker_For_Hire]

agreed.Great actor.

[@NoThoughtAllFeels]

So trippy lol

[@TheKeenTribe]

This is ZAZ's 2nd best film. Airplane! being the 1st. Funniest movie i've ever seen!

[@lunaracc914]

This is the German version of the Black Lodge

[@athreesix]

Tenet (2020)

[@michaelg3074]

Mairead Lynch. I rewatched it several times. Yup, the big book does read "lesbian Bars."

[@TheInkPitOx]

I thought it was "Lesbian Wars".

[@nnnnikt]

Work of art.

[@BojaneBugami]

Seems like a difficult scene to make

[@adamsanter9385]

Cushing's career was winding down while Kilmer's was just beginning, that said two incredible actors in their own right.

[@hdragon2712]

Tenet 😂😂😂

[@ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io]

"He didn't know we use 240V in Germany." (or something)

[@LimSky420]

I didnt realize they werent really speaking another language first time I saw this

[@LALakersNornIron]

Val Kilmer and Peter Cushing in the same film. Wow.

[@lenfoster1622]

If i remember right, Peter Cushing ended up with a bad eye infection from this and was nearly lost his sight.

[@jbrown1169]

Are you sure? I looked it up out of curiosity and couldn't find anything, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. The only thing I found about any trouble arising from the scene (aside from a whole day of rehearsals) was that the stunt dogs wouldn't cooperate, then finally had eaten so much they weren't hungry, so somebody from the production had to bring in their dog who was "always hungry".

[@JasonPerryman]

@@jbrown1169 Haha funny little dog story.

[@daviecpgun]

best movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@icefire5855]

If you rewind this scene it plays the correct way

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

I wonder if this inspired David Lynch for the Black Lodge scenes in Twin Peaks?

[@gustavosaliola]

I'm going to ask in Nolan's Q&A about this...

[@chrisgibson4248]

When I saw this when I was 9 it scared the crap out of me 0:14

[@bambinoboqueroni2986]

El trailer final de tenet 😆😆😆

[@WCephei77HD]

Why this humour doesn’t work today anymore? It gets funnier in this movie as you age

[@HANSMKAMP]

It still works for me. it is a long time ago, though, that I saw this movie.

[@BlackWindmill1]

Classic!

[@eastchesterjester]

Wow this scene is a thousand times better than Tenet

[@luisangelmunoz4495]

Legendaria escena

[@Nerd.Immunity.]

So this where Nolan got his inspiration from for Tenant?

[@Leprutz]

Welll I would call this an inspiration as Nolan was extremely lazy writing the script for it.

[@drahunter213]

This was brilliant lol I have never seen anything like this in movies or tv shows …not done as well as this anyway

[@halon7476]

Scandinavian languages does sound backwards

[@abefroman5437]

second best scene after "zee flaming hog balls"

[@jackbutler3078]

So . . . is this just TWIN PEAKS?

[@AutPen38]

Years before Twin Peaks.

[@finddeniro]

" The Potatoe Farm ". ..Luxury Condos in South east germany. .Nice place.

[@AutPen38]

Yes, I am Albert Potato.