In "Top Gun: Maverick," the bar scene at the Hard Deck stands out as one of the film's most deliberate callbacks to the original 1986 classic, yet it does more than simply play on nostalgia.

The bar scene is the kickoff for that ... and other plot elements populating Top Gun: Maverick may not have worked as well without that being handled properly. Kosinski clearly made the right ...

The Top Gun: Maverick star ... including several fellow student pilots. The entire bar chants "Rooster! Rooster! Rooster!" at the end of the scene, as he does a mini victory dance while getting ...

Paramount on Thursday released an extended scene from “Maverick ... bar and spies Teller at the piano, a spitting image of his dad performing the same song from the original “Top Gun ...

In a declaration filed with the court, 'Top Gun: Maverick' director Joseph Kosinski said the bar scene was inspired by his own visit to a bar on a Navy base, where he "invoked the Club’s 'rules ...

Cinematographer Claudio Miranda had an inkling “Top Gun: Maverick” might perform well ... in the foreground or background. An early bar scene that introduces his relationship with Penny ...

a training exercise scene where Maverick outmaneuvers other Top Gun grads; and a scene where Maverick shows the Top Gun grads that their “impossible” mission is doable. The suit also alleges ...

Both movies feature many more stellar aerial sequences throughout the movie. Only Top Gun: Maverick captures this shot, though. “One of the first things that didn’t get filmed during Top Gun ...

and—spoiler alert—likely to be his last scene in the franchise, should there ever be another Top Gun movie. A few scenes later, Maverick learns that Iceman has passed, meaning he no longer has ...

Hard Deck scene in 'Top Gun: Maverick.' (Screengrab/Paramount Pictures via YouTube) In “Top Gun: Maverick,” the bar scene at the Hard Deck stands out as one of the film’s most deliberate ...