Climb into the cockpit of a fighter jet, see the spray come over the bow of a WWII destroyer and put yourself on the San Diego sand where Maverick and Iceman blow off steam playing volleyball. This Veterans Day, you can experience one, two, or all three blockbuster favorites over the BIG PICTURE Weekend.
Top Gun
With San Diego as a backdrop and flight actions scenes that set a new industry standard, Top Gun was a huge hit in 1986. Now you can experience Top Gun like never before on the Giant Dome! Feel the danger and excitement as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) navigates the Navy’s prestigious fighter weapons school. Take the “Highway to the Danger Zone” all the way to the Fleet Science Center to see this unforgettable classic. PG
Top Gun: Maverick
When Top Gun: Maverick premiered in the Fleet’s Heikoff Giant Dome Theater in 2022, all shows sold out. The complex actions scenes filmed with IMAX 6k full frame cameras make for a mind-blowing experience you won’t want to miss.
Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is back, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Now he has to train a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it. Filmed in IMAX. PG-13
Dunkirk
Hailed by critics as one of the greatest war films and among the best films from filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception, Oppenheimer), Dunkirk is an epic action thriller best experienced on the BIG screen. With six thousand extras and a fleet of historic boats and period airplanes, Nolen recreated the evacuation of Dunkirk and created suspense using cinematography and music.
Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in. PG-13
