jingoistic action movie, but the movie tom cruise was making is about a man wrestling with his dad's legacy and feeling phony aaround all of of these military that he's trying to impress. it's really a movie about masculine performance. >> his performance post "top gun" tells you who he was and who he wanted to be. >> some piece of work. >> you also have natural character. >> i've been telling her that. i have natural character. >> that's not what i said, kid. i said you are a natural character. you are an incredible flake. >> paul newman and tom cruise had the old and the new. this was kind of the sequel to "the hustler." paul newman's character, he's a hustler. he's always going to hustle. what if he takes this young kid under his wing and corrupts him? and then he gets hustled? >> i showed you all i got. what the hell else do you want? that's it. that's all! >> tom cruise is terrific. newman finally gets an oscar for it.