"...In one scene where an F-14 "thumps" a Zero by flying under and streaking upward in front of the slower aircraft, the resultant "jet blast" of turbulent air was so intense that the control columns of both of the Zeros in the scene were violently wrenched out of the pilots' hands and caused both aircraft to momentarily tumble out of control. The lead pilot's headset, along with his watch were ripped off and out of the open canopy of his Zero, resulting in a few anxious moments as the F-14 pilots were unable to establish contact. During the engagement when a Zero fires on a F-14, in order to get on the "six" of the low and slow Zero, the jet fighter did a low pullup that ended just 100 ft above the ocean in a screaming recovery..."
I watched an interview with one of the Tomcat pilots, and he was shrugging it off with a "yeah, that's the way we fly" kind of response, smiling slyly as he talked, but the other pilot they interviewed said some people up the chain were pissed about the low altitude event, because they weren't supposed to go under 500 feet or something like that during those scenes...