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As evidenced by the fact that Paramount made a sequel more than 30 years later, Top Gunremains one of the 1980s most popular and iconic movies. These days it is remembered as this watershed film for Hollywood. It was the breakthrough role for Tom Cruise, the first big hit for director Tony Scott, and the production that cemented Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson as major hitmakers. It's easy to forget all these years later that the movie was not a sure thing, and that it very nearly didn't happen several different times, and for several different reasons. At first, Paramount didn't even want t…
