To Sumner Redstone, the acknowledgement reads, film lover and friend.
But the studio declined to elaborate on the gesture.
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Ultimately, the film business would be a cornerstone of Redstones legacy.
Sumner Redstone and Tom Cruise at a screening for the third “Mission: Impossible” movie in 2006.L. Cohen/WireImage
Seven years later, he prevailed in the battle for Paramount.
Cruise vaulted to the top tier of Hollywoods A-list after Paramounts 1986 release ofTop Gun.
He was jumping on the couch on theOprahshow, Redstone later recalled.
(The financial terms of Cruises deal also influenced the decision, of course.)
The exaggerated character was said to have been at least partly inspired by Cruises many dealings with Redstone.
