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Advance videocassette sales of “Top Gun” look as if they could set an all-time record. Paramount Home Video said Monday 1.9 million cassettes of the Tom Cruise movie have been ordered--beating out the 1.4 million sales of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” The $29.95 “Top Gun” cassette, which includes a controversial commercial for Diet Pepsi, is scheduled for release next Tuesday.
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