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Don Simpson. Producer: Days of Thunder. Mr. Simpson was an extravagant movie producer whose blockbusters Flashdance (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), and Top Gun (1986) helped define the pop culture of the 1980s. Mr. Simpson teamed with Jerry Bruckheimer in 1983 to produce these hits.
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Jan 19, 1996 · Donald Clarence "Don" Simpson (October 29, 1943 – January 19, 1996) was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor. Simpson, along with his producing partner Jerry Bruckheimer, produced such hit films as Flashdance (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Top Gun (1986), and The Rock (1996).
- "Thief" 1981) Michael Mann’s first theatrical feature set the style and narrative template for the filmmaker going forward: James Caan stars as a professional thief eager to walk away from a life of crime and start a family.
- "Black Hawk Down" (2001) 2001 was all about war for Jerry Bruckheimer, but only this Ridley Scott-directed adaptation of Mark Bowden’s bestseller about the U.S. military’s botched raid on Mogadishu, Somalia had a shot at one industry honor that had long eluded the power producer: a Best Picture nomination (Michael Bay’s “Pearl Harbor” was strictly a commercial play).
- "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984) Based on an idea by Don Simpson, this fish-out-of-water smash — the top grossing film of 1984; yes, it made more than “Ghostbusters” — went through different permutations before getting greenlit as an Eddie Murphy vehicle.
- "Crimson Tide" (1995) This critically and commercially successful submarine thriller top-lined by Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman hit theaters a month after “Bad Boys” and put the industry on notice that Simpson and Bruckheimer were back and had their sights trained on greater glory.
- Top Gun: Maverick. May 24, 2022. After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
- Top Gun. May 16, 1986. For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true.
- Bad Boys II. July 18, 2003. Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug ecstasy into Miami.
- Bad Boys for Life. January 15, 2020. Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.
Don Simpson's Movies and TV Shows. Rev. 2011. 37 min. TV-14. Documentary · Action. Watch Don Simpson's movies and TV shows for free. Stream Rev now on Tubi.
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Mini Bio. Mr. Simpson was an extravagant movie producer whose blockbusters Flashdance (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), and Top Gun (1986) helped define the pop culture of the 1980s. Simpson teamed with Jerry Bruckheimer in 1983 to produce these hits.
