Tropic Thunder (2008)

Director:

Ben Stiller

Writers (WGA):

Ben Stiller (screenplay) &
Justin Theroux (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | War

Tagline:

The movie they think they're making... isn't a movie anymore.

Plot:

Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. |

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Multiple Cameos | Film Making | Frat Pack | White Male Pretending To Be Black

Awards:

1 win

Status:

Completed

Comments:

Status Updated:

10 April 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Speedman
Jack Black	...	Jeff 'Fats' Portnoy
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Kirk Lazarus
Brandon T. Jackson	...	Alpa Chino
Jay Baruchel	...	Kevin Sandusky
Danny R. McBride	...	Cody (as Danny McBride)
Steve Coogan	...	Damien
Bill Hader	...	Rob Slolom
Nick Nolte
Brandon Soo Hoo	...	Tran
Reggie Lee	...	Byong
other cast:
Tom Cruise
Matthew McConaughey
Tobey Maguire
Mickey Rooney	...	Old Man Carruthers
Justin Theroux
Holly Weber	...	Acadamy Awards Starlet
Jasmine Dustin	...	Trophy Presenter
Valerie Azlynn	...	Damien's Assistant
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Viveca
Anya Monzikova	...	Trophy presenter
Nadine Ellis	...	Speedman's Assistant
Andrea De Oliveira	...	Super Hot Trainer
Junie Hoang	...	Hong - Eric's Assistant
Matt Levin	...	Cam
Jan Rooney	...	Mrs. Carruthers
Danielle Engen	...	Slolom's Hot Assistant
Trieu Tran	...	Tru
David Pressman	...	1st A.D.
Heather Palmer	...	Academy Award Attendee
Rachel Avery	...	Speedman's Assistant
Kaylee Dodson	...	Sack Race Girl (as Kaylee Beth Dodson)
Eric Feliciano
Elizabeth Thieme	...	Lazurus's Woman
Jason Collett	...	Guy at Academy Awards
Mike Hoagland	...	Grossman's Assistant
Tri Le	...	Cyclo Driver
Neill Skylar	...	Starlet
Shannon Kane
Tara Paskal	...	Cute PA
Jeff Weidemann	...	Speedman's Assistant
Angela Daun	...	Starlet

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

The poster for "The Fatties" behind Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black) in the trailer features the names of a few of the film's actual crew members: costume designer Marlene Stewart, editor Greg Hayden, director of photography John Toll, and screenwriter Justin Theroux. In addition, the poster contains the DreamWorks Pictures logo, the Dolby Stereo logo, and a fictional composite of several MPAA ratings (reading "PG - Parental Guidance - under 11 requires accompanying parent or guardian").

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Kirk Lazarus: I know who I am! I'm the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Nutty Professor (1996)

Genius of a comedy

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I was lucky enough to catch an advance screening of this movie on June 26 in Dallas and let me say that this movie is brilliant. It starts off with fake trailers from the 3 big actors (Stiller, Black and Downey Jr.) and doesn't stop there. The beginning is a tad slow, but once the men get to their "filming location" the film picks back up again. The best part of this movie for me, besides the performance of Downey Jr., was the smaller parts contributing to the overall whole of the movie. Danny McBride was hilarious, as was Steve Coogan as first time director Damien. Get ready for multiple cameos in this movie, as there is well over 15 solid ones. The only part I didn't like in this movie was the leader of the gang that captures Ben Stiller, but I quickly got over it and saw the movie as being funnier with him in it. Edgy comedy, mixed with great action and great character development made this movie one of the best comedies I have seen in years and I cannot urge everyone to go see this movie enough.

10/10