Tropic Thunder (2008)

5.4
/ 10
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1h 47m
Running Time

August 9, 2008
Release Date

Tropic Thunder (2008)

5.4
/ 10
10 User Ratings
1h 47m
Running Time

August 9, 2008
Release Date

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Plot.

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.

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Currently Tropic Thunder is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Showtime, fuboTV, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV

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This Movie Is About.

vietnam · 
movie business · 
satire · 
jungle · 
blackface · 
parody · 
movie star · 
southeast asia · 
method acting · 
land mine · 
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Cast & Crew.

Details.

Release Date
August 9, 2008

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 47m

Content Rating
R

Budget
$92,000,000

Box Office
$195,702,811

Filming Locations
Los Angeles · Hawaii, United States of America

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Wiki.

Tropic Thunder is a 2008 satirical action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, who wrote the screenplay with Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. The film stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson and Spencer Sutherland as a group of prima donna actors making a Vietnam War film. When their frustrated director (Steve Coogan) drops them in the middle of a jungle and dies in an accident, they are forced to rely on their acting skills to survive the real action and danger. Tropic Thunder parodies many prestigious war films (specifically those based on the Vietnam War), the Hollywood studio system, and method acting. The ensemble cast includes Nick Nolte, Danny McBride, Matthew McConaughey, Bill Hader, and Tom Cruise.

Stiller developed Tropic Thunder's premise during the production of Empire of the Sun in the spring of 1987, and later enlisted Theroux and Cohen to complete a script. The film was greenlighted in 2006 and produced by Stuart Cornfeld, Stiller, and Eric McLeod for Red Hour Productions and DreamWorks Pictures as an international coproduction between the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Filming took place in 2007 on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i over thirteen weeks and was the largest film production in the island's history. The extensive marketing campaign included faux websites for three of the main characters and their fictional films, a fictional television special, and selling the energy drink advertised in the film, "Booty Sweat".

Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks released Tropic Thunder in the United States on August 13, 2008. It received generally positive reviews for its characters, story, faux trailers, and cast performances, with Downey Jr. being the most positively praised for his performance. However, the depiction of disabled people and the use of brownface makeup attracted controversy. The film opened at the top of the American box office and retained the number-one position for three consecutive weeks, ultimately grossing more than $195 million worldwide before its release on home media on November 18, 2008. Downey was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, while both he and Cruise received nominations for a Golden Globe Award.

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