Tropic Thunder(Movie, 2008)

Name: Tropic Thunder
Genre: Action, Comedy, Adventure, War
Released: 2008
Duration: T01:47:00
Rating: 3.3

| 1h 47min | Genres: Action, Comedy, Adventure, War

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 2,706 votes)

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, and Brandon T. Jackson 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... ()

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Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English [CC]

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Duration: 1h 47min

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Amazon Instant Video

Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English [CC]

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Duration: 1h 47min

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Also available at Amazon.com on: Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Tropic Thunder

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

About Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in 'Tropic Thunder,' an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. 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.

Trailer for Tropic Thunder + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:30)

Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Trailer Deutsch (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.tropicthunder.com

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Production countries: Germany, United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Hawaii, Los Angeles (California)

Plays in: Asia

Made by: Goldcrest Films International, DreamWorks, Internationale Filmproduktion Stella-del-Sud Second, Red Hour Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 36 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Uzbek (UZ), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/13/2008 (World premiere: 08/09/2008)

Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise, Bill Hader, Alicia Silverstone, Anthony Ruivivar, Brandon Soo Hoo, Christine Taylor, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jon Voight, Maria Menounos, Martin Lawrence, Reggie Lee, The Mooney Suzuki, Tobey Maguire, Tyra Banks, Mini Andén, Valerie Azlynn, Mickey Rooney, Yvette Nicole Brown, Lance Bass, Kevin Pollak, Justin Theroux, Amy Stiller

Director: Ben Stiller

Producer: Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld

Screenwriter: Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen, Ben Stiller

Executive Producer: Justin Theroux

Film Editor: Greg Hayden

Director of Photography: John Toll

Composer: Theodore Shapiro

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Trovão Tropical Versão de Cinema"

"Tropic Thunder - Hol Dir die volle Dröhnung!"

"Furtuna tropicala"

Keywords: land mine, movie business, method acting, movie star, vietnam, blackface, jungle, duringcreditsstinger, parody, shackles, satire, southeast asia

Budget: 92,000,000 USD

Revenue: 195,702,811 USD (= 213%)

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Tropic Thunder(Movie, 2008)

Where to watch Tropic Thunder (cinema/streaming/download)?

Awards & Nominations for Tropic Thunder

About Tropic Thunder

Trailer for Tropic Thunder + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:30)

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