Tropic Thunder (2008) Movie Overview

Tropic Thunder is a 2008 American action satire comedy film directed and produced by Ben Stiller. The film stars Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey, Jr. as a group of prima donna actors making a Vietnam War film. When their frustrated writer and director decide to drop them in the middle of a jungle, the actors are forced to portray their roles without the comforts of a film set. Written by Stiller, Justin Theroux, and Etan Cohen, the film was produced by DreamWorks and Red Hour Films and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Stiller’s idea for the film originated while playing a small part in Empire of the Sun, and he later enlisted Theroux and Cohen’s help to complete the script. After the film was greenlit in 2006, filming took place in 2007 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai over thirteen weeks and was later deemed the largest film production in the island’s history. Tropic Thunder had an extensive marketing promotion, including faux websites for the main characters and their fictional films, airing a fictional television special, and selling the energy drink advertised in the film, “Booty Sweat”. Prior to the film’s release, it was met with criticism from disability advocac… Source

• Tropic Thunder Movie Details
• Director: Ben Stiller
• Official Sites: Official site [jp], DreamWorks [us], DreamWorks / Paramount [fr]
• Tagline: The movie they think they're making… isn't a movie anymore.
• Country: USA , UK , Germany
• Run Time: 107 min | USA:121 min (unrated director's cut)
• Genre: Action , Adventure , Comedy , War

• Cast Overview
• Jeff Kahn as Snooty Waiter – Fatties Trailer
• Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus – Hot LZ
• Anthony Ruivivar as Platoon Sergeant Shot in Head – Hot LZ
• Jack Black as Jeff Portnoy – Hot LZ
• Jay Baruchel as Kevin Sandusky – Hot LZ
• Brandon T. Jackson as Alpa Chino – Hot LZ

Tropic Thunder Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies

Tropic Thunder (2008): A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film. But 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. Source

Tropic Thunder Movie Review from New York Times

Despite what you may have read lately, the biggest target of ridicule in “Tropic Thunder,” a flashy, nasty, on-and-off funny and assaultive sendup of the film industry, is not the mentally retarded. Rather, the true targets of this extreme comedy’s free-flowing contempt are the stars, makers, brokers, miscellaneous supplicants and even die-ha… Source

Tropic Thunder Movie Info by Apple Movies

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 jungle… Source

Tropic Thunder Movie Details from Imdb

A film crew is in Southeast Asia filming a Vietnam-war memoir. It’s early in the shooting, but they’re already behind schedule and over budget. On the day an accident befalls the novice director, the cast and crew are attacked by a gang of poppy-growing local drug dealers, except the cast and crew don’t realize these aren’t actors who are stalking… Source