Tropic Thunder

Release Date: Friday, August 15, 2008

Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte, Robert Downey Jr., Danny R. McBride, Etan Cohen, Justin Thoreau, Ben Stiller, Bill Hader, Steve Coogan, Stuart Cornfeld

R Comedy N/A

  • 3.6

86%

14%
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Plot
In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.
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The film's director Ben Stiller last directed The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Help Me Spread Goodness. The film's writer Ben Stiller last wrote Zoolander 2 and Bag Man.

Director
Ben Stiller
Producer
Stuart Cornfeld
Production Company
Red Hour Films

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MPA Rating
R Restricted for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material
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Language
English

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Tropic Thunder was released in on Friday, August 15, 2008 . There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Mirrors, Henry Poole is Here and Local Color.



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Sun., Mar. 21, 2010

  • Added the soundtrack release date of August 5, 2008

  • Added the Blu-ray release date of November 18, 2008

  • Added the DVD release date of November 18, 2008

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