Tropic Thunder

original title:
Tropic Thunder
country / year of production:
USA , Germany / 2008
original length:
107 min. , color
premiere:
13 August 2008
genre:
action
based on:
director:
Ben Stiller
film script:
Ben Stiller
producer:
Stuart Cornfeld
cinematographer:
John Toll
editor:
Greg Hayden
composer:
Ted Shapiro
cast (role):
Ben Stiller (Tugg Speedman) , Jack Black (Jeff Portnoy) , Robert Downey Jr. (Kirk Lazarus) , Brandon Jackson (Alpa Chino) , Jay Baruchel (Kevin Sandusky) , Ben Stiller , Jack Black , Jay Baruchel , Robert Downey Jr. , Brandon Jackson
more:
plot synopsis:
Superstar Tugg Speedman wants to shoot the most expensive drama of Vietnam in Southeast Asia. He got a crew of ambitioned actors, but the producer want to stop the project. The director decides to go on off his own. Moreover the crew gets into a drug war and they are accounted to be an American special unit.
keywords:
jungle , drugs , secret service , espionage , mercenaries
war:
Vietnam War (1946-1975)
literature:
Anthony Lane. "The Current Cinema: Vanity Cases". In: The New Yorker, 25 August 2008, 84-85.
remarks:
Homepage: http://www.tropicthunder.com/

Won an award at the "Golden Trailer Awards" in 2008.
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