He was portrayed by tom cruise, who also portrayed lestat in interview with the. Directed by stiller from a script he wrote with etan cohen not to be confused with ethan coen of the coen brothers and justin theroux, tropic thunder concerns a. Parents need to know that this hardr action comedy starring kid favorites ben stiller, jack black, and thanks to iron man robert downey jr. Tropic thunder opens brilliantly, with a fake soda commercial and a few realseeming trailers that will have half the audience unsure whether the movie has begun. Tropic thunder a bunch of movie stars shooting a vietnam war movie are dropped off in a reallife jungle to offset the escalating budget.
Its a movie that is simultaneously heartwarming and terribly disturbing. There is also a smattering of crude sexual references and extremely gory jokes about war violence, including an example of unintentional cannibalism stillers character in one scene thinks the directors decapitated head is just a prop, so he starts licking its wounds to. Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a bigbudget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Tropic thunder is a 2008 film starring ben stiller, jack black, and robert downey jr. Les grossman is the secondary antagonistbigger bad of the 2008 dark comedy film, tropic thunder. In tropic thunder, stiller proves that he still has some originality and satire in his comedic repertoire. Tropic thunder 2008 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Access hollywood reporting on the tropic thunder disaster and how the director cant control his cast, we see a drunk looking jeff portnoy getting interviewed about his last movie jeff portnoy. Tropic thunder internet movie firearms database guns. Tran is the main antagonist in the 2008 satirical action comedy movie tropic thunder. Tropic thunder ist eine actionkomodie aus dem jahr 2008.
Jack black plays jeff portnoy, a drugaddicted fat comic also attempting to change his image by taking on such a. Daryl davis tense first meeting with a klan member joe rogan. Nationwide thunder boycott in the works the new york times. Derisive reference to the idea of someone remaking the film for. Dvd from sycamore public library on the new portable. Action movie star tugg speedman is on the downslide of his professional career. Tropic thunder is a movie that satirizes hollywood, and robert downey jr. Ben stillers satirical look at hollywood, tropic thunder concerns the production of an epic vietnam war film that quickly derails thanks to the giant egos of everyone involved in the production. He is portrayed by brandon soohoo, who played young storm shadow in g.
The ben stiller actionfilm parody tropic thunder is all over the map, but its worth enduring the botched gags, formula plotting, and even the racism to marvel at the genius of robert downey jr. The original ar15 carbine was an sp1 sold between 19781985. My favorite gag in tropic thunder comes just before tropic thunder itself, in a movie trailer touting a fake movie called satans alley. Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps. Original motion picture soundtrack was released on august 5, 2008, the week before the film was released in theaters five songs, cum on feel the noize by quiet riot, sympathy for the devil by the rolling stones, for what its worth by buffalo springfield, low by flo rida and tpain, and get back by ludacris, were not present on the soundtrack, yet did appear in the. The movie pulgasari 1985 is shown very briefly on tuggs ipod after he kills the panda in the jungle. Ben stiller, 2008s tropic thunder was a show business satire about a group of mostly conceited, selfabsorbed actors shooting a war movie. The actual movie isnt on par with this prologue material, but it doesnt have to be. He is the vituperative and foulmouthed executive of the studio who is producing the titular film.
Advocates for disabled to protest tropic thunder reuters. Tropic thunder is a 2008 satirical action comedy film directed by ben stiller. The documentary hearts of darkness is about the struggles of filming the great vietnam war movie apocalypse now. If you like tropic thunder you are looking for humorous, not serious and exciting movies about with parody, jungle, actor, filmmaking, disguise, chaos and mayhem and peril themes of action, adventure and comedy genre shot in usa or uk. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of.
Spoof within a movie within a movie within the new york times. The hollywood comedy tropic thunder comes at us like a mad army cresting a hill, intent on audience massacre. A pampered actor and his costars become part of a real war in a southeast asian jungle. In essence, its the tale of what happens when a bigbudget war movie goes out of. Ben stillers tropic thunder plays like that docs nightmare. Im not sure where to start with i am sam or i am sam as it is written in the film and on the dvd case. He hires rookie director damien cockburn steve coogan and. The best part of tropic thunder is robert downey jr. This starstudded farce features a truly allstar cast, with minor roles going to matthew mcconaughey and tom cruise, as well as cameos by tyra banks, alicia silverstone, lance bass, jon voight, jennifer love hewitt, and jason bateman. Tropic thunder is a very meanspirited parody of movie.
Tropic thunder is likely to be the last movie released by dreamworks before its top executives steven spielberg, david geffen and ms. Stiller stars as tugg speedman, an action hero trying to segue out of that genre. Its good enough to get laughs and the flaws arent bigger than the stuff that works. Beyond that, tropic thunder is chock full of strong foul language. Tropic thunder dvd ben stiller, jack black and robert downey jr. Tugg speedman is forced to reenact simple jack while held captive. A great memorable quote from the tropic thunder movie on les grossman. He is the leader of the flaming dragon gang who kidnapped thug speedman and forced him to play the role of simple jack from the film of the same name and which is his favorite movie. After the standard theater ads and coming attraction trailers, the lights dim and tropic thunder opens with ads and coming attraction trailers that introduce us to the actors well be spending the next two hours with. I dont know what kind of panpacific bullshit power play youre trying to pull here, but asia, jack, is my territory. Lesser al pacino movie suggested by cody in the prison camp.
Tugg speedman ben stiller, along with various other characters, uses a 16 barreled ar15 sporter ii carbine throughout the film, which is anachronistic for vietnam. Of course, hollywood does a pretty good job of satirizing itself even when playing it straight. The rest of the characters n the movie are annoying and while watching, you wish they could just shut up. Ben stiller talks about tropic thunder the mercury news. The story behind pulgasaris making signifies foreshadowing in tropic thunder, as the filmmaker was held in north korea for years to make movies for north korean leader jongil kim. A troupe of actors, under the impression theyre making a vietnam war movie, wanders dangerously in the jungle and is captured by a gang of druglords who think the actors are narcs. The beginning of the movie has a long graphic scene containing gore and violence. Its one of the high points of sean penns career and. The rest of the characters n the movie are annoying and.
The placement of tivo in tropic thunder gets an honorable mention. After ballooning cost s force the studio to cancel the movie, the frust rated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his. Kellys peeing scandal pops up in the directors cut. Tropic thunder is one movie that surprised the hell out of me more. Tropic thunder is a satire, or to be exact, a spoof, about the movie business. So whatever youre thinking, youd better think again. I like jack black, but he is the best part of tropic thunder is robert downey jr. It s not long before guerrilla filmmaking turns into. Jeff fats portnoy, famous for his eddie murphystyle, multiplerole comedies featuring a fat, farting family. Groups that advocate for the disabled called on sunday for a national boycott of the ben stiller comedy tropic thunder, citing what they say is its negative portrayal of people with intellectual. Apart from its setup, tropic thunder is a hard film to discuss in any depth without giving too much away.
Its smug air of selfcongratulation for throwing slim ideas expediently together, rather than finessing. Tropic thunder, starring and directed by ben stiller, gets an honorable mention. Much has been made of some of the movies more controversial sources of humor, including having downey. That idea is put to the test in tropic thunder when a group of selfserious actors journey to the jungle to make a vietnam war movie, get marooned and run into actual bad guys. R for pervasive language including sexual references. Jackson as a group of prima donna actors who are making a vietnam war film. Tropic thunder 510 movie clip never go full retard 2008 hd. This scene is a satire on many other movies there are a lot of references to platoon and saving private ryan, although the violence is toned down in a way that conveys it as a lowbudget film. Tropic thunder, full of punchlines about milli vanilli and being there, stitches the tired cultural references of one generation to the utterly debased expectations of their heirs. For pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material what parents need to know common sense media says. Tropic thunder is a satirical american action comedy film with more focus on the comedy from 2008, based very loosely on the train wreck that was the production of the classic apocalypse now movie producer les grossman is in need of an awardwinning movie and decides to make the best and most expensive vietnam war movie ever.