Tropic Thunder
Germany, United States
2008
107 Min
Color
2.35:1
Mandarin, English
Synopsis
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 them. The thugs kidnap Tugg Speedman, an actor whose star seems on the decline, and it’s up to the rest of the ragtag team to band together long enough to attempt his rescue. But will Tugg want to leave? —IMDb
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Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward “Ben” Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
After beginning his acting career with a play, Stiller wrote several mockumentaries, and was offered two of his own shows, both entitled The Ben Stiller Show. He began acting in films, and had his directorial debut with Reality Bites. Throughout his career he has since written, starred in, directed, and/or produced over fifty films including Heavyweights, There’s Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Zoolander, Dodgeball, and Tropic Thunder. In addition he has had multiple cameos in music videos, television shows, and films.
Stiller is a member of the comedic acting brotherhood colloquially known as the Frat Pack. His films have grossed more than $2.1 billion worldwide, with an average of $73 million per film. Throughout his career, he has received several awards and honors… read more
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Zach Closs
19Feb13
Blunders occasionally as a film, but achieves near-brilliance as a scathing satire of Hollywood. Robert Downey Jr. is particularly good in his embodiment of the pretentious actor.
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runfromfire
19Nov12
Entertaining as hell and quotable to an inappropriate degree. RDJ, Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise, Danny McBride, Nick Nolte and even Jack Black are all friggin' great.
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TROPIC THUNDER 2 DISC DIRECTORS CUT
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Stuff never blowed up this funny before. Tropic Thunder is so dumb it’s brilliant, deconstructing Hollywood politics, American audience expectations and everyones desire to be a star! This movie does suffer
TROPIC THUNDER 2 DISC DIRECTORS CUT
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Stuff never blowed up this funny before. Tropic Thunder is so dumb it’s brilliant, deconstructing Hollywood politics, American audience expectations and everyones desire to be a star! This movie does suffer
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Hollywood critiqué avec humour
By Benoît on July 14, 2012
Après s’être attaqué avec un humour absurde au monde de la mode, Ben Stiller revient avec un autre univers comme champ de bataille: le cinéma.
Milieu qu’il connait forcément bien, l’acteur, réalisateur… read review
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By Joel Cobbs on August 28, 2009
This is one of those movies that falls into the category of “Great idea, terrible movie.” There are some great and funny parts in it, my favorite being Robert Downey Jr.’s performance as an over-the… read review
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By Christopher Smith on June 24, 2009
There were a lot of very smart comments about Hollywood, but it never produced the big laughs I was hoping it would. It drags on in a few places and just never really lives up to its potential. The… read review
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By jaredmobarak on June 23, 2009
Despite my somewhat indifference, bordering on dislike, of Ben Stiller and most of what he does, Tropic Thunder has been on my much-anticipated list for some time now. The audacity of what he was attempting… read review
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