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TROPIC THUNDER (2008)

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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an al-star cast in the outrageous comedy Tropic Thunder. When three of Hollywood's biggest stars head into the jungles of Vietnam to shoot a war movie, they have no idea how real things can get.
    Unexpected and controversial, Tropic Thunder is "A knockout of a comedy that keeps you laughing." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

STARRING:

Ben Stiller: Tugg Speedman
Jack Black: Jeff Portnoy
Robert Downey Jr.: Kirk Lazarus
Steve Coogan: Damien Cockburn
Jay Baruchel: Kevin Sandusky
Danny McBride: Cody
Brandon T. Jackson: Apla Chino
Bill Hader: Studio Executive Rob Slolom
Nick Nolte: Four Leaf Tayback
Tom Cruise: Les Grossman

SCREENWRITER: Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, Etan Cohen

DIRECTOR: Ben Stiller

RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes

STUDIO: Dreamworks

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(1 nomination and 0 wins)

Best Supporting Actor - Robert Downey Jr.
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES
(3 nominations and 0 wins)

2008 - Best Picture (Comedy/Animation)
(nominated)

2008 - Best Supporting Actor - Tom Cruise
(nominated)

2008 - Best Supporting Actor - Robert Downey Jr.
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Supporting Actor - Tom Cruise
(nominated)

Best Supporting Actor - Robert Downey Jr.
(nominated)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• Justin Theroux, one of the writers of this film, reprised his DJ role from the film Zoolander. He can be seen briefly DJ'ing during the party scene.
• Ben Stiller said he has been working on this movie for 10 years, he said originally this movie was intended to be about actors going to fake boot camp for a movie role and then coming back with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He says he got the idea from several colleagues he worked with early in is career who were going to these fake boot camps before appearing in war movies, and he always found the idea to be ridiculous.
• Jack Black bruised his ribs badly early in the shoot, and as a result had to film nearly the entire film with the injury.
• Originally Kirk Lazerous was supposed to be Irish, however at the request of Robert Downey Jr. it was changed to Australian because he could fake the accent easier than he could Irish.
• After a promotional website for this movie went up featuring the movie-with-in-a-movie Simple Jack, the movie studio was barraged with complaints that this film was making fun of the mentally handicap. After the controversy Ben Stiller and producers sat down with some of the offended groups and gave them an advance screening of the film in hopes that it quell the complaints. The groups demanded the website be taken down and that film be edited. They agreed to take down the website, however the material in the movie they found offensive was left in. Both Ben Stiller and Justin Thereoux, primary writers of the film, have spoken out stating they did not intend the use of the word retard or the plot to be offensive, rather that they are using comedy to expose how the mentally challenged are exploited in Hollywood.

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