B001H5X7I4

097363501541

2008

2008-08-13

107

1h 47min

Nominated for 1 Oscar, 10 wins & 47 nominations total

Ben Stiller

Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, Etan Cohen

Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr.

Stuart Cornfeld, Matt Eppedio, Patrick Esposito, Eric McLeod, Ben Stiller, Brian Taylor, Justin Theroux

Theodore Shapiro

John Toll

Greg Hayden

Kathy Driscoll, Francine Maisler

Jeff Mann

Richard L. Johnson, Dan Webster

Daniel B. Clancy

Marlene Stewart

Rick Baker, Kate Biscoe, John Blake, Michèle Burke, Barney Burman, Leo Corey Castellano, Iraina Crenshaw, Ginger Damon, Leslie Devlin, Connie Grayson Criswell, Russ Herpich, Kerry Mendenhall, Beth Buckwalter Miller, Greg Nelson, Heather Plott, Gerald Quist, Yoichi Art Sakamoto, Mitchell Stone, Kristin Wahl, Jay Wejebe, Sarah Ault, Roland Blancaflor, Bret Boreman, Jody Burton, Aida Caefer, Carlton Coleman, Connie Grayson Criswell, Kazu Hiro, Jennifer Jewel-High Jackson, Natasha Ladek, Cass McClure, Matthew W. Mungle, Koji Ohmura, Michael S. Pack, Liz Pisano, Margaret Prentice, Lotus Seki, Ray Shaffer, Justin Stafford, Miho Suzuki, Khanh Trance, Teresa Valenzuela, Vincent Van Dyke

Mark Indig, Leeann Stonebreaker, Mark Graziano

Dieter Busch, Mark Cotone, Julie Cummings, E.J. Foerster, David Mendoza, Phil Neilson, Bill Purple, Nick Satriano, Amy Schmidt, Yumiko Takeya, David H. Venghaus Jr., Julie Cummings, Vernon Davidson, Matthew D. Smith

Maria L. Baker, Ty Beck, Jack Blanchard, Mauro Borrelli, Doug Brandt, Bryan Buckler, John Chichester, John Dugan, John Eaves, Heather Elwell, Scot Erb, Chris Fix, Hal Forsstrom, David Gabrielli, Lindsey Gary, Raphael Gort, Mark Digger Green, Mary Gustafson, Gabriel Hardman, Alison Harstedt, Joe A. Hawthorne, J. Bryan Holloway, Martha Johnston, Scott G. Jones, Michael Kaahanni Jr., Michael Kaahanui III, Adam Kirby, Jonas Kirk, Anthony Klaiman, Mark Knapton, Bruce C. Knight II, Lance Larson, Bob Laux, Ron Licari, Jim Magdaleno, Cameron Matheson, John Hammer Maxwell, Steven B. Melton, David M. Milstien, Cesar Orozco, Harry E. Otto, Jeff Ozimek, Leah Palen, Eric Peschel, Edward Piwowarski, Gregory F. Poulos, Edward Quirk, Jamie Rama, Steven Rigamat, Marco Rubeo, David Scott, Julie Smith, Ralph Q. Smith, Randy Syracuse, Gary Damian Thomas, Debra Trevino, Rene Vandenberghe, Jason Vercher, John Warnke, Mark Weber, Mark Weissenfluh, Liloa Wong, Marcel Worch, Ivan Anic, Pedro Barquin, Aaron Becker, Doug Brandt, Meg Burton, Donn Cross, Lujan Decima, Steven DeSantis, Alan Easley, Everett A. Galisa, Kenneth Garrett, Robert Grbavac, Michael J. Gregg, Derek J. Hawthorne, Danielle Mana, Samuel Pactol, Isaia Robins, Steve Salazar, Spencer Smith, Darrell Tachibana, Jeremy Thompson, Bryan Turk, Jeff Valdez, Suzy Zarate

Steve Baine, Ron Bartlett, Benjamin Beardwood, Jim Brookshire, Rick Canelli, Steve Cantamessa, Paula Fairfield, Eric Flickinger, Daniel R. Garab, Gina Gyles, Doug Hemphill, Warren Hendriks, Craig Henighan, Doug Jackson, Scott La Rue, Vanessa Lapato, Greg LaPlante, John A. Larsen, Skip Longfellow, Thomas J. O Connell, Peter Persaud, John Pett, John M. Reynolds, Gary Thomas, Jason Tuttle, Derek Vanderhorst, Richard Bryce Goodman, Larry Hopkins, Jason Oliver, Troy Porter, Mike Rajakovic, Erin Michael Rettig, Adam Sanborne, Randolph Saucedo, Paul Tirone

Archie Ahuna, Chris Brenczewski, Aida Caefer, Greg Curtis, Matt DiSarro, Abe Hall, Robert S. Henderson, Norman Kali, Alan Kiriu, Bruce Y. Kuroyama, Noa Lyons, Garth Majors, Michael Meinardus, Donald Myers, Doug Passarelli, Arnold Peterson, Charles Raymond, Michael Roundy, Eric Rylander, Mike Sasgen, Anthony Simonaitis, Mike Su a, Daniel Yates, Mark Yuricich, Kamuela Yurong, Douglas D. Ziegler, Enrico Altmann, Peter A. Chevako, Val Crawford, Robert DeVine, Jeffrey S. Farley, Brie Ford, Franco Goss, Corey Helmer, Koji Ohmura, Mike Rotella, Lynette Roy

Gary Abrahamian, Simon Ager, Fahed Alhabib, David Altenau, Chris Anderson, Ian Backer, Graeme Baitz, Jamie Baxter, Romain Bayle, Ryan Beadle, Aaron Becker, Aaron Benoit, Jordan Benwick, Roger Ames Berger, Rob Blue, Michael Bogen, Lisa Bolan, Mike Borgstrom, Mark Breakspear, Randy Brown, Shauna Bryan, John Cairns, Craig Calvert, John Campuzano, David Carriker, Huey Carroll, Simon Cassels, Daniel Chuba, Kyle Cooper, Aliza Corson Chameides, Keith Croket, Roy Cullen, Martyn Moose Culpitt, Samuel M. Dabbs, Ian Dawson, Kristin Dearholt, Melissa DeLong, Ivan DeWolf, Gabriel J. Diaz, Ben Dishart, Jamie Dixon, Waylon Dobson, Dennis Dorney, Ryan Dorney, Mark Dornfeld, Crystal Dowd, Jason Dowdeswell, Hiroshi Endo, Patrick Esposito, Michele Ferrone, Peter Fiala, Michael L. Fink, Paul Flanagan, Reggie Fourmyle, Ron Frankel, Lori Freitag-Hild, Paul Furminger, Adam Gass, Lynn M. Gephart, Christina Graff, Paul Graff, Monty Granito, Sarah Grieshammer, Brian Hanable, Zane Harker, Peter Hart, Craig Henighan, Jotham Herzon, Deborah Hiner, Bryan Hirota, Dennis Hoffman, Shaina Holmes, Woo-Jung Hong, Lindsay M. Hoppe, Mark Intravartolo, Justin Israel, Stephen James, Kelly Rae Kenan Green, Michael Kennedy, Nicholas Kim, Seth Kleinberg, Ronald Knol, Cristian A. Kong, Paulina Kuszta, Tom Lamb, Carlos D. Lemus, Sean Lewkiw, Anthony Mabin, Michael MacGillivray, Lisa Maher, Kurt Mattila, Dan Mayer, Nathan McGuinness, Tom McHattie, Claudia Meglin, Tony Meister, Daniel Mellitz, Diana Miao, Abel Milanes, Fatima Mojaddidy, Eroc Moralls, Josh Mossotti, Sam Nixon, Meghan L. Noble, Collette Nunes, Claire O Brien, Jim O Hagan, Gregory Oehler, Jonathan Opgenhaffen, Michael Owens, Brian Pace, Jinnie Pak, Nathaniel Park, Arnold Peterson, Katrissa Kat Peterson, Christine Petrov, Chi Pham, Monty Phillips, Mario Pochat, Carmen Pollard, Becky Roberts, Casey Rolseth, César Romero, Penny Runge, Chris Ryan, Katharina Salinger, Mark Sawicki, Drew Shields, David Sosalla, Frank Spiziri, Naomi Stopa, Robert Stromberg, Curtis Tsai, Paul Waggoner, Allison M. Wagoner, David Wahlberg, Michael D. Werckle, Jeff Werner, Tony White, Justine Whitehead, Amani Williams, Steve Won, Gavin Wright, Yuichiro Yamashita, Emil Alagjozovski, Lee Allan, Matt Ashton, Elissa Bello, Philip Benn, Jason Bidwell, Justin Brekke, Merlin Carroll, Michael Carter, Paul Cech, Jessee J. Clarkson, Mike Diltz, Nick Drew, Gerald Feather, Chad Fehmie, Brenda Finster, Donald Fly, Chad L. Fox, Mathias Frodin, James Gambino, Amy Garback, Rhonda C. Gunner, Jason Hancox, R.J. Harbour, Heather Elisa Hill, Brian Holmes, Bernice Howes, Bridget Immelman, Llyr Tobias Johansen, Scott Seungpil Jung, Patrick Kavanaugh, Martin Kistler, Jean Lapointe, Gary Laurie, Evelyn Lee, Harry Liu, Tony Lomonaco, Michael Lori, Deanna Louie, Valy Lungoccia, Bob Lyss, Karen McCarthy, Riley McDougall, Katie Miller, Robert Minsk, Ryan Mintenko, Fion Mok, Laura Murillo, James P. Noon, Roma O Connor, Marianne O Reilly, Eddie Offermann, Julie Orosz, Anuj Patil, Eric Pender, Debra Peri, Monty Phillips, Lee Pierce, Mark Read, Daniel Rubin, Heather MacPhee Ryan, Prateep Siamwalla, Dottie Starling, Stephanie Sweeney, Wes Takahashi, Andy Tanguay, Alexander Vegh, Jason Wardle, Mike Washburn, Bob Wiatr, Matthew T. Wilson, Xye, Kyle Yamamoto, Jaehyun Yoo, Sven Zuege

Tsuyoshi Abe, Robert Alonzo, Hank Amos, Joe Basile, Nick Brandon, James M. Churchman, Keith Splinter Davis, Kofi Elam, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Greg Fitzpatrick, John Gilbert, Yoshio Iizuka, Jeff Imada, Evan Kay, Michael Pugita Kobayashi, John Koyama, Paul Leonard, James Lew, Brock Little, Victor Lopez, Brock Lumarque, Brad Martin, Mark Norby, Lin Oeding, Gabriel Pimentel, Simon Rhee, Tim Rigby, Mike Rufino, Surawit Sae Kang, Sheena Sakai, Jon Sakata, Todd Schneider, Brandon Sebek, Sam Situmorang, Gary Toy, Michael Trisler, Jimmy Waitman, Marcus Young, Daniel Arrias, Lloyd Barachina, Jeffrey G. Barnett, Steve Chang, James M. Churchman, Zack Duhame, Roel Failma, Greg Fitzpatrick, Colin Follenweider, Darin Fujimori, John Gilbert, Sean Graham, Adam Hart, Michael Hugghins, Steven Ito, Zero Kazama, Danny Kim, Richard King, Samuel Le, Will Leong, Sam Looc, Mike Mukatis, Michael Mulgrew, Mark Norby, Chris Palermo, Casey Pieretti, Rex Reddick, Ryan Ryusaki, Surawit Sae Kang, Sam Situmorang, Ryan Watson, Kofi Yiadom

Steve Adcock, Ron Alexus, Eric Amundsen, Colin Anderson, Bob Arrendondo, Dustin Ault, Herb Ault, Dana Baker, Andy Bertelson, Josh Bleibtreu, Richard J. Brock, Michael A. Chavez, Cole Chetney, Don Chong, Jack Chouchanian, Tim Christie, Donald D. Davidson, Julian de la Pena, Shannon Deats, Dhamarata Dhiensuwana, Seong Dilg, David Dunbar, John J. Ellingwood, Sammy Escobar, Ron Evans, Daniel C. Gold, Oscar Gomez, Joey Haddad, Jay Hager, M. Todd Henry, Michael J. Hogan, Michael Howell, Robert Ikeda, Eric Kanakaole, Thomas Ahlo Kelii, Michael Keola Jones, Michael Klimchak, Kevin J. Lang, Josh Larsen, Al LaVerde, Scott Lecuyer, Scott Lisetor, Patrick Longman, Greg Lopez, Michael Lyon, Joe Macaluso, Brian Matsumura, Patrick McArdle, Annie McEveety, John McEveety, Greg Mitchell, Luis Moreno, J.D. Murray, Tony Nagy, Chris Napolitano, David B. Nowell, Patrick B. O Brien, Pat O Mara, Jeff Pelton, Brad Peterman, Chris Reddish, William J. Risso, Brooks Robinson, Scott Ronnow, Jimmy Scott, Nathan Sharpe, Bryce Shields, Sean Slattery, Don Steinberg, Cameron Stewart, Andrew Sych, Skyler Tegland, Mike Thomas, Brian Tilden, Chris Toll, Torry Tukuafu, Teague Uva, Ryan Vanlossberg, Warner R. Wacha, Michael Wahl, Merie Weismiller Wallace, Robert White, Jeffrey L. Wilson, Michael Woodside, Randy Woodside, Marvin Woosley, Peter Albert, Paul Armbruster, Danny Ault, Victor Brunette, Scott Carrithers, Rick Crum, Louie Escobar, Rahn Evans, Eric Felland, Michael Fitzgerald, Micky Froehlich, Jonathan Gomez, Daniel Hagouel, Robert Kahsen, Nick Liampetchakul, James M. McClure, Ray Patrick, Michael Romano, Raimar van den Bylaardt II

Hal Forsstrom, Louis Leung

Elizabeth Chodar, Sally Dana, Leslee Feldman, Lauren Grey, Deedra Ricketts, Robin Brown, Carla Lewis

John Casey, Smith Corey, Tom Cummins, Grant Denton, Kelly Gregson, Ira M. Hammons-Glass, Charles W. Kaeo, Meredith Kula, Steven Moreno, David Page, Geoffrey Roiz, Keawe Thurston, Lisa Tomczeszyn, Kevin Tyau, Tony Velasco, Nancy Collini, Joe Diaz, Nicole Leitner, J.J. Lewis, Muto-Little, Maureen O Heron, Dani Phelps, Cindy Renaud-Kim, Senna Shanti, Chandra Telfer, Tyra Youland

Susan Bliss, Doug Brandt, Gary Burritt, Marisa Clayton, Curtis Croeni, Dave Fruchbom, Nancy Jundi, Skip Kimball, Kelly Jean Kurowski, Tim Leaton, Jeff Mee, Alex Pitschka, Mathieu Reid, Goktug Sarioz, Mark Smirnoff, Steven Trapani, Byron Wong, Ramon Huggins, Mace Johnson, Zachary Medow, Glen Scantlebury, Jared J. White

Michael J. Burmeister, Jacob Charney, Kevin Lane Hummel, Lee David Lee, Scott Allen Logan, Michael B. Louis, Dow Griffith

Pete Anthony, Bruce Babcock, Brian Bulman, Bryan Carrigan, Sandy DeCrescent, Greg Dennen, George Doering, George Drakoulias, Pedro Eustache, Michael Fisher, Chris Fogel, James Fogel, Keith Gretlein, Jennifer Hawks, Jim Honeyman, Sean Hurley, Daryl B. Kell, Brian Kilgore, Jon Kull, Dave Levita, Stephanie Lowry, Jamie Olvera, Victor Pesavento, John Robinson, Ryan Robinson, Peter Rotter, Naomi Sato, Scott Stambler, John Ashton Thomas, Richard Wheeler Jr., Tom Brown, Julie Butchko, Opie Gruves, Ludwig Göransson, Darrell Hall, Jim Hoffman, Matt McLeod, Malcolm McNab, Chris O Brien, John Paesano, Jasper Randall, Andrew Silver, James Thatcher, Vincent A. Villanueva, Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz

Elizabeth S. Barton, Kim Berner, Martin Blankemeyer, Rebecca Boyle

Mark Bugsy Albertson, Maxim Aperian, William Armaral Jr., Mike Avisov, Danny Brooks, Mark Brown, Dave Calaway, Ken Catando, Mary Catando, Eric Compton, Dave Cooper, William Cope, Jim DePue, Robert E Dingle, TyRee Dingle, Pete Geraldo, Natalie Gerona, Mike Gueso, William Hernandez, Jeff Hewitt, Mike Hipa, David Holden, Mirvine Hookano, Richard Jones, Kequa Kauhi, Clifton Kearns, Wayne Kekuewa, Forrest Knipple, Falaniko S. Loa, Kelly Loo, Chuck Martinez, George A. Miki, Mike Miliotti, Phil J. Minsky, Antonio Molina, Michael Mulgrew, Mike Newman, Pete Noga, Bruce Pascua, Mike Phillips, Bill M. Puluti, Charles Reed, John Reed, Jonathan Reed, Joseph R. Rose, Richard C. Ryan, Michael Santana, Lulu Schambers, Ted Schambers, James Schulz, David Scobie, Ken Smith, Michael Jon Sparks, Mike Starns, Kalai Strode, Robert Suka, Todd Tamura, Gerald Taveres, Jon Thorgusen, Don Varela, Kurt Vidinha, Richard R. Vidinha, Steve D. Weinmuller, Brian Wilson, Thomas Wilson, Linda Wojcieski, Kenny Youngblood, Bob Cope, Louis Dargenzio, Troy Flynn

Geoff Abadee, Christopher Aber, Morgan Ahlborn, Dayne Ahuna, Tara Allgood, Wendy Altman-Cohen, Art Antoine, Robin Ariss, James Barbour, Jackie Bazan, Daniel Myers Boone, John Brady, Adam D. Casillas, Annie Chen, Cristina Christian, Brian Clark, Kyle Cooper, Michael Coscia, Nick Costantino, Scott Davis, Dale Dye, Mark Ebenhoch, Robin Eiland, Michelle Elkin, Pam Ellington, Amanda Finn, Jason Finn, Jeff Fishman, Oscar J. Flores, Michael Fuchs, Kim Garcia, Laura Gary, René González, Judy Guilbert, Julia Haneke, Howard Hart, Tom Hauptman, Tony Haviland, Francis Hekekia, Steven Ho, Peter Hoang, Alison Hoberman, Eve Light Honthaner, Lori Ikeda, Jennifer K. Jacobs, Randel Jim, Sean T. Johns, Francis Julian, Xanadu Kekuewa, Martin Kistler, Matt Klekotka, April Klimko, Ashley Kravitz, Kimberly Krupinski, Adam Kulick, Ray Lam, Steve Landis, Kevin LaRosa, Waterlilly Lee, David B. Leener, Nicole Leitner, Ron Licari, Mele K.T. Locey, Eddie Lombardi, Wyllie Lum, Cole Maliska, Danielle Mana, Joshua Mandel, Gail Martin-Sheridan, Caitlin McKenna, Leslie Merlin, Stewart Scott Mitchell, Tony Murphy, Cabernet Murray, Tamra Natisin, David Nico, Frédéric North, Cody Oznowicz, Erica Palm, David Paris, Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks, Howard Poulton, Emma Puluti, Alan D. Purwin, Jill Remis, Jimmy Rich, Robert Rizzolo, Megan Schmidt, Heather Singleton, Sam Skoryna, Emily Smith, Gene Starzenski, Mike Stokey, John Ta, Matt Tomko, James Tong, Dana Kristen Vahle, Anthony Vallejo-Sanderson, Maipa Vang, Daniel Villarreal, Anthony Walters, Linda Wang, Charlie Ward, Shawn Weber, Alex L. Worman, Mark Yeager, Ted Yonenaka, Robert Bobby Z Zajonc, Kai Alexander, Judith Babcock, Cassandra Barbour, Ursula Brauner, Lara Breay, Craig Dyer, Moumen ElHajji, Vickie M. Hsieh, Shaun Ireland, Martin Kistler, Jim Lau, Candy Lind, Christine Mammolito, Mimi N. McGreal, Scot A. McKay, Chris Moss, Neal Naito, Boone Narr, Masako Nikuma, Ian Novotny, Allan Rafael, Rodney Saulsberry, Laura Sevier, Erin Shelley, Shelly Strong, David Tran, Jodi Tripi, Fabrizio Vidale, Chris Whitaker, Will Youngblood

Donne Dawson, Michael De Luca, Thomas A. Fee, Christine Rivera, Matt Stone

Action, Comedy, War

Dreamworks Pictures, Red Hour Films, Goldcrest Pictures

USA, UK, Germany

English, Mandarin

R

7

417783

71

Tropic Thunder is a 2008 satirical action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller, who wrote the screenplay with Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. The film stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, and Brandon T. Jackson as a group of prima donna actors making a Vietnam War film. When their frustrated director (Steve Coogan) drops them in the middle of a jungle, they are forced to rely on their acting skills to survive the real action and danger. Tropic Thunder parodies many famous war films, specifically those based on the Vietnam War. The ensemble cast includes Tom Cruise, Nick Nolte, Danny McBride, Matthew McConaughey, and Bill Hader.

Stiller developed Tropic Thunder s premise during the production of Empire of the Sun in the spring of 1987, and later enlisted Theroux and Cohen to complete a script. The film was green-lit in 2006 and produced by Stuart Cornfeld, Stiller, and Eric McLeod for Red Hour Productions and DreamWorks Pictures as an international coproduction between the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Filming took place in 2007 on the Hawaiian island of Kaua i over thirteen weeks and was the largest film production in the island s history. The extensive marketing campaign included faux websites for three of the main characters and their fictional films, a fictional television special, and selling the energy drink advertised in the film, Booty Sweat .

Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks released Tropic Thunder in the United States on August 13, 2008. It received generally positive reviews for its characters, story, faux trailers, and cast performances. However, the depiction of the mentally handicapped and use of blackface makeup attracted controversy. The film opened at the top of the American box office and retained the number-one position for three consecutive weeks, ultimately grossing more than $195 million worldwide before its release on home media on November 18, 2008. Downey was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, while both he and Cruise received nominations for a Golden Globe Award.

$92,000,000 (estimated)

$25,812,796

$110,515,313

$195,702,963

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