Tropic Thunder - August 2008

Tropic Thunder - August 2008

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In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hiphop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

Directed by Ben Stiller
Produced by Stuart Cornfeld, Eric McLeod andBen Stiller
Written by Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen
Genre: Action / Comedy / War
Release date: August 15, 2008
Rating: R

Casts:

• Ben Stiller as Tug Speedman, a pampered action star
• Jack Black as Jeff "Fats" Portnoy, a comedian-turned-drug addict well known for playing multiple parts in films.
• Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus, a white Australian multiple Academy Award-winning method actor who portrays an African-American character Sgt. Osiris.
• Steve Coogan as Damien, the director of the film.
• Nick Nolte as the film's writer.

Cameos:
Tom Cruise as the studio boss
Tobey Maguire

Plot Summary: Ben Stiller says "Tropic Thunder" is a "a comedy about five actors who go on location and find themselves relying on their boot camp experiences when they get stuck in a real war-like situation." Black will play Jeff "Fats" Portnoy, an overweight gross-out comedian, who's forced to kick his drug addiction while filming on location in the jungle. Downey Jr. will play Kirk Lazarus, the greatest actor of his generation and a four-time Oscar winner. Baruchel will play Kevin Sandusky, an unknown actor on the set and Stiller plays Speedman.