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.

Defiance - December 2008

In WWII Russia, Jewish refugees band together into a brigade that hides in the forest, ambushes Germans and survives until war’s end, eventually 1200 strong.

Directed by Edward Zwick
Produced by Edward Zwick and Pieter Jan Brugge
Written by Edward Zwick
Genre: Drama / War
In Theaters: December 19, 2008

Cast

• Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski, one of the three Jewish brothers
• Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski, one of the three Jewish brothers
• Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski, one of the three Jewish brothers
• Alexa Davalos as Lilka, a Polish refugee and the love interest of Craig's character
• Tomas Arana as Ben Zion, a resistance leader

Three Jewish brothers (Craig, Schreiber and Bell) escape from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and others in danger.