"Tropic Thunder" movie

Year: 2008

Genre: Action/Comedy/Adventure

Region: USA

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Language: English

Release Date: 2008-08-13 Wednesday

English Title: Tropic Thunder

Alternative Titles: Thunderous Failure / Camera Crisis

Screenplay: Ben Stiller

Director: Ben Stiller

Starring: Ben Stiller / Robert Downey Jr. / Jack Black / Matthew McConaughey / Steve Coogan / Nick Nolte / Brandon T. Jackson / Jay Baruchel / Tom Cruise

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Introduction:

Hollywood plans to shoot a war movie about an American elite squad sent to southeastern Vietnam during the Vietnam War to carry out a top-secret mission, titled *Tropic Thunder*. With a huge budget and spectacular scenes, it is touted as the most expensive Vietnam War film ever made. The cast includes faded or current stars such as Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), and Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black). In pursuit of authenticity, director Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan) even relocates the production to Southeast Asia for filming. From the start, the filming process is fraught with constant issues, controversial topics, and eventually becomes entangled in a real local conflict.