Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Release date

2008-08-09

Country

United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Production

DreamWorks Pictures, Goldcrest, Red Hour, International Film Production Stella-del-Sud Second GmbH & Co. KG

Genre

Action, Comedy, Adventure, War

Budget

$92 000 000

Revenue

$195 702 811

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Director

Ben Stiller

Actors

Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Brandon Soo Hoo, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise, Nick Nolte, Danny McBride
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Scenario

Producer

Eric McLeod, Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld, Brian Taylor, Justin Theroux

Operator

John Toll

Composer

Theodore Shapiro

Artist

Marco Rubeo, David E. Scott, Harry E. Otto

Audition

Francine Maisler, Kathy Driscoll-Mohler

Editing

Greg Hayden, Leeann Stonebreaker
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• Possible translation options for the film's title in Russian distribution: “Mission: Impossible”, “Thunder in the Tropics”, and “Tropical Thunder”.
• Ben Stiller's wife, Christine Taylor, starred in the trailer for "Debil Jack".
• Filming took place from July 9, 2007, in Hawaii and Los Angeles.
• The premiere of "Soldier of Misfortune" was accompanied by protests from a number of American public organizations, who believed that certain dialogues and scenes in the film were an open insult to the feelings and rights of citizens with intellectual disabilities.
• The film's special effects were created at 6 different studios. There are over 500 special effects throughout the film, some of which were corrected, removed, or replaced with new ones based on the reactions of a test audience. CIS Visual Effects Group, in collaboration with Scorcher VI, prepared the trailer and twelve additional special effects for the DVD release.
• In the final scene of the "Oscar" awards ceremony for Best Actor, Tom Hanks, Sean Penn, Tobey Maguire, Jon Voight, and Tag Speedman himself are nominated.
• Tom Cruise himself suggested that his character perform a dance. Initially, there were no dances in the script.
• The twins Johnny and Luther Htoo served as the prototypes for Tran, the underage leader of the criminal group.