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Additional information for Tropic Thunder, which has a domestic theatrical release set for August 13, 2008. The film is being distributed by DreamWorks Pictures and has not yet been rated. Tropic Thunder has a total running time of 107 minutes.

  • 15 UK
  • 15 Ireland
  • R16 New Zealand
  • MA Australia
  • 13+ Canada
  • 15 Sweden
  • 16 Iceland
  • 16 Netherlands
  • K-13 Finland
  • 16 Brazil
  • M18 Singapore
  • PG-12 Japan
  • M/12 Portugal
  • 16LV South Africa
  • 12 Germany
  • R USA
  • 16 Argentina
  • 14 Peru
  • 14 Switzerland
  • R-13 Philippines
  • U France
  • 18PL Malaysia
  • 18 South Korea
  • 12 Austria
  • 15 Denmark
  • III Hong Kong
  • 15 Norway
  • Y7 Chile
  • T Italy
  • 107min
  • 121min
  • Tropic Thunder
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  • Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
  • A commercial depicts rapper Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson) promoting his two brands -- the "Booty Sweat" energy drink and "Bust-A-Nut" candy bar -- while performing his hit song, "I Love Tha' Pussy." The first trailer shows action star Tugg Speedman's (Ben Stiller) latest film, Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown, a film so much like its five predecessors that even the trailer narrator sounds shaky about it. In another trailer, funnyman Jeff "Fatty" Portnoy (Jack Black) plays every member of "America's favorite obese family" in the highly flatulent The Fatties: Fart 2. The final trailer, for a film called Satan's Alley, features Australian "five-time Oscar winner" Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) and Tobey Maguire (as himself) as two monks who begin an impassioned affair.We are taken, via the narration of John "Four Leaf" Tayback (Nick Nolte), into a gruesome battle of the Vietnam War. This is actually a scene from Tropic Thunder, a big-budget adaptation of Tayback's wartime memoir. Starring as the central platoon are Speedman, Lazarus, Chino and Portnoy, as well as young character actor Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). To play the role of Sgt. Lincoln Osiris, an African American, Lazarus has dyed his skin dark and refuses to break character. ("I don't drop character 'till I done the DVD commentary.") A take of Osiris crying over Tayback's (Speedman's) blown-off hands is ruined when Speedman is unable to cry and Lazarus dribbles uncontrollably into Speedman's face. This causes great frustration for the film's director, Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan). The chaos is exacerbated when the film's pyrotechnics expert, Cody (Danny McBride), mistakes Cockburn's conniptions for a signal to set off several expensive explosions.Faux Access Hollywood clips reveal that Speedman's career has been on a downward spiral. In an attempt at Oscar-bait, Speedman had played the "retard" title character in a flop called Simple Jack, which is apparently considered one of the worst films of all time. Meanwhile, much to the horror of Speedman's agent, Rick "Pecker" Peck (Matthew McConaughey), Speedman doesn't even have TiVO on location. Elsewhere, Cockburn is berated in a meeting, via satellite TV, by the belligerent studio head Les Grossman (Tom Cruise). With filming a month behind schedule only five days into shooting, the media has dubbed the production "the most expensive war movie never made." Cockburn tries to explain that the prima donna stars are what's dragging the production down, but Grossman is not sympathetic. Later, the real "Four-Leaf" Tayback, who has hooks for hands, takes Cockburn aside and suggests that he drop the actors in a real jungle and use Cody's explosives to inspire real fear in them. Cockburn enthusiastically agrees.Speedman, Lazarus, Chino, Portnoy and Sandusky are dropped off in the middle of the jungle with Cockburn, who sternly explains that he's going to use hidden cameras ("guerrilla-style") to capture real fear as they survive the real jungle. The actors are only given a map and a scene listing to guide them to the helicopter waiting to pick them up somewhere in the jungle. As he walks away, Cockburn is blown to pieces by an old landmine. The actors, with the exception of Lazarus, are convinced that this is some of Cockburn's special effects trickery. The group is being watched by members of the Flaming Dragons, a local gang that manufactures and sells heroin. The Dragons believe the actors to be DEA agents and are put off to see Speedman, trying to convince the others that Cockburn's death is a trick, making a gruesome display of Cockburn's severed head. Believing the Dragons to be actors playing Vietcong, Speedman and company engage them in a gunfight (though Speedman's group is firing only blank rounds). Tayback and Cody, waiting on a nearby ridge and unaware of the real dangers below, blow a large explosive that causes the Dragons to retreat (coincidentally, Speedman throws a prop grenade towards the Dragons almost simultaneously) . After the "fight scene," the actors march into the jungle to continue the "shoot." Tayback and Cody attempt to locate the now-deceased director. As the two argue and struggle (during which it is revealed that Tayback still has hands), they are surrounded and captured by the Dragons.The actors continue their rigorous trek through the jungle. It is revealed that Portnoy is a heroin addict, but disguises the drug as candy. One night, a bat swoops down and steals Portnoy's heroin. Speedman and Lazarus clash as Speedman insists on holding the map and continuing to do scenes. Lazarus berates Speedman for his acting in Simple Jack ("everybody knows you never go full retard"). Meanwhile, Chino grows angry at Lazarus for continuing to offensively "act black" as he always stays in character. After Lazarus steals the map from Speedman, Sandusky (the only one with boot camp training) looks at the map and reveals that Speedman has been leading them the wrong way. The group splits from Speedman, who insists on continuing to travel in the wrong direction. In captivity, Tayback reveals to Cody that he's not really a veteran, has never left the U.S. before, and originally wrote the book as a "tribute."Speedman's sanity seems to be slipping as he continues to act scenes from the film and even, much to his own distress, kills a giant panda one night. Speedman is soon captured by the Dragons and taken back to their camp, which he believes is a prisoner of war camp mentioned in the Tropic Thunder script. When he is tormented by the gang's prepubescent leader Tran (Brandon Soo Hoo), Speedman stutters and is recognized as the star of Simple Jack. This turns out to be the only film the Dragons have seen and they are in awe. They force Speedman to perform scenes from the film many times a day. Speedman even gets a young hanger-on, a "son" of sorts, whom he names "Half-Squat." The Dragons call Peck, Speedman's agent, and explain that they are holding Speedman for ransom. Peck brings this to Les Grossman, who rabidly curses at the Dragon on the other end of the line. That night, Grossman learns the Dragons are heroin manufacturers and receives another call for increased ransom; Grossman tells them that they can kill Speedman. He tells Peck that they can benefit by letting the Dragons kill Speedman and collecting the insurance; he offers the torn agent a share of the profits.Meanwhile, among the actors, tension grows between Lazarus and Chino. Portnoy has begun to hallucinate due to his withdrawal and has to be tied to a water buffalo and then, at his own insistence, to a concrete column. Soon, Portnoy is pleading with the others to untie him. During a conversation about women "back home," Sandusky expresses envy of Lazarus because he dated Jennifer Love Hewitt. In the course of the conversation, Chino is revealed to be a closet homosexual (he is in love with someone named Lance). They soon stumble upon the Flaming Dragon's heroin factory. After seeing Speedman being tortured, they plan an ambush based on the film's plot.Lazarus impersonates a farmer who has caught Portnoy (again tied to his water buffalo) on his farm, distracting the armed guards as Chino and Sandusky sneak into the building the captives are held in. After the gang notices inconsistencies in Lazarus' story, the actors open fire on the gang, temporarily subduing them despite being armed with only special effects blanks. Portnoy kidnaps the gang's child leader Tran in order to be led to the drugs. After barely defeating the young crime lord in combat, he finds an enormous mound of heroin; however, reflecting upon his failing low-brow movie career, he rejects the heroin and uses it instead to knock out two guards. Tayback and Cody join the fighting, using Cody's flamethrower and explosives against the Dragons.However, Portnoy, Chino, and Lazarus find Speedman brainwashed. He's performing to an approving crowd several times a day and now believes he is home. Before they can snap him out of it, Lazarus breaks down, revealing his similar inner struggle with his own identity. With Chino and Sandusky's help, Lazarus drops the Sgt. Osiris character, in both make-up and accent, and becomes his Australian self. However, even Sandusky's inspiring words cannot break Speedman's trance and they have to drag him away as they attempt to escape in Cody and Tayback's recaptured helicopter. The Dragons quickly reassemble, chasing the actors across a bridge which Cody has rigged to blow up. Speedman asks to remain behind with his "family," but quickly returns with Half-Squat (who is stabbing him in the neck) and the murderous Dragons in pursuit. Tayback detonates the bridge just in time for Speedman to get across. Lazarus goes to rescue Speedman from the rubble. They swear friendship and Speedman is finally able to cry. However, just as they get in the helicopter with the others, Tran appears with a rocket launcher. As he shoots at the helicopter, Speedman's agent "Pecker" inexplicably appears with Speedman's TiVO and deflects the rocket with it.A documentary of the botched production is made from the hidden camera footage and results in a multiple-Academy-Award-winning blockbuster film. The film breaks Speedman's streak of flops and he wins the award for Best Actor, which is presented by his friend Lazarus. Along with Portnoy, Sandusky is present with Jennifer Love Hewitt on his arm and Chino attends with Lance Bass (the "Lance" mentioned earlier) on his arm. Les Grossman does a hip-hop dance in celebration of the hit.
  • Ben Stiller
    Director(s)
  • Justin Theroux
    Ben Stiller
    Etan Cohen
    Ben Stiller
    Justin Theroux
    Writer(s)
  • Stuart Cornfeld
    producer
    Matt Eppedio
    associate producer
    Patrick Esposito
    post production producer
    Eric McLeod
    producer
    Ben Stiller
    producer
    Brian Taylor
    co-producer
    Justin Theroux
    executive producer
    Producer(s)
  • Theodore Shapiro
    Composer(s)
  • Snooty Waiter - Fatties Trailer Jeff Kahn
  • Kirk Lazarus Robert Downey Jr.
  • Platoon Sergeant Shot in Head - Hot LZ Anthony Ruivivar
  • Jeff Portnoy - Hot LZ Jack Black
  • Kevin Sandusky - Hot LZ Jay Baruchel
  • Alpa Chino - Hot LZ Brandon T. Jackson
  • Tugg Speedman - Hot LZ Ben Stiller
  • Chopper Pilot - Hot LZ Eric Winzenried
  • Damien Cockburn - Vietnam Crew Steve Coogan
  • Damien's Assistant - Vietnam Crew Valerie Azlynn
  • Cameraperson - Vietnam Crew Matt Levin
  • First Assistant Director - Vietnam Crew David Pressman
  • Script Supervisor - Vietnam Crew Amy Stiller
  • Cody - Vietnam Crew Danny McBride
  • Special Effects Assistant - Vietnam Crew Dempsey Silva
  • Studio Executive Rob Slolom - Vietnam Crew Bill Hader
  • Four Leaf Tayback - Vietnam Crew Nick Nolte
  • Speedman Assistant - Vietnam Crew (as Jeff Weideman) Jeff Weidemann
  • Speedman Assistant - Vietnam Crew Nadine Ellis
  • Speedman Assistant - Vietnam Crew Rachel Avery
  • Alpa's Posse - Vietnam Crew Darryl Farmer
  • Alpa's Posse - Vietnam Crew Rod Tate
  • Herself - Access Hollywood Maria Menounos
  • Herself - The Tyra Banks Show Tyra Banks
  • Rebecca - Simple Jack Clip Christine Taylor
  • Speedman's Chef - Speedman's Mansion Jel Galiza
  • Speedman's Trainer - Speedman's Mansion Andrea de Oliveira
  • Speedman's Adopted Son - Speedman's Mansion Josiah Ancheta
  • Rick Peck - Peck's Office Matthew McConaughey
  • Peck's Assistant - Peck's Office Yvette Nicole Brown
  • Byong - Flaming Dragon Compound Reggie Lee
  • Tru - Flaming Dragon Compound Trieu Tran
  • Tran - Flaming Dragon Compound Brandon Soo Hoo
  • Half Squat - Flaming Dragon Compound J. Thomas Chon
  • Half Squat - Flaming Dragon Compound Jacob Chon
  • Les Grossman - Grossman's Office Tom Cruise
  • Grossman's Secretary - Grossman's Office Mini Anden
  • Grossman's Assistant - Grossman's Office Mike Hoagland
  • Himself - Awards Ceremony Jon Voight
  • Herself - Awards Ceremony Jennifer Love Hewitt
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