Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder is a 2008 Comedy / Action film starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black. The plot revolves around a group of actors who start out making a movie about the Vietnam War, but their director gets fed up with their antics and sends them out into the middle of a real live war-zone.

Tropic Thunder is directed by Ben Stiller, written by Stiller, Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen, produced by Stiller, Eric McLeod and Stuart Cornfeld and distributed by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures.

Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his role in the movie.

1. Ben Stiller as Tug Speedman
2. Jack Black as Jeff Fats Portnoy
3. Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus
4. Steve Coogan as Damien the Director
5. Jay Baruchel as Kevin Sandusky
6. Bill Hader as Rob Slolom
7. Tom Cruise as Les Grossman

In Tropic Thunder, Tom Cruise makes a cameo as a fat, bald movie executive. The filmmakers were hoping to keep Cruise's cameo as a secret, but in November 2008, pictures of the actor in makeup appeared on the television show, Inside Edition, as well as on several internet sites. Cruise's attorneys threatened to sue, and many of the sites agreed to take down the photos.

• SlashFilm: Tropic Thunder Movie Trailer (March 17, 2008)

• AintItCool.com: Our Spy Saw A TROPIC THUNDER Screening! (March 13, 2008)

• Cinematical: A Little 'Tropic Thunder' For the Weekend (March 8, 2008)

• The Frat Pack Tribute: Frat Pack Tribute Movie Preview: Tropic Thunder (2007)

• DreamWorks SKG Fansites: Spielberg News: Spielberg Cameo in Stiller's Tropical Thunder? (November 11, 2007)

• MTV Movie Blogs: Tropic Thunder Will Be A Funny Apocalypse Now (November 5, 2007)

• Cinematical: Owen Wilson and Nick Nolte Join Tropic Thunder (June 18, 2007)

• MTV Movie Blogs: Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder Lands... (May 22, 2007)

• WorstPreviews: Tropic Thunder

• IMDb: Tropic Thunder Message Board

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