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Ben
Stiller had become my favorite actor since 'Something about Mary'.
Then The Focker movies (Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers).
And also lately The Night in the Museum. And of course a lot
of others. I still remembered he played a bad guy in
Dodgeball.
The film stars Stiller, Jack Black and Robert
Downey, Jr. as a group of prima donna actors making a Vietnam War
film when their fed-up writer and director decide to abandon them
in the middle of the jungle, forcing them to fight their way out.
Stiller initially had the idea for the film
while playing a small part in Empire of the Sun and later
brought on Theroux and Cohen to help him complete the script.
After the film was greenlit in 2006, filming took place in 2007 on
the Hawaiian island of Kauai over 13 weeks, and was deemed the
largest film production in the island's history. Tropic Thunder
had a large marketing promotion, including posting faux websites
for the characters, fake films, and products shown within the
film, showing numerous screenings, and selling the fictional
energy drink advertised in the film. |
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