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Tropic Thunder - Single Disc [DVD]

Ben Stiller , Robert Downey Jr. , Ben Stiller    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (150 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Steve Coogan, Jay Baruchel
  • Directors: Ben Stiller
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Audio Description: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Paramount
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Jan 2009
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (150 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001G8Y19G
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,859 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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It's not really a knock to say that nothing in Tropic Thunder is funnier than its first five minutes, so sly that--especially for people watching in theaters--you don't realise right away they are the opening minutes of the movie. This outrageous comedy begins with a series of fake previews, each introducing one of the main characters in the film-proper (not that there's anything proper about this film) and each bearing the familiar logo of a different motion picture studio: Universal, DreamWorks SKG, et al. Such playing fast and loose with corporate talismans verges on sacrilege, but it's an index of how much le tout Tinseltown endorses the movie as a demented valentine to itself. The premise is that the cast of a would-be "Son of Rambo" movie shooting in some Southeast Asian jungle get into a real shooting war with drug-smuggling montagnards. Don't ask--though the movie does have an answer--why such highly paid, usually ultra-pampered personnel as superhero Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Mozart of fart comedy Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), hip-hop artist Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), and five-time Oscar-winner Kirk Lazarus from Aus-try-leeah (Robert Downey Jr.) should be running through the jungle unattended and very vulnerable. It matters only that the real-life cast has a high time kidding their own profession and flexing their comedic muscles. Bonus points go to Stiller for co-writing the script (with Justin Theroux) and directing, and to Downey, brilliant as a white actor surgically turned black actor for his role and utterly committed to staying in character no matter what ("I don't drop character till I done the DVD commentary"). Be warned: The movie, too, is committed--to being an equal-opportunity offender. Its political incorrectness extends not only to Lazarus's black-like-me posturing but also Speedman's recent, Sean Penn–style Oscar bid playing a cognitively challenged farmboy--or, in Lazarus's deathless phrase, "going the full retard." Others in the cast include Steve Coogan as a director out of his depth, Nick Nolte as the Viet-vet novelist whose book inspired the film-within-the-film, Matthew McConaughey as Speedman's sun-blissed agent back home, and Tom Cruise--bald, fat-suited, and profane--as an epically repulsive studio head. Two hours running time is a mite excessive, but otherwise, what's not to like? --Richard T. Jameson

Product Description

Ben Stiller writes, directs and stars in this film-within-a-film action comedy. During the filming of a big-budget Vietnam epic, the self-absorbed stars signed up to the project behave unreasonably, resulting in a four million dollar explosion going off with no cameras shooting - and rendering the whole project unviable before it has even begun. The director of the film, Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan), decides to leave the spoiled actors in the middle of the jungle - and, in an attempt to salvage some footage from the wreckage of the doomed project, installs hidden cameras to follow their escape. The actors are left with only a map and a scene listing to guide them to the helicopter waiting at the end of the jungle. Along the way they encounter a series of obstacles including land mines and an international heroin-dealing ring. The ensemble cast includes Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr, Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Improves with repeat viewings 29 Jan 2009
By S. Kemp
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Works more often than it fails and is visually excellent throughout, with great attention to detail and atmosphere. Watch it a couple of times and it gets a lot funnier. The three disc edition is good value with a lot of great extras and the extended cut IS better than the theatrical release. Sure to be a cult classic in a few years time.
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Format:Blu-ray
Specs for this BLU RAY EDITION:
- AUDIO: English 5.1 Dolby true HD / German/French/Italian/Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
- SUBTITLES: English/English SDHT/Dutch/Finish/French/German/Italian/Norwegian/Spanish/Swedish
- COMENTARY SUBTITLES: English/French/Italian/German/Spanish

This edition includes digital copy and the specs above are as listed on the back cover.
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Cheers/João Dias
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely hilarious! 10 Dec 2011
Format:DVD
This film will really appeal to anyone who likes Robert Downey Jr. or who is familiar with any jungle or Vietnam based movies, as they are all sent up very well. If you often find Jack Black's limited-to-one-character goofy acting irritating, do not let this put you off: he is not so bad in this film as he sends up his off screen druggie persona extrememly well, and Robert Downey Jr alone is worth buying the movie for: he is hilarious from start to finish. It's a very good humoured fun movie, and will especially appeal to people familiar with other movies of the jungle/veteran type as the tongue in cheek homage is covered very deftly. Nick Nolte is superb in his "grizzled Vietnam veteran" role, and Tom Cruise is a deliciously unredeemable villan. Worth the money.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars Awful, really pathetic.
Don't bother with this film, it's so bad it's embarrassing, just not funny at all.
Jack Black's character is particularly nauseating but then again the whole thing is... Read more
Published 5 days ago by man
2.0 out of 5 stars Tropic Blunder
What a complete disappointment this film was, it had a great idea but direction was poor and so was the script. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Steve
1.0 out of 5 stars Self-indulgent rubbish
I saw this at the pictures when it came out and couldn't believe how bad it was. It was like a hugely expensive home movie made by some famous people. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sean Farrell
3.0 out of 5 stars The movie they think they're making... isn't a movie anymore
Perhaps I was expecting too much from this comedy. Ben Stiller films can be funny when done well, "The Cable Guy" "Zoolander" "Reality Bites" etc... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lord Anon
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun!
If you like a bit of random, silly, parody & spoof then you'll love this. Stiller, Black, Downey Jr and Cruise were all on top form. Also, great price.
Published 3 months ago by Yasmin H
5.0 out of 5 stars Tropic Thunder DVD
It came straight away and was not damaged in any way. Also the film is very funny, I strongly recommend it
Published 4 months ago by Alex
5.0 out of 5 stars Aye!
The item has come on time, was as described and everything it needed to be so aye! Worth the buy!
Published 5 months ago by Brianne
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as promoted
Nothing wrpng with the quality of the DVD nor with the service I recevied from Amazon but this was definitely an "OK" movie and nowehere near as good as I was expecting it... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Thresher
4.0 out of 5 stars For those nights when 'Rambo' offers migraine...
As I have already stated in the title, this movie is not for all moments. On certain specific occasions, when action is groan-inducing and "Cannibal Holocaust" results in... Read more
Published 9 months ago by RIJU GANGULY
5.0 out of 5 stars Just Fabulous!
Just Fabulous!Outstanding! Brilliant! Exceptional! First-rate! Yes I liked it a lot. Ben Stiller (Actor) and Robert Downey Jr. Read more
Published 11 months ago by BruceL
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