Movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)

“A film crew is in Southeast Asia filming a Vietnam-war memoir. It’s early in the shooting, but they’re already behind schedule and over budget. On the day an accident befalls the novice director, the cast and crew are attacked by a gang of poppy-growing local drug dealers, except the cast and crew don’t realize these aren’t actors who are stalking them. The thugs kidnap Tugg Speedman, an actor whose star seems on the decline, and it’s up to the rest of the ragtag team to band together long enough to attempt his rescue. But will Tugg want to leave? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}”

• Director: Ben Stiller
• Release Date:
  13 August 2008 (USA)
• Run Time:
  107 min | USA:121 min (unrated director's cut)
• Country: USA , UK , Germany
• Genre: Action , Adventure , Comedy , War
• MPAA:
  Rated R for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material.

Tagline: The movie they think they're making… isn't a movie anymore.

Trivia: Ben Stiller originally planned to play Rick Peck, with Keanu Reeves playing Speedman.

Goofs: Errors in geography: During the “Access Hollywood” sequence, the map which appears on screen identifies “North Vietnam” and “South Vietnam”, even though Vietnam is now one country.