Storia di una troupe disastrata che sta cercando di girare un film tratto da un noto romanzo di guerra e che si ritroverà presto nei guai a causa dell'eccessivo lassismo sul set e delle troppe prime donne. Il povero regista si vedrà forzato dal produttore a terminare la pellicola in maniera rude: i protagonisti verranno lasciati soli nella giungla, mentre vengono ripresi da telecamere nascoste.
Grondante citazioni cinematografiche, il film si regge meravigliosamente sulle spalle di ottimi attori: bravi Ben Stiller e Jack Black, stupefacenti Robert Downey Jr. e Tom Cruise; non mancano anche piccoli camei di altri grandi (Nick Nolte su tutti).
Quello che davvero colpisce è il fatto che non solo riesce a far ridere (in larga parte a far sbellicare, a dire il vero), ma ha pure dei signori dialoghi ed una eccellente sceneggiatura.
Voto: 8. Bello davvero.
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Nolte, Nick
Nome di battesimo: Nolte, Nicholas King
Data di nascita: 8 February 1941
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Rebecca Linger::(19 February 1984 - 1994) (divorced) 1 child, Sharyn Haddad::(10 March 1978 - 1983) (divorced), Sheila Page::(1966 - 1970) (divorced) 2 stepchildren
Ultimi lavori:
- Arcadia Lost (2009) .... Benerji [attore]
- King Shot (2009) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- The Rum Diary (2009) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Death Warrior (2008) .... Russel [attore]
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008) .... [attore]
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) .... Mulgarath [attore]
- Tropic Thunder (2008) .... Four Leaf Tayback [attore]
- Off the Black (2006) .... Ray Cook [attore]
- Over the Hedge (2006) .... Vincent (voice) [attore]
- Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... Vincent (segment 'Parc Monceau') [attore]
Biografia:
Nick Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska and began his career on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse and in regional theatre productions. His breakthrough role was in the TV mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976), playing the role of "Tom/Tommy Jordache". Nick Nolte said that when he played a young man in the early scenes of the project, he weighed about 160 pounds. When he played a middle aged man in the later scenes, he weighed over 180 pounds.
Trivia random: In 1962, Nolte was given five years probation for selling fake draft cards.
Citazione random: America is in a difficult position right now. It has so much wealth, it has become obese and gluttonous. It will change but it has to get through this time now. It's not that I wish I was not from America. It just goes through these peculiar times. I could live anywhere. But I wouldn't want to abandon a country just because it's being silly. I'll do what we did in 1968, and try and change it and get some sense into it.
Salario massimo: $2,000,000, per 48 Hrs. (1982)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Downey Jr., Robert
Nome di battesimo: Jr., Robert John Downey
Data di nascita: 4 April 1965
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Susan Downey::(27 August 2005 - present), Deborah Falconer::(29 May 1992 - 26 April 2004) (divorced) 1 child
Ultimi lavori:
- Iron Man 2 (2010) .... Tony Stark / Iron Man [attore]
- Master Mind (2010) .... (voice) (rumored) [attore]
- Sherlock Holmes (2009) .... Sherlock Holmes [attore]
- The Soloist (2009) .... Steve Lopez [attore]
- The Incredible Hulk (2008) .... Tony Stark (uncredited) [attore]
- Iron Man (2008) (VG) .... Tony Stark (voice) [attore]
- Rain of Madness (2008) (V) .... Kirk Lazarus [attore]
- Tropic Thunder (2008) .... Kirk Lazarus [attore]
- Charlie Bartlett (2007) .... Principal Nathan Gardner [attore]
- Lucky You (2007) .... Telephone Jack [attore]
Biografia:
Robert John Downey Jr. was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, at 1:10 pm. He's the son of underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.. His first part in a movie was in his father's Pound (1970), in which 5-year-old Downey played a puppy. When he was 20 years old, he joined "Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ for one season. After that, he went to Hollywood. In 1987, he got the leading role in director James Toback's film The Pick-up Artist (1987), co-starring with Molly Ringwald. The same year, he played drug addict Julian Wells in the movie Less Than Zero (1987). In 1992, he played Charles Chaplin in Sir Richard Attenborough's film Chaplin (1992). For his astonishing performance, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In the year 2000, he guest-starred in the comedy series "Ally McBeal" (1997), where he portrayed the attorney Larry Paul, who became Ally's love interest. For that performance, he won the Golden Globe for "best supporting actor in a comedy series." On "Ally McBeal" (1997), Downey got to show that he can sing as well as act, when he sang Joni Mitchell's "River," "Chances Are" as a duet with Vonda Shepard, and "Every Breath You Take" together with Sting. He released one song of his own, "Snakes," on the "Ally McBeal" (1997) album "For Once in My Life," and a full album of his own work entitled "The Futurist" in 2005.
Trivia random: Sent to a rehab center at the L.A. County jail while waiting for an August 5 hearing. [22 June 1999]
Citazione random: As soon as I started smoking heroin instead of smoking coke, everything was different, and I knew it was. And it happened around the time I was doing Home for the Holidays (1995). Home for the Holidays is, for me, one of the most relaxed performances in the history of cinema. I can't attribute that to the fact that I was at a serene place in my life, or that there was a real warm feeling on the set. This is a problem for me because I glamorize this stuff. I can't say that it wasn't real dark, real evil and real hurtful to those around me. And yet, practically every take of that film was a print. God bless Jodie Foster. When does she have time to do a handwritten letter telling someone how she genuinely cares about them? She said, "Listen, I'm not worried about you on this film. You're not losing it or nodding out, and you're giving a great performance. I'm worried about your thinking you can get away with doing this on another film."
Salario massimo: $100/day, per Game 6 (2005)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Cruise, Tom
Nome di battesimo: IV, Thomas Cruise Mapother
Data di nascita: 3 July 1962
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Coniuge: Katie Holmes::(18 November 2006 - present) 1 child, Nicole Kidman::(24 December 1990 - 8 August 2001) (divorced) 2 (adopted) children, Mimi Rogers::(9 May 1987 - 4 February 1990) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori:
- Winter Hill Gang (2010) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Men (2009) .... [attore]
- Something Borrowed (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Tropic Thunder (2008) .... Les Grossman [attore]
- Valkyrie (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Lions for Lambs (2007) .... Senator Jasper Irving [attore]
- Ask the Dust (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Elizabethtown (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
- War of the Worlds (2005) .... Ray Ferrier [attore]
Biografia:
In 1976, if you had told 14 year old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be considered one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to become a priest. Nonetheless, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who was born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become Tom Cruise, one of the highest paid and most sought after actors in screen history. The only son (among four children) of nomadic parents young Tom spent his boyhood eternally on the move and by the time he was 14 he had attended 15 different schools in the US and Canada. He finally settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his mother and her new husband. While in high school, he developed an interest in acting and abandoned his plans of becoming a priest, dropped out of school, and at age 18 headed for New York and a possible acting career. The next 15 years of his life are the stuff of legends. He made his film debut with a small part in Endless Love (1981) and from the outset exhibited an undeniable box office appeal to both male and female audiences. Though below average height and not particularly handsome in the traditional sense, within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top grossing films of the 1980s including Top Gun (1986); The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). By the 1990s he was one of the highest paid actors in the world earning an average 15 million dollars a picture in such blockbuster hits as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jerry Maguire (1996) - for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for best actor. In 1990 he renounced his devout Catholic beliefs and embraced The Church Of Scientology claiming that Scientology teachings had cured him of the dyslexia that had plagued him all of his life. A kind and thoughful man well known for his compassion and generosity, Tom Cruise is one of the best liked members of the movie community. He was married to actress Nicole Kidman until 2001. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV has indeed come a long way from the lonely wanderings of his youth.
Trivia random: Is right handed when writing, but does most things left handed.
Citazione random: [On Born on the Fourth of July (1989)] When I made that film people said, 'This is going to ruin your career. Why are you doing this after you did Top Gun. Why not just do Top Gun 2?'. I wanted to challenge myself.
Salario massimo: $20,000,000 against 15%, per Jerry Maguire (1996)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Black, Jack (I)
Nome di battesimo: Black, Thomas Jack
Data di nascita: 28 August 1969
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Coniuge: Tanya Haden::(14 March 2006 - present) 2 children
Ultimi lavori:
- Master of Space and Time (2011) .... (rumored) [attore]
- The Year One (2009) .... Zed [attore]
- Be Kind Rewind (2008) .... Jerry [attore]
- D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Kung Fu Panda (2008) .... Po (voice) [attore]
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) (V) .... Po [attore]
- Rain of Madness (2008) (V) .... Jeff Portnoy [attore]
- Tropic Thunder (2008) .... Jeff Portnoy [attore]
- "Acceptable TV" (2007) .... (executive producer) (unknown episodes) [produttore]
- The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' (2007) (V) .... (producer) [produttore]
Biografia:
Jack Black was born in Santa Monica, California, and attended the University of California at Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he was a member of Tim Robbins's acting troupe and it was through this collaboration that led to his 1992 film debut in Bob Roberts (1992). Although he was just a background voice in his first film, Jack's appearances in such television shows as "The X Files" (1993), his breakthrough performance in High Fidelity (2000), and his rock-comedy band Tenacious D have created an ever-growing cult following.
Trivia random: Attended Crossroads High School for the Arts and Sciences.
Citazione random: There's nothing you can really do to prepare to rock. Do you prepare to eat a delicious meal? Are you hungry? Then you're gonna eat it.
Salario massimo: $2,000,000, per Shallow Hal (2001)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Regista: Ben Stiller
Scrittore: Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Action
Valutazione: 7.6/10 (40160 voti)
Durata: 107 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Jeff Kahn .... Snooty Waiter
- Robert Downey Jr. .... Kirk Lazarus
- Anthony Ruivivar .... Platoon Sergeant Shot in Head
- Jack Black .... Jeff Portnoy
- Jay Baruchel .... Kevin Sandusky
- Brandon T. Jackson .... Alpa Chino
- Ben Stiller .... Tugg Speedman
- Eric Winzenried .... Chopper Pilot
- Steve Coogan .... Damien Cockburn
- Valerie Azlynn .... Damien's Assistant
Trama:
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.
Trivia random: "Fats" Portnoy was written with Jack Black in mind.
Citazione random: Jeff Portnoy: [heading towards an ox] I need to bite its hide... and wear its stomach like a unitard.::Kirk Lazarus: Ain't nobody gonna do nothin!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Stiller, Ben
Nome di battesimo: Stiller, Benjamin Edward
Data di nascita: 30 November 1965
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Coniuge: Christine Taylor::(13 May 2000 - present) 2 children
Ultimi lavori:
- Master Mind (2010) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Untitled Cameron Crowe Project (2010) .... [attore]
- Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) .... Larry Daley [attore]
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2009) .... (rumored) [regista]
- The Boys (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) .... Alex (voice) [attore]
- The Marc Pease Experience (2008) .... Jon Gribble [attore]
- Rain of Madness (2008) (V) .... Tugg Speedman [attore]
- The Ruins (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Tropic Thunder (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
Biografia:
Ben Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York, New York to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. It's not surprising that Ben Stiller has followed in his family's footsteps. Ben's parents made no real effort to keep their son away from the Hollywood lifestyle and he grew up among the stars, wondering just why his parents were so popular. At a young age, he and his sister Amy Stiller would perform plays at home, wearing Amy's tights to perform Shakespeare. Ben also picked up an interest in being on the other side of the camera and, at age 10, began shooting films on his Super 8 camera. The plots were always simple: someone would pick on the shy, awkward Stiller...and then he would always get his revenge. This desire for revenge on the popular, good-looking people may have motivated his teen-angst opus Reality Bites (1994) later in his career. He both directed and performed in the film, which costarred Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. Before he even got his start in Hollywood, Ben put in several consistently solid years in the theater. After dropping out of UCLA, he performed in the Tony Award winner, "The House of Blue Leaves". While working on the play, Stiller shot a short spoof of The Color of Money (1986) starring him (in the Tom Cruise role) and his The House of Blue Leaves (1987) (TV) costar John Mahoney (in the Paul Newman role). The short film was so funny that Lorne Michaels purchased it and aired it on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). This led to Ben spending a year on the show in 1989. Ben made his big screen debut in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) in 1987. Demonstrating early on the multifaceted tone his career would take, he soon stepped behind the camera to direct Back to Brooklyn for MTV. The network was impressed and gave Stiller his own show, "The Ben Stiller Show" (1992). He recruited fellow offbeat comedians Janeane Garofalo and Andy Dick and created a bitingly satirical show. MTV ended up passing on it, but it was picked up by Fox. Unfortunately, the show was a ratings miss. Stiller was soon out of work, although he did have the satisfaction of picking up an Emmy for the show after its cancellation. For a while, Ben had to settle for guest appearance work. While he was doing this, he saved up his cash and in the end was able to scrape enough together to make Reality Bites (1994), now a cult classic which is looked upon favorably by the generation it depicted. Ben continued to work steadily for a time, particularly in independent productions where he was more at ease. However, he never quite managed to catch a big break. His first big budget directing job was Jim Carrey's The Cable Guy (1996). Although many critics were impressed, Jim Carrey's fans were not. In 1998, There's Something About Mary (1998) had propelled Ben into the mainstream spotlight. With his wince-inducing turn in the Farrelly brothers' gross-out film, Ben really "struck a nerve" with mainstream America. In recent years, Ben has starred in such hit movies as Keeping the Faith (2000) and Meet the Parents (2000). Ben excels at cerebral comedy, but he knows how to get down and lowbrow when he needs to, making him one of America's currently most popular performers.
Trivia random: Ben and his wife Christine Taylor, have both guest starred on the TV-show "Friends" (1994), though not in the same episode.
Citazione random: Every actor is out there trying to get parts, auditioning, going to acting class and creating a network of people who are in the same position you are. I couldn't sit around and wait to get work, because it wasn't happening. I would just try to create my own projects with friends who were filmmakers.
Salario massimo: $3,000,000, per There's Something About Mary (1998)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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