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Tropic Thunder (2008)

Release Date:
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

MPAA Rating:
R

Rating Reason:
For pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material

Genre:
Comedy

Starring:
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte, Brandon Jackson, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Jay Baruchel, Matt Levin, Andrea De Oliveira, Reggie Lee, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise

Written By:
Ben Stiller, Etan Cohen, Justin Theroux

Director:
Ben Stiller

Official Site:

Synopsis:
Ben Stiller says "Tropic Thunder" is a "a comedy about five actors who go on location and find themselves relying on their boot camp experiences when they get stuck in a real war-like situation." Black will play Jeff "Fats" Portnoy, an overweight gross-out comedian, who's forced to kick his drug addiction while filming on location in the jungle.

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Courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment, you can be one of three lucky Hollywood Jesus readers to win a copy of one of this summer's big hits, Tropic Thunder, due out on DVD (and Blu-Ray) this week. It's also available in a two-disc director's cut.

To enter for your chance at a free copy of the DVD (not the Blu-Ray!), simply visit our Contact Form, select "Promotions" from the drop-down list, and enter the word "Thunder" in the message box. On November 23, we'll draw three entries from the tons and tons we know we'll receive. (U.S. addresses only, please. 18 years or older to enter.) We'll then contact you via the email address you leave for us to confirm your mailing address. DVDs will arrive a week or two after that.

Here's what Paramount has to say about the DVD release of Tropic Thunder:
"The best comedy of the year" (Newsweek) that "will blow your mind" (Rolling Stone) takes no prisoners when TROPIC THUNDER deploys on November 18, 2008 in a Unrated Director's Cut on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as in a single-disc DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment. Directed by and starring Ben Stiller (Zoolander) and featuring an all-star cast including Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda), Danny McBride (Foot Fist Way), Nick Nolte (The Spiderwick Chronicles), and Steve Coogan (Hamlet 2), TROPIC THUNDER is "laugh-until-your-stomach-hurts hilarious" (San Francisco Chronicle). The film follows five pampered actors on the set of a Vietnam War movie who are thrust into real-life danger and forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying in order to survive. The result is an over-the-top, unforgettable film that is "a knockout of a comedy that keeps you laughing" (Rolling Stone).

The TROPIC THUNDER Unrated Director's Cut two-disc DVD set includes the feature film with over 14 minutes of never-before-seen footage and comes fully loaded with an arsenal of special features that take viewers even deeper into the s&*t including Rain of Madness, an uproarious faux documentary about the making of the film within a film, filmmaker and cast commentaries (including some in character), behind-the-scenes featurettes, cast profiles, "Dispatches from the Edge of Madness", deleted and extended scenes, including an alternate ending, TROPIC THUNDER at the MTV Movie Awards and more.

UPDATE: Our winners are Keith Wright, Ruth Utterback, and Marilyn Robertson.

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