Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
Tropic thunder [videorecording] / Goldcrest Pictures ; DreamWorks ; Internationale Filmproduktion Stella-del-Sud Second ; Red Hour Films ; Road Rebel ; produced by Stuart Cornfeld, Eric McLeod, Ben Stiller ; story by Ben Stiller & Justin Theroux ; screenplay by Ben Stiller & Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen ; directed by Ben Stiller.
Call Number:
DVD T
Publisher, Date:
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, c2008.
Description:
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Watch John 'Four Leaf' Tayback as he fights a gruesome battle during the Vietnam War. But, this is actually a scene from 'Tropic Thunder,' a big-budget adaptation of Tayback's wartime memoir. Starring as the central platoon are Speedman, Lazarus, Chino and Portnoy, as well as young character actor Kevin Sandusky. To play the character of African American Sgt. Osiris, Lazarus dyes his skin dark and refuses to break from character. When a scene goes awry, the film's director, Damien Cockburn goes off. With filming a month behind schedule only five days into shooting, the real 'Four Leaf' takes Cockburn aside and suggests that he drop the actors in a real jungle and use hidden cameras to capture the action. Chaos and insanity ensue.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content, and drug material.
Subjects:
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Drama.
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- United States -- Drama.
Hidden camera photography -- Drama.
Film adaptations -- Drama.
Actors -- United States -- Drama.
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- United States -- Drama.
Hidden camera photography -- Drama.
Closed caption DVDs.
Action and adventure films.
Comedy DVDs.
Genre:
Comedy films.
Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Other Author:
Cornfeld, Stuart.
McLeod, Eric.
Stiller, Ben, 1965-
Theroux, Justin.
Cohen, Etan.
Downey, Robert, Jr., 1965-
Black, Jack, 1969-
Baruchel, Jay, 1982-
Jackson, Brandon T.
Winzenried, Eric.
Coogan, Steve.
McBride, Danny.
Goldcrest Pictures (Firm)
Dreamworks Pictures.
Internationale Filmproducktion Stella-del Sud Second (Firm)
Red Hour Films.
Road Rebel (Firm)
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)