Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder is a 2008 satirical action comedy movie. It is about actors making a fictional movie about the Vietnam War.

Tropic Thunder
Filming set
Directed by	Ben Stiller
Screenplay by	Justin Theroux Ben Stiller Etan Cohen
Story by	Ben Stiller Justin Theroux
Produced by	Stuart Cornfeld Ben Stiller Eric McLeod
Starring	Ben Stiller Jack Black Robert Downey Jr.
Cinematography	John Toll
Edited by	Greg Hayden
Music by	Theodore Shapiro
Production companies	DreamWorks Pictures Red Hour Productions
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 13, 2008 (2008-08-13)
Running time	106 minutes
Countries	United States Germany United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$90–92 million
Box office	$195.7 million

Ben Stiller (who also directed) plays Tugg. Robert Downey, Jr. plays Kirk. Tom Cruise plays Les. Nick Nolte plays John.

This movie was released on August 13, 2008. It got positive reviews. It also made lots of money.

Controversy

The movie got criticism for frequently using the word "retarded", which is an ableist word.

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