Cinematic background from Tropic Thunder 2008 - A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.

Tropic Thunder

2008

Action, Comedy, War

Directors:
Ben Stiller
Writers:
Etan Cohen, Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux
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Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A painting of an asian boy holding a gun; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a shirt and a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A view of a lush green forest with a mountain in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of men holding guns in the middle of a field; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of people sitting in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A young man wearing a red beret smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of men standing next to each other in the woods; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man with a rifle in his hand and a backpack on; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing sunglasses and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person holding a gun; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person with a face covered in blood; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of men and a woman walking through the dirt; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A young person holding a camera in front of a crowd of onlookers; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A young boy holding a gun in his hands; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A young man wearing a red hat and a brown jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a red hat and a red jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A young man in a red beret with blood on his face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person with a scar on his face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of people standing next to a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man with long black hair wearing a red shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man is lighting a candle in the dark; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man in a black jacket and several other men in a black suit; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – An older man is brushing his teeth in front of a younger man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – An aerial view of a forest with a helicopter flying over it; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man standing on a hill looking over a valley; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A young boy holding a gun in his hands; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A little boy wearing a red hat and holding a red bag; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man's face in a dark room; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man holding a pair of scissors in his hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man in a black suit is on a stage with a crowd; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man in a hooded robe stares into the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of men and women sitting on the ground; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A woman is standing in a room with her hands in the air; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – Two men in native american garb holding guns; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man in a red hat is holding a cigarette; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A little boy wearing a red shirt and a red hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man in a black shirt and a black hat holding a cell phone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A young man wearing a red hat and holding a rifle; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of people sitting on the ground in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – People are gathered in a field as a helicopter is on fire; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man standing in front of a window looking out at a city; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a headband; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man holding a baby in his arms; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man wearing a red hat and a black jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person with a hat on and a bunch of bullets in their mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – Two men are facing each other in front of a red background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person with blood all over his face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – Two people sitting on the ground in a room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man sitting on the ground in front of a helicopter; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person with a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man in a military uniform standing in front of a tree; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A bunch of smoke coming out of a fire; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man holding a rifle and wearing an army helmet; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of people in the grass with a backpack; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man in a green shirt is standing in the woods; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person holding a camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man wearing a hat and sunglasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man sitting in front of a window holding an apple; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man standing next to a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – An aerial view of a village in the middle of the jungle; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man and a woman looking through binoculars; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man holding a baby in his arms; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of military helicopters flying over a field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man in a military uniform standing next to a tree; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of men standing next to each other in the woods; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person with a panda bear mask on holding something; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of people sitting in front of an outdoor stage; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A mugshot of a man with a bruised face; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of helicopters flying over a lush green hillside; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person with a gun wearing a red hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – Two men are sitting in a field with a helicopter in the background; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – An old shack in the middle of a lush green forest; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a head scarf; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person with a bandage on his mouth; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man with a knife in his hand and another man with a knife in his other hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of people on a stage performing a show; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man with blonde hair looking to his left; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man with a black headband and a black jacket is looking angry; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a hooded sweatshirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of men standing next to each other in the woods; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A group of men standing on top of a tree; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man laying on the ground next to a dead body; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man sitting in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A man with a beard is looking at another man with a beard; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – Two people standing in a field looking out at the mountains; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Tropic Thunder” (2008), directed by Ben Stiller – A person wearing a headscarf; Close Up shot, Low angle