Tropic Thunder

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Ben Stiller

Tugg Speedman

Robert Downey Jr.

Kirk Lazarus

Jack Black

Jeff Portnoy

Jay Baruchel

Kevin Sandusky

Brandon T. Jackson

Alpa Chino

Brandon Soo Hoo

Tran

Matthew McConaughey

Rick Peck

Tom Cruise

Les Grossman

Nick Nolte

Four Leaf Tayback

Danny McBride

Cody

Steve Coogan

Damien Cockburn

Bill Hader

Rob Slolom

Reggie Lee

Byong

Trieu Tran

Tru

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman

Crew

Art

• Jeff Mann Production Design
• Richard L. Johnson Art Direction
• Dan Webster Art Direction
• Daniel B. Clancy Set Decoration
• Maria Baker Set Designer
• John Chichester Set Designer
• Jeff Ozimek Set Designer
• John Warnke Set Designer
• Kyle Cooper Title Designer
• Marco Rubeo Assistant Art Director
• David E. Scott Assistant Art Director
• Harry E. Otto Assistant Art Director

Camera

• John Toll Director of Photography
• Mike Thomas Camera Operator
• Daniel C. Gold Camera Operator
• Chris Toll First Assistant "A" Camera
• Jeff Pelton Second Assistant "A" Camera
• Merie Weismiller Wallace Still Photographer
• Brooks Robinson "B" Camera Operator
• Brooks Robinson Steadicam Operator
• Patrick McArdle First Assistant "B" Camera
• Eric Amundsen Second Assistant "B" Camera
• Michael A. Chavez "C" Camera Operator
• Steve Adcock "C" Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Marlene Stewart Costume Design
• Kazu Hiro Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Kerry Mendenhall Hairstylist
• Lisa Tomczeszyn Assistant Costume Designer
• Geoffrey Roiz Assistant Costume Designer
• Gerald Quist Makeup Department Head
• Gerald Quist Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Leslie Devlin Makeup Artist
• Heather Plott Makeup Artist
• Beth Miller Hair Department Head

Crew

• Zack Duhame Stunts
• Jeff Imada Stunts
• Hank Amos Stunts
• Tsuyoshi Abe Stunts
• Surawit Sae Kang Stunts
• Sheena Sakai Stunts
• James Lew Stunts
• Michael Trisler Stunts
• Simon Rhee Stunts
• Mark Norby Stunts
• James M. Churchman Stunts
• Paul Leonard Stunts

Directing

• Ben Stiller Director
• Kim Berner Script Supervisor
• Mark Cotone First Assistant Director
• Dieter Busch Second Assistant Director
• Phil Neilson Second Unit Director
• E.J. Foerster Second Unit Director

Editing

• Greg Hayden Editor
• Steven Trapani Assistant Editor
• Gary Burritt Negative Cutter
• Mathieu Reid Color Timer
• Byron Wong First Assistant Editor
• Curtis Croeni First Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Randy Woodside Chief Lighting Technician
• Michael Romano Electrician

Production

• Stuart Cornfeld Producer
• Eric McLeod Producer
• Ben Stiller Producer
• Justin Theroux Executive Producer
• Kathy Driscoll-Mohler Casting
• Francine Maisler Casting
• Matt Eppedio Associate Producer
• Mark Indig Unit Production Manager
• Leeann Stonebreaker Production Supervisor
• Elizabeth Chodar Casting Assistant
• Lauren Grey Casting Associate
• Michael J. Burmeister Location Manager

Sound

• Theodore Shapiro Original Music Composer
• Steve Cantamessa Sound Mixer
• Craig Henighan Supervising Sound Editor
• Jim Brookshire Supervising Sound Editor
• Derek Vanderhorst Sound Effects Editor
• Warren Hendriks Sound Effects Editor
• Paula Fairfield Sound Effects Editor
• Vanessa Lapato Dialogue Editor
• Benjamin Beardwood Dialogue Editor
• Doug Jackson Dialogue Editor
• Jason Tuttle Assistant Sound Editor
• Ron Bartlett Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Visual Effects

• Dottie Starling Visual Effects
• Michael L. Fink Visual Effects Supervisor
• Patrick Esposito Visual Effects Producer

Writing

• Ben Stiller Screenplay
• Justin Theroux Screenplay
• Etan Cohen Screenplay
• Ben Stiller Story
• Justin Theroux Story

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