Tropic Thunder

Les Grossman Movie Confirmed

I didn’t really like Tropic Thunder. It failed to live to the considerable hype. However, one thing did shine in the movie and, rather unbelievably, Tom Cruise was responsible. Yes, that’s right, I’m talking about Les Grossman. Grossman is an overweight, hairy movie studio executive who tells it like it is, in as offensive way...
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More Les Grossman On Way… Probably

Les Grossman was probably the best thing about Tropic Thunder, a film that truly failed to live up to the considerable hype thrown in its direction. Here was Tom Cruise wearing a fat suit, a bald wig, and a chest hairpiece, and it didn’t suck. Amazing. With the general crappiness of Tropic Thunder, it looks...
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Downey: No ‘Tropic Thunder 2’ – Good

I was hugely disappointed with Tropic Thunder in the summer. I had built the damn film up to be the best thing since sliced bread after having seen the trailer for it before watching The Dark Knight. Then came all the complaints over Ben Stiller portraying a retard and not being one to care much...

Robert Downey Jr. Talks ‘Tropic Thunder’

Robert Downey Jr. seemed to be stuck in the wilderness for many years, taking acting parts that got brilliant critical receptions but were seen by about ten people and their dogs. But 2008 saw him change all that by taking parts in two of the most mainstream movies of his career. First came Iron Man,...
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Tom Cruise Keen To Revive ‘Tropic Thunder’ Les Grossman

There I was, all excited about going to see Tropic Thunder a few months ago, It had a brilliant cast, the trailer was hilarious, and the controversy over the “retard” jokes made me determined to go and see it as soon as it was released. So I paid my money and saw it on the...
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No ‘Tropic Thunder’ Cuts – Downey Jr. Fearful Over Ruined Reputation

The cuts to Tropic Thunder that I had feared would happen are not going to be made after Dreamworks defended the controversial humour when watched in the context of the movie. I reported just a few days ago how some disability groups had complained about the use of the word retard in the film, and...
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‘Tropic Thunder’ Politically Corrected?

Kirsten wrote a thought-provoking piece a week ago asking if Tropic Thunder has crossed a line in it’s mocking of certain subject matters, and whether that anti-political correctness could affect its box office business. And so it has come to pass that DreamWorks may be politically correcting some aspects of the movie in order to...
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Tom Cruise Cameo In ‘Tropic Thunder’ Brings House Down

Ben Stiller’s new comedy Tropic Thunder has a surprise star involved in the production, with Tom Cruise reportedly making a cameo appearance as a bald, foul-mouthed movie mogul. If you, like me, don’t really like Cruise, especially after the whole leaked Scientology tape (pictured above), you’ll be shocked and surprised to hear that his appearance...
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