Our TV movie pick for tonight is the brilliant 2008 comedy movie Tropic Thunder, starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
Along with co-writing and directing the film, Stiller plays Tugg Speedman, a pampered action superstar who sets out for Southeast Asia to take part in the biggest, most-expensive war movie produced.
Boasting a large ensemble cast that also includes Bill Hader, Brandon T. Jackson, Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel, Matthew McConaughey, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan and an unrecognisable Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder was a big box-office hit, earned very positive reviews and even garnered Downey Jr. a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
This is due to its sweary script which gleefully pokes fun at Hollywood’s excesses, as well as the choice to have Downey Jr. play a white Australian actor who dons blackface as part of his method acting to perform the role of an African-American man.
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