Tropic Thunder (2008)

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Wikidata Q380981, film, IMDb tt0942385, TMDB 7446: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 5 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Empire of the Sun: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (inspiration): Empire of the Sun ⇒ Tropic Thunder (the host's read). Ben Stiller, on the Empire set as a young actor, was inspired by actors playing at suffering to make Tropic Thunder two decades later.
    “Which, of course, this is one of this movie's greatest, like, lasting legacies is that this, this is what inspires Tropic Thunder.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:49:05 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Born on the Fourth of July: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (transformation): Tropic Thunder → Born on the Fourth of July. Cruise's wig and transformation in Tropic Thunder was for laughs, the opposite of Born on the Fourth of July.
    “Not until Tropic Thunder.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:00:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Empire of the Sun: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (inspiration): Empire of the Sun → Tropic Thunder. Ben Stiller, on the Empire set as a young actor, was inspired by actors playing at suffering to make Tropic Thunder two decades later.
    “Which, of course, this is one of this movie's greatest, like, lasting legacies is that this, this is what inspires Tropic Thunder.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:49:05 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (joke comparison): Mission: Impossible → Tropic Thunder. Joked that Cruise's transformation as an old senator deserved the praise given to Tropic Thunder.
    “Why were we so praiseworthy of Tom Cruise's performance? His transformation in Tropic Thunder?”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:54:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (inspiration): Empire of the Sun → Tropic Thunder. Ben Stiller, on the Empire set as a young actor, was inspired by actors playing at suffering to make Tropic Thunder two decades later.
    “Which, of course, this is one of this movie's greatest, like, lasting legacies is that this, this is what inspires Tropic Thunder.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:49:05 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (joke comparison): Mission: Impossible → Tropic Thunder. Joked that Cruise's transformation as an old senator deserved the praise given to Tropic Thunder.
    “Why were we so praiseworthy of Tom Cruise's performance? His transformation in Tropic Thunder?”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:54:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (transformation): Tropic Thunder → Born on the Fourth of July. Cruise's wig and transformation in Tropic Thunder was for laughs, the opposite of Born on the Fourth of July.
    “Not until Tropic Thunder.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:00:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Tropic Thunder: Ben Stiller, in a small role, watched actors on the Empire set seeking suffering while having trailers and craft services; it became Tropic Thunder 20 years later.
    “We have trailers.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:49:33 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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