nymag.com - 8/12/2008
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Over the past decade, actor Justin Theroux has long been a quiet player on the indie film scene, adding his slightly whiny charm to movies like The Baxter , Broken English , and Mulholland Drive . Lately, though, he's been even more accomplished behind the scenes, directing last year's Dedication starring Billy Crudup, being asked to write the upcoming sequel to Iron Man (!), and ...
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Method Man
goldenfiddle —
... “We wanted to do a send-up of those Method actors who become anorexic and dysmorphic when they get parts, you know, live the role, pluck bald spots out of their hair.” ~ Justin Theroux ...
Justin Theroux Promises 'Iron Man 2' Script With 100 Percent Less Batdrama [Feuds]
Gawker: defamer —
... ("Didn't get it, still can't tell you what happened in the movie, what happened to the character and in the end they need him to be a bad guy. ... You know what? F-ck DC comics"), and now jealousy-inspiring actor/screenwriter Justin Theroux has enlisted exactly the kind of metaphorical bitchslap we'd expect from his ...
Robert Downey Jr. Disses The Dark Knight, Tells DC Comics to FO!
/Film —
... It’s on the table like a fanboy buffet. What else needs to be said? RDJ gave a hat tip to Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 2 screenwriter Justin Theroux, expressing relaxed confidence in the Marvel sequel. Moreover, Theroux made an apples-and-oranges comparison to TDK and Iron Man 2 yesterday to Vulture. His take: TDK is Days of Thunder and Iron Man 2 is Talladega Nights. Yep, it’s war. ...
We Todd Did.
IFC: Indie Eye —
... And screenwriter Justin Theroux pointed out to New York that "Simple Jack," the film within the film in which Stiller's character plays a broader than broad caricature of a mentally disabled man in hopes that it'd lead him to an Oscar, isn't that much of an exaggeration from projects that have actually been made: "There are MANY films we're lampooning there, and TV movies included, just a bunch of movies we found completely outrageous." ...
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gabsmash.blogspot.com 8/12/2008 — At the Tropic Thunder premiere in LA... Jack Black and wife Tanya Haden Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor Matthew McConaughey Tiny Tom and Katie Holmes Robert Downey Jr and wife Susan Levin Tobey McGuire and wife Jennifer Meyer PR ...
"Topic Thunder" Boycott Call From Disability Groups
huffingtonpost.com 8/12/2008 — A coalition of disabilities groups is expected as early as Monday to call for a national boycott of the film "Tropic Thunder" because of what the groups consider the movie's open ridicule of the intellectually disabled.
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Protesters gather at Stiller film
celebdirtylaundry.com 8/12/2008 —
US groups that represent the disabled have protested at the premiere of Ben Stiller’s new film, Tropic Thunder. Demonstrators who gathered outside the Mann Village Theatre, in Los Angeles, said the film "humiliates ...
Tropic Thunder Soundtrack
movie-moron.com 8/12/2008 —
I actually have faith that the film will be pretty hilarious. Even with the Stiller and Jack Black overkill in Hollywood, I think it’s Robert Downey Jr. that’ll be the show stealer.
That being said, the Tropic Thunder soundtrack is pretty damn near generic as they come. There’s no real surprise. It’s exactly what you’d expect from a comedy like this. I can almost foresee the entire film ...
The Weekend Warrior: August 15 - 17 —
ComingSoon.net - Movies 8/12/2008
ComingSoon.net's The Weekend Warrior offers a preview of the new releases opening this week with Ben Stiller's war comedy Tropic Thunder opening on Wednesday, followed on Friday by George Lucas' Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Alexandre Aja's ...
'Tropic' cast spews comedy 'Thunder' —
Latest News on omg! 8/12/2008
Ben Stiller , Jack Black , Robert Downey Jr. hit the red carpet in Westwood for the California premiere of their action-comedy 'Tropic Thunder.' Stiller wrote, directs, and stars in the satire about making of a big-budget war movie. (Aug. 12)
'Tropic Thunder' plays with fire —
Variety.com 8/12/2008
Web Exclusive: Ben Stiller film under scrutiny for satirical jabs -- The "Tropic Thunder" team always knew they were playing with fire; that was half the point of parodying war movies. But the satire isn't sitting well with those who don't see the ...
Hollywood Jungle —
washingtonpost.com - Movies 8/13/2008
The history of filmmakers skewering Hollywood's darker excesses is a long and rich one, from Billy Wilder through Robert Altman. With "Tropic Thunder," a rude, crude, over-the-top satire about rude, crude, over-the-top action movies, Ben Stiller makes ...
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