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Stiller triumphs with "Tropic Thunder" PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008

(L-R) Actors Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. pose at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles June 1, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Oh, what a lovely war movie Ben Stiller and his platoon have concocted in Tropic Thunder.

Tropic Thunder, which opens August 13 via DreamWorks/Paramount, sends up all things Hollywood, from pampered actors and outrageous media tycoons to war movies in general. OK, these are easy targets. But Stiller and co-writers Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen hit 'em with a fair degree of accuracy and consistency.
 
 
 
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