Tropic Thunder (2008)

1 revealing mistake - chronological order

★★★★☆

Starring: Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Steve Coogan, Brandon T. Jackson

Revealing mistake: During the helicopter escape scene before Tran fires the rocket at them, you can see Cody's hair showing up a bright green from the green screening. You see it several times, but most pronounced at the moment he and Portnoy see Peck arrive with the TiVo. (01:36:10)

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Suggested correction: Actually it's from the overhead Plexiglas windows in the Huey. They are tinted green to cut down on sunshine. Any light shining in from above is going to make things appear green.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: When Speedman is by himself in the rain, he puts down the iPod and picks up the Chapstick with the white cap on. The next shot, the cap is off. (00:49:00)

Michael Piscitelli

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Quotes

Kirk Lazarus: I don't read the script. The script reads me.

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Trivia

Trivia: During the action scene at the start, the first soldier to get blown up lets out a Wilhelm scream.

Jon Sandys ★

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Questions

Question: At the beginning of the film we're told that four people came back from the rescue mission, three wrote books and two had their books published. Later on we find out Four Leafs made the whole thing up. So how do the other three survivors fit into the whole thing, did they just make it up too? Or was the opening statement just meant as a joke all-together?

Answer: There were 3 other survivors. Only they presumably told the truth. Since Four Leafs made up his version, his more than likely seemed more entertaining. So his book was chosen to be made into a movie.

Carl Missouri

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