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    Days of Thunder (1990)

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    Take a star – here it’s top gun Tom Cruise – and mix in fast planes, bikes, cars or anything which makes a deafening noise, add a sexy woman, a few fights, a few laughs, a rock soundtrack, and presto, you’ve got a critic-proof blockbuster.

    It was Cruise, a racing enthusiast, who had the idea to make a film about a racing driver. Screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown, Shampoo, The Last Detail) was then hired to flesh out the story about a cocky driver, Cole Trickle (Cruise), who thinks that if he can control speed, he can control his life.

    The script is loaded with stock cars and stock characters – but Towne certainly does deliver what’s necessary: a workable setup for exciting NASCAR racing footage shot on 16 Winston Cup tracks from Daytona to Watkins Glen.

    Robert Duvall as Trickle’s crusty crew chief, Harry, Randy Quaid as a promoter and Michael Rooker as rival driver Rowdy Burns – who becomes Trickle’s friend – pump conviction into the tiredest macho-buddy scenes.

    Trickle also has a predictable romance with a doctor, played by Australian actress Nicole Kidman, who would become his real-life wife in December 1990.

    Cole Trickle
    Tom Cruise
    Harry Hogge
    Robert Duvall
    Dr Claire Lewicki
    Nicole Kidman
    Tim Daland
    Randy Quaid
    Russ Wheeler
    Cary Elwes
    Rowdy Burns
    Michael Rooker
    Big John
    Fred Thompson
    Buck Bretherton
    John C. Reilly
    Waddell
    J.C. Quinn
    Aldo Bennedetti
    Don Simpson
    Jennie Burns
    Caroline Williams
    Darlene
    Donna Wilson
    Harlem Hoogerhyde
    Chris Ellis

    Director
    Tony Scott

    Video

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