Days of Thunder

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Theatrical Release

June 27, 1990

DVD Release

June 27, 1990

Studio

Paramount

Rated

PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Directors

Tony Scott

Actors

Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Michael Rooker, Fred Dalton Thompson, John C. Reilly, J.C. Quinn, Don Simpson, Caroline Williams, Donna W. Scott, Chris Ellis, Peter Appel, Stephen Michael Ayers, Mike Slattery, John Griesemer, Barbara Garrick, Gerald R. Molen, Tania Coleridge

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Formats

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Letterboxed
• Widescreen
• NTSC

Additional Information

With Days of Thunder, director Tony Scott tried to do for the Indy 500 what he did for the U.S. Air Force with Top Gun. But without Top Gun's go-go soundtrack and visual feats, Scott merely ends up with a Tom Cruise vehicle that's out of gas.

Cruise plays (what else?) a cocky, upstart stock-car racer who faces down ruthless racing opponents. Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Cary Elwes, and Randy Quaid do the laps around this movie's tiresome track with Cruise, while director Scott attempts to propel the action along with his trademark visceral, gritty but glamorous visual style.

Days of Thunder is notable, however, as a turning point in Cruise's then one-dimensional career. After this film--having tired even his most devoted fans by playing a bartender, an air force pilot, and a stock-car driver--Cruise was forced to take on real character parts. --Ethan Brown - Amazon.com essential video