Days of Thunder (1990)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Days of Thunder is a 1990 American sports action drama film released by Paramount Pictures, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Tony Scott. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Caroline Williams, and Michael Rooker. The film also features appearances by real life NASCAR racers, such as Richard Petty, Rusty Wallace, Neil Bonnett, and Harry Gant. Commentator Dr. Jerry Punch, of ESPN, has a cameo appearance, as does co-"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Days of Thunder is a 1990 American sports action drama film released by Paramount Pictures, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Tony Scott. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Caroline Williams, and Michael Rooker. The film also features appearances by real life NASCAR racers, such as Richard Petty, Rusty Wallace, Neil Bonnett, and Harry Gant. Commentator Dr. Jerry Punch, of ESPN, has a cameo appearance, as does co-"

Directed by Tony Scott (14 movies items)

" "Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac. Nobody knows what's gonna happen next: not on a freeway, not in an airplane, not inside our own bodies and certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs." Written by Tom Cruise and Robert Towne Music by Hans Zimmer Cinematography by Ward Russell Editing by Robert C. Jones, Chris Lebenzon, Bert Lovitt, Michael Tronick, Stuart Waks and Billy Weber"

The Best of Nicole Kidman (15 movies items)

" Dr. Claire Lewicki "Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac. Nobody knows what's gonna happen next: not on a freeway, not in an airplane, not inside our own bodies and certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs.""

The Evolution of Tom Cruise (49 movies items)

"Cole Trickle"

Favorite Action Films: 1990-1991 (49 movies items)

" Directed by: Tony Scott Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Gerald R. Molen. and Don Simpson Written by: Tom Cruise and Robert Towne Cinematography: Ward Russell Edited by: Billy Webber and Chris Lebenzon Music by: Hans Zimmer Distributed by: Paramount Pictures"

Top Ten Performances - Randy Quaid (13 movies items)

" as Tim Daland"

Nicole Kidman - Movies I Have Viewed (27 person items)

" Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise"

Favorite Drama Films: 1990-1991 (111 movies items)

" Directed by: Tony Scott Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Gerald R. Molen. and Don Simpson Written by: Tom Cruise and Robert Towne Cinematography: Ward Russell Edited by: Billy Webber and Chris Lebenzon Music by: Hans Zimmer Distributed by: Paramount Pictures"

Movies the giraffe watched in 2019: May (25 movies items)

"First viewing - May 17th Days of Thunder was not a film that I was interested in at the time of its release, though I do recall getting toys of the cars in it from a fast food chain at the time. When I saw the cast and that it was directed by Tony Scott, I figured it might be worthwhile. Eh, not so much. I mean, I wouldn't say it's a bad movie but there's nothing present to get me emotionally invested. The only character who gets fully fleshed out is Robert Duvall's, which is kind of a problem "

Movies Watched in 2019 (225 movies items)

"March 22nd Directed by: Tony Scott Honestly, there's a lot of great stuff visually, it's helped by the fact that the 90's were cool, and I was watching the pan & scan LaserDisc; a lot of things look better when you cut the image into a square. Of course, other times it's distracting when half of someone's face isn't in the shot. Otherwise, this is an unusually slow paced sports drama with a lot of ham-fisted Nicole Kidman romance. Tom Cruise is a good lead for pretty much any film, he has star"