Lot of 2 Laserdiscs DAYS OF THUNDER and Making of - NASCAR GOES HOLLYWOOD K1

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Days of Thunder
1990 - 107 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) is a young, cocky hotshot with little stock car driving experience and a lot of raw talent. Trickle's uncanny ability to make all the right moves on the racetrack wins him the backing of Tim Dolan (Randy Quaid), who wants to put him in a car. Eventually he wins the support of grizzled former driver Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall), a NASCAR legend who sees that Trickle has the potential to be a great driver. Determined to make it to the top, Trickle develops a healthy rivalry with veteran racer Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker). Along the way, he romances Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman), a beautiful neurosurgeon. Hogge's mentoring (and a potential tragedy) leads Trickle through the dramatic process of self-discovery, which ultimately makes him a better driver. Directed by Tony Scott, DAYS OF THUNDER is reminiscent of his TOP GUN, the film that rocketed Cruise to stardom. Scott uses spectacular driving and racing scenes in this film, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound.


The Top Gun team of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, director Tony Scott, and superstar Tom Cruise reunite for this excursion into stock-car racing that incorporates the vroom and rumble of deafening car engines with a rehash of the same elements that worked so effectively in Cruise's Top Gun, The Color of Money, and Cocktail. Cruise plays stock-car driver Cole Trickle, a young fireball on the Southern stock-car circuit who has loads of talent but no conception of how to channel that talent in to racing success. When Tim Daland (Randy Quaid) commissions veteran stock-car racer Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) to built a car and hires Cole to drive it, Harry must instill in Cole his philosophy of winning and teach him how to channel his raw talent into success --- or, as Harry puts it, "controlling something that's out of control." Cole immediately comes into conflict with the circuit's star driver, Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker), and their hijinks on the track causes them to smash up their cars and lands them both in the hospital. Because of his injuries, Rowdy is forced to withdraw from the circuit competition. With no rival to torment, Rowdy becomes Cole's supporter and friend, while Cole revs up his motors for Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman), the attractive brain specialist who supervises Cole's recovery from the crackup. Cole's health is restored, and he begins to race again, chastened and hanging onto Harry's every word. Cole appears to have centered himself for success, but in an orgasmic grand finale, Cole must compete against Russ Wheeler (Cary Elwes), a dastardly driver who not only wants to see Cole defeated but permanently disabled.

Essentially a remake of their huge 1986 success, Top Gun director Tony Scott and star Cruise have moved the story to the NASCAR circuit to allow the star to indulge his love of auto racing. Again, the protagonist learns to discipline his overpowering but unruly talent under the guidance of a grizzled sage Robert Duvall and a stern, beautiful woman Nicole Kidman. Scott has given the film the look of an award-winning two-hour beer commercial, while pumping up the soundtrack to create an excitement that the story has trouble generating on its own. But the filmmakers seem unaware that car races aren't as compelling as car chases in the celluloid universe, and after awhile, one banked turn blurs into the next. Yet esteemed screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown), who seems to have become Cruise's house scribe, adds a touch of class to the script, raising the level of the dialogue, and taking some air out of the star's hotshot persona. The same goes for Duvall, who is quietly powerful as the wise mechanic. Kidman, like many women in the films of Simpson and Bruckheimer, functions mainly as eye candy despite the importance of her role to the story. In sum, a predictably empty experience.

Cast for Days of Thunder

Tom Cruise - Cole Trickle
Robert Duvall - Harry Hogge
Nicole Kidman - Dr. Claire Lewicki
Randy Quaid - Tim Daland
Michael Rooker - Rowdy Burns
Cary Elwes - Russ Wheeler
Fred Dalton Thompson - Big John
John C. Reilly - Buck Bretherton
J.C. Quinn - Waddell
Don Simpson - Aldo Benedetti
Caroline Williams - Jennie Burns
Mike Slattery - Front Tire Changer, Cole's Crew
Cindi Vicino - Nurse
Leilani Sarelle - Female Highway Patrol Officer
Nick Searcy - Highway Patrol Officer
Donna Wilson - Darlene
Michael Burgess - Young Doctor
Tania Coleridge - Russ Wheeler's Girlfriend
Chris Ellis - Harlan Hoogerhyde
Stephen Michael Ayers - Jack Man, Cole's Crew
Peter Appel - Tire Carrier, Cole's Crew
Jerry Molen - Dr. Wilhaire
James Martin, Jr. - Field Doctor
Margo Martindale - Donna
Barbara Garrick - Lauren Daland
Jim Grimshaw - Hardee's Pit Crew Chief
John Griesemer - Len Dortort


Crew for Days of Thunder

Don Simpson - Co-producer
James Tyson - Costume Designer
Shirley Walker - Composer (Music Score)
Tony Scott - Director
Thomas Sanders - Production Designer
Greg Sacks - Consultant/advisor
David Rubin - Casting
Rick Kline - Sound/Sound Designer
Billy Weber - Editor
Donald E. Stewart - Screenwriter
Hans Zimmer - Composer (Music Score)
Robert Towne - Screenwriter
Winnie D. Brown - Costume Designer
Jerry Bruckheimer - Co-producer
Tom Cruise - Screenwriter
Susan Becker - Costume Designer
Jerry Molen - Executive Producer
Ward Russell - Cinematographer
Gerald R. Molen - Producer
Thomas Roysden - Set Designer
Benjamin Fernandez - Art Director
Bert Lovitt - Editor
Chris Lebenzon - Editor


Awards for Days of Thunder

Best Sound (nom) Rick Kline 1990 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Kevin O'Connell 1990 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Charles Wilborn 1990 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Mitchell, Donald O. 1990 Academy


LD Release Date: 7 Feb 1991
Catalog Number: LV32123WS
UPC: 013023248793
ISBN: 0-7921-1919-3
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: Paramount Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Making of

LD Release Date: 28 Jan 1993
Catalog Number: LV12894
UPC: 097361289465
ISBN: 792124723
Publisher: Paramount Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 1
Cover: Jacket
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC