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Cast members (from L-R) Jack Black, Tom Cruise, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. pose at the premiere of "Tropic Thunder" at the Mann's Village theatre in Westwood, California August
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Cast members (from L-R) Jack Black, Tom Cruise, Bill Hader, Ben Stiller, Matthew McConaughey and Robert Downey Jr. pose at the premiere of "Tropic Thunder" at the Mann's Village theatre in Westwood,
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