Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder
Directed by	Tony Scott
Written by	Robert Towne Story: Robert Towne Tom Cruise
Produced by	Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer
Starring	Tom Cruise Robert Duvall Nicole Kidman Randy Quaid Cary Elwes Michael Rooker John C. Reilly
Cinematography	Ward Russell
Edited by	Chris Lebenzon Billy Weber
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Release date	June 27, 1990
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$60 million
Box office	$157,920,733

Days of Thunder is a 1990 American auto racing movie that was produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and was directed by Tony Scott. Days of Thunder was released on June 27, 1990 in North America. The movie received mixed reviews with a 40% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 60 out of 100 from Metacritic. The movie had two video games based on it.

Cast

• Tom Cruise as Cole Trickle
• Nicole Kidman as Dr. Claire Lewicki
• Robert Duvall as Harry Hogge
• Michael Rooker as Rowdy Burns
• Cary Elwes as Russ Wheeler
• Randy Quaid as Tim Daland
• Fred Dalton Thompson as Big John
• John C. Reilly as Buck Bretherton
• J. C. Quinn as Waddell
• Caroline Williams as Jeannie Burns
• Leilani Sarelle as a Female Highway Patrol Officer who is actually a stripper hired by Harry as a prank on Cole.
• Chris Ellis as Harlem Hoogerhyde
• Don Simpson as Aldo Bennedetti (cameo)
• Richard Petty as Himself (cameo)
• Rusty Wallace as Himself (cameo)
• Neil Bonnett as Himself (cameo)
• Harry Gant as Himself (cameo)
• Dr. Jerry Punch as Himself (cameo)

Other websites

• Days of Thunder at the Internet Movie Database