Days of Thunder (film)

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Days of Thunder is an auto racing drama film released in 1990 by producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes and Michael Rooker. The film also features appearances by real life racers, such as Rusty Wallace and Neil Bonnett. Commentator Dr. Jerry Punch, of ESPN, has a cameo appearance.

The title was used as the name of a NASCAR-style racing series in Europe from 2003-04, but was later changed to Stock Car Speed Association.

Tom Cruise - Cole Trickle

Robert Duvall - Harry Hogge

Nicole Kidman - Dr. Claire Lewicki

Randy Quaid - Tim Daland

Cary Elwes - Russ Wheeler

Michael Rooker - Rowdy Burns
Fred Dalton Thompson - Big John

John C. Reilly - Buck Bretherton
J.C. Quinn - Waddell

Don Simpson - Aldo Bennedetti

Caroline Williams - Jennie Burns

Donna W. Scott - Darlene (as Donna Wilson)

Chris Ellis - Harlem Hoogerhyde

Peter Appel - Cole's Crew
Stephen Michael Ayers - Crewmember

Plot
Days of Thunder revolved around a talented, hot shot auto racing rookie, Cole Trickle (Cruise), who, after trying his hand in the American open wheel ranks, seeks to win on the NASCAR circuit. His mechanic mentor, Harry Hogge (Duvall), acts as his crew chief and Dr. Claire Lewicki (Kidman) is a young brain surgeon who tries to tame Cole.

The plot was very loosely based on some real-life NASCAR personalities: Duvall's character was based on crew chief Harry Hyde, Cruise's on Tim Richmond, and Randy Quaid's on a composite of several owners, one of whom was Rick Hendrick.- Hendrick also provided the movie cars, driven by then-NASCAR drivers Greg Sacks, Tommy Ellis, Bobby Hamilton, and Hut Stricklin, with Hamilton making his Cup debut at Phoenix in 1989 in a movie car. Although this was not acknowledged by the film publicly this was obvious to fans from many coincidences between the film and well known events.

Kyle Busch raced a Craftsman Truck for Billy Ballew Motorsports, truck #51, and painted similarly to the Rowdy Burns car from the movie, winning at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May 2006. Busch even went so far as to have "Rowdy Busch" over the driver's side door where his name would normally be. He used the paint scheme and name while touring the United States in his late model team that he started in 2007. The original Rowdy Burns Exxon #51 from the movie was used by Hamilton in his Cup debut in 1989 at Phoenix.
A licensed video game, loosely based on the movie, was released the same year.
In a scene where Cole is giving out an autograph to a teenage girl, Tom Cruise actually gave out his own autograph to the girl.-
The Hardees food chain as well as Matchbox and Racing Champions distributed 1:64-scale die-cast cars from the movie to the public. Many of these cars can be found still on eBay.-
Many shots of in-movie races both at the 2 Daytona 500's and the July Firecracker 400 were taken from the actual 1990 Daytona 500.-
John C. Reilly's first of two NASCAR-themed movies he starred in, as he also played the role of Cal Naughton Jr. in the 2006 movie "Talladega Nights" starring Will Ferrell.-
When Cole is first introduced to Jenny, the wife of competitor Rowdy Burns, she says "Hi Tom".-
All of the character's cars in the movie were built by Hendrick Motorsports.-
Monogram produced the #18 Hardee's, #46 City Chevrolet, #51 Mello Yello Chevrolet Luminas has 1:24th scale model kits, the decals for the #46 Superflo Oil and #51 Exxon can be found in the aftermarket.-
Cole's Superflo Oil Chevy appears in the 2007 film Redline. However, its number is 66, and it is blue instead of pink.-

One of the City Chevrolet sponsored cars from the movie was an actual Winston Cup car owned by Rick Hendrick and driven by Tim Richmond, upon whom the character of Cole Trickle was based. The car has since been re-re-skinned to its original appearance, and is on display at the Hendrick Motorsports Museum in Charlotte.-
Another movie car driven by Tom Cruise in close-ups is on display at the real City Chevrolet dealership in Charlotte, which is owned by Rick Hendrick's family.-
Some scenes are adopted in Pixar´s Cars.-
When Cole and Rowdy are told to drive to dinner together, they rent another car and wreck both vehicles. The Taurus was rented from Hertz and the Lumina was rented from Avis.-
Kings Dominion, an amusement park in Doswell, Virginia had a Days of Thunder themed ride for many years. They still have a replica of the #51 Mello Yello Chevy parked at the Eifel Tower near the entrance.-
Indian Film Ta Ra Rum Pum was copied from this film.-

Music
The score for Days of Thunder was composed by Hans Zimmer; Jeff Beck made a guest appearance on guitar. A score album was never released, although a bootleg was later available.- However, the track "The Last Note of Freedom" on the soundtrack was based on Zimmer's score.A soundtrack album was released in 1990 by Geffen. Maria McKee's Show Me Heaven was released as a single alongside the movie. The album is also notable for the inclusion of Guns N' Roses' cover of Bob Dylan's Knockin' on Heaven's Door, a month before the song was released on the Use Your Illusion double album.

Soundtrack track listing
The Last Note of Freedom - David Coverdale
Deal for Life - John Waite
Break Through the Barrier - Tina Turner
Hearts in Trouble - Chicago
Trail of Broken Hearts - Cher
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses
You Gotta Love Someone - Elton John
Show Me Heaven - Maria McKee
Thunderbox - Apollo Smile
Love Live the Night - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Gimme Some Lovin' - Terry Reid

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