Days of Thunder 1990

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 107 min

genre: action

theme: action drama

director: Tony Scott

Score: 6 / 10

Days of Thunder is a 1990 American sports action drama film produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Tony Scott. The film stars Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Caroline Williams, and Michael Rooker. It 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-producer Don Simpson.

Plot

Young racer Cole Trickle, from Eagle Rock, California, has years of experience in open-wheel racing, winning championships with the World of Outlaws. Originally setting his sights on the Indianapolis 500, Cole realizes that "to win in Indy I'd need a great car, but stock cars are all the same". Chevrolet dealership tycoon Tim Daland recruits him to race for his team in the NASCAR Cup Series, bringing former crew chief and car builder Harry Hogge out of retirement to lead Cole's pit crew (Harry had left NASCAR a year prior to avoid investigation involving the death of driver Buddy Bretherton). After Cole sets a fast time in a private test at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Hogge builds him a new Chevrolet Lumina.

Cast

More details

author	Robert Towne
contentLocation	Florida
director	Tony Scott
editor	Billy Weber Chris Lebenzon
events	motor car NASCAR
genre	action drama
keywords	a massive crash atlanta atlanta motor speedway brain surgery bristol charlotte motor speedway chevrolet chevrolet lumina coke zero sugar 400 darlington daytona daytona 500 daytona beach dover dover international speedway draft engine failure firecracker 400 foot race indianapolis 500 indy indycar injured meet nascar cup series neurosurgeon neurosurgery north wilkesboro on the beach open wheel car open-wheel racing phoenix pit stop rockingham rockingham speedway slingshot maneuver stock car the big one train win world of outlaws
musicBy	Hans Zimmer
nomination	Academy Award for Best Sound
producer	Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer
productionCompany	Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer
publisher	Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	Arizona Bristol Motor Speedway Darlington Raceway Daytona International Speedway Delaware Florida North Carolina North Wilkesboro Speedway Phoenix Raceway South Carolina
theme	action drama race