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Days Of Thunder Remuxed (1990) (1080p)

The Need For More Speed, 6 January 2008

Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York


If I had to guess the genesis for Days of Thunder had its place in two areas. First the fact that Top Gun proved to be such a mega-hit for Tom Cruise that a similar film was 

almost dictated to be made by Paramount. But secondly it was reported that on the set of The Color of Money, co-star Paul Newman got Cruise interested in auto racing so you 

put those two things together, Days of Thunder was almost a film that had to be made.The film certainly has the feel of NASCAR to it and it takes its place along side such 

racing classics as Grand Prix, The Racers and Paul Newman's own film, Winning. The story is the teaming of young rookie sensation Cruise and top mechanic Robert Duvall. Tom's 

character is a whole lot like the young fighter pilot in Top Gun, a kid with a world of confidence and the ability to make his brag become fact. He's a driver by instinct not 

knowing a whole lot about the mechanics of a racing car. That's the way he and Duvall complement each other although it's not an easy relationship.Days of Thunder is also the 

film on which Tom met Mrs. Cruise number two, Nicole Kidman. She's a neurologist who gets to treat Tom after a crash and also drops the hammer on Cruise's rival Michael Rooker 

and his career after a serious head injury. There are also some nice performances by Randy Quaid as the stock car owner and Cary Elwes as another of Cruise's rival drivers. 

Fred Dalton Thompson, District Attorney of New York County on Law and Order, former United States Senator, and would be President of the United States is in the cast as the 

head of NASCAR. If the political thing doesn't work out for Fred, he certainly has the presence and authority to be a baseball commissioner. They'll certainly need another 

Judge Landis in that job to restore some integrity to that sport.

Days of Thunder got an Academy Award nomination for Sound Recording and it's a good followup film for Top Gun. 

Tom Cruise ...  Cole Trickle 
Nicole Kidman ...  Dr. Claire Lewicki 
Robert Duvall ...  Harry Hogge 
Randy Quaid ...  Tim Daland 
Cary Elwes ...  Russ Wheeler 




Disc Title: Days Of Thunder Remuxed (1990) (1080p)
Disc Size: 30,771,068,608 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00000.MPLS
Size: 30,770,774,016 bytes
Length: 1:47:17
Total Bitrate: 38.24 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 31583 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3727 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Subtitle: English / 39.170 kbps
Subtitle: Danish / 35.705 kbps
Subtitle: Dutch / 35.796 kbps
Subtitle: Finnish / 36.111 kbps
Subtitle: French / 27.894 kbps
Subtitle: German / 29.053 kbps
Subtitle: Italian / 35.317 kbps
Subtitle: Norwegian / 34.050 kbps
Subtitle: Spanish / 36.779 kbps
Subtitle: Swedish / 35.038 kbps