Days of Thunder
Nineties racing film
Days of Thunder is a 1990 racing film starring Tom Cruise as a hotshot NASCAR driver.
The title evokes dramatic intensity—thunder suggesting the roar of engines and raw power.
The phrase sometimes appears as shorthand for loud, high-speed spectacle or testosterone-fueled competition: It was all Days of Thunder out there on the highway.
- NASCARStock car sanctioning body
- race car driverProfessional circuit competitor
- racingSpeed competition sport
- stock carRacing-modified production vehicle
- speedwayMotor racing venue
Tom Cruise · Daytona · pit crew · rivalry · rubber · asphalt · checkered flag · draft · throttle · floor it · high octane · burnout · roar · engine · helmet · wreck · sponsor · champion
- Tom Cruise FilmsTop Gun, Mission Impossible, Jerry Maguire, Rain Man, A Few Good Men
- Jerry BruckheimerTop Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor
Days of ThunderCitizen Kane
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The Seventh Seal · Andrei Rublev · prestige drama · independent film · arthouse
days, thunder, thunders, thundered, thundering, thunderous, thunderously, thunderbolt, thunderclap