National Tom Cruise Day!

Few people realise this, but 7th July is actually National Tom Cruise Day in Luxembourg. Why do the Luxembourgish celebrate National Tom Cruise Day, I hear you all ask? ...well, it is a little known fact that Tom Cruise is actually one tenth (1/10) Luxembourgish. Of course, this makes up a far smaller 'people part' in Tom than it would in, say, a normal sized person... but it is of great importance to both Tom and the Luxembourgish people.

Throughout his career, Tom has made subtle but heartfelt references to his Luxembourgish heritage: If you play the famous 'Show me the money' line backwards, you will, in fact, hear 'Moyen! Wéi geet et dir?'.

In the movie Top Gun, Tom suggested some dialogue changes from the bottom of his one tenth Luxembourgish heart: In the case of the famous line, 'I feel the need, the need for speed'. Tom wanted to say, 'I feel the need, the need for Bofferding.' And in the famous 'she's lost that loving feeling' scene, Tom tried the scene a couple of times singing the Luxembourgish National Anthem instead.

In the recent Michael Mann movie, 'Collateral', Tom wanted to take the script in a radical new direction where instead of being driven around in a LA taxi, Tom wanted to use a Luxembourgish bus and Luxembourgish bus driver. Tom had a fantastic scene in mind where he and the Luxembourgish bus driver would argue as to whether Tom had the corrected paperwork from the commune to travel around the city killing people.

Of course, along with his genetic links to Luxembourg, the country of Luxembourg is one of the few countries where Tom feels proportionally the right size, relative to the size of nation he is in.

Some Tom Cruise related links now, to celebrate this important national day:

First, Tom and his stunt double Tom Crooze. A fascinating insight into the creative process behind Mission Impossible II. And it comes complete with Italian sub-titles for all you who parle italiano:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgbdx4JjTE0&feature=related



Some times Tom can be a complex and vengeful man. Oprah found out just how much:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku2bFoqthR4&feature=related



Finally, the Tom Cruise song. Did you know he had a song? I didn't, but once I found out... I had to share it with you all:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1YBbj_AplM


I hope you all have a great National Tom Cruise Day! Or as Tom would say, 'I feel the need, the need for a National Tom Cruise Day!' ...or, 'Show me the National Tom Cruise Day!' ...or, 'You had me at National Tom Cruise Day.'