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6.1Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?
Cast
- George Clooney as Lt. Frank Stokes
- Matt Damon as Lt. James Granger
- Bill Murray as Sgt. Richard Campbell
- John Goodman as Sgt. Walter Garfield
- Cate Blanchett as Claire Simone
- Hugh Bonneville as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
Themes
- nazi
- world war ii
- based on true story
- art theft
- post world war ii
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Key facts
- Directed by
- George Clooney
- Written by
- George Clooney Grant Heslov
- Based on
- The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History , by Robert M. Edsel Bret Witter
- Produced by
- George Clooney Grant Heslov
- Starring
- George Clooney Matt Damon Bill Murray John Goodman Jean Dujardin Bob Balaban Hugh Bonneville Cate Blanchett
- Cinematography
- Phedon Papamichael
- Edited by
- Stephen Mirrione
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Fox 2000 Pictures Smokehouse Pictures Studio Babelsberg
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing , (United States and Canada) 20th Century Fox , (International)
- Release dates
- February 7, 2014 ( 2014-02-07 ) (United States) February 20, 2014 ( 2014-02-20 ) (Germany)
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Countries
- Germany United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $70–91 million
- Box office
- $156.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 295663
- Official website
- www.monumentsmenmovie.com
- Image
- The Monuments Men.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Monuments Men
- publication date
- 2014-02-07
- title
- Monuments Men
- capital cost
- 70000000
- box office
- 154984035
- review score
- 30%
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The Monuments Men is a 2014 war film directed by George Clooney, and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film stars an ensemble cast including Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett.
The film is based on the 2007 non-fiction book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter. It follows an Allied group from the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program that is given the task of finding and saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before Nazis destroy or steal them during World War II.