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Lions for Lambs
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Lions for Lambs is a 2007 American drama and war film directed and produced by Robert Redford, from a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan. Redford also stars in the film alongside Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise and Peter Berg, with a narrative set in Afghanistan. Philippe Rousselot was director of photography, Joe Hutshing edited the film, Jan Roelfs was production designer, Mary Zophres designed the costumes, and Mark Isham composed the score.
Produced by United Artists and Cruise/Wagner Productions and distributed by Netflix, the film runs 92 minutes, with a budget of $35,000,000 and revenue of $64,811,540.
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Film · TMDB
6.0Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
Cast
- Meryl Streep as Janine Roth
- Tom Cruise as Senator Jasper Irving
- Robert Redford as Dr. Stephen Malley
- Andrew Garfield as Todd Hayes
- Michael Peña as Ernest Rodriguez
- Derek Luke as Arian Finch
Themes
- future
- journalist
- propaganda
- war on terror
- externally controlled action
- manipulation
- manipulation of the media
- afghanistan
- political negotiations
- past
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Redford
- Written by
- Matthew Michael Carnahan
- Produced by
- Robert Redford Matthew Michael Carnahan Tracy Falco Andrew Hauptman
- Starring
- Robert Redford Meryl Streep Tom Cruise Michael Peña Andrew Garfield Peter Berg Derek Luke
- Cinematography
- Philippe Rousselot
- Edited by
- Joe Hutshing
- Music by
- Mark Isham
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures United Artists Wildwood Enterprises Brat Na Pont Andell Entertainment
- Distributed by
- MGM Distribution Co. (United States and Canada) 20th Century Fox (International)
- Release dates
- November 8, 2007 ( 2007-11-08 ) (Hong Kong) November 9, 2007 ( 2007-11-09 ) (U.S.)
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $64.8 million
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Official website
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and TV content across all platforms., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and TV content across all platforms.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Robert Redford
- Screenwriter
- Matthew Michael Carnahan
- Cast member
- Kevin Dunn
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Producer
- Robert Redford
- Production company
- Cruise/Wagner Productions
- Cinematographer
- Philippe Rousselot
- Narrative location
- Afghanistan
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 873043
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.mgm.com/sites/lionsforlambs
Show 8 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-01-01
- title
- Lions for Lambs
- film editor
- Joe Hutshing
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Jan Roelfs
- costume designer
- Mary Zophres
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 28%
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Encyclopedic overview
Lions for Lambs is a 2007 American war drama film directed by Robert Redford about the connection between a platoon of United States soldiers in Afghanistan, a U.S. senator, a reporter, and a Californian college professor. It stars Redford, Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, and Andrew Garfield in his feature film debut. It was the first Cruise/Wagner Productions film since the company joined with United Artists subsequent to Cruise's falling out with Paramount Pictures in 2006.
With a title that alludes to incompetent leaders sending brave soldiers into the slaughter of battle, the film takes aim at the U.S. government's prosecution of the wars in the Middle East, showing three parallel stories: a senator who launches a new military strategy and details it to a journalist, two soldiers involved in that operation, and their college professor trying to re-engage a promising student by telling him their story. The film was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan. It was released by MGM Distribution Co. in North America on November 9, 2007, with 20th Century Fox releasing in other territories, to negative reviews and disappointing box office receipts.
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