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Monuments Men is a 2014 war, drama, and biographical film directed by George Clooney and produced by Grant Heslov. The screenplay was written by Clooney and Heslov, with Alexandre Desplat composing the music and Phedon Papamichael serving as director of photography. The cast includes Matt Damon, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Bill Murray. The narrative focuses on the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program during World War II, specifically addressing Nazi plunder and art theft.
The film was produced by Smokehouse Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Fox 2000 Pictures, Obelisk Productions, and Studio Babelsberg, with distribution handled by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, Fandango at Home, and Disney+. It has a runtime of 118 minutes and was released in Germany and the United States. Filming took place in Berlin, Germany, while the story is set in locations including Paris, Normandy, Altaussee, and Ghent. The production budget was 70,000,000, and the film grossed 154,984,035 at the box office.
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Film · TMDB
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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Nazi plunder
- Director
- George Clooney
- Screenwriter
- Grant Heslov
- Cast member
- Mara Scherzinger
- Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Producer
- Grant Heslov
- Production company
- Smokehouse Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Phedon Papamichael
- Narrative location
- Bruges
- Filming location
- Germany
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 295663
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- 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
- film editor
- Stephen Mirrione
- distributed by
- Disney+
- capital cost
- 70000000
- box office
- 154984035
- set in period
- 1945
- different from
- Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 30%
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