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Three Kings
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Three Kings is a 1999 heist and war film written and directed by David O. Russell, produced by Charles Roven and Paul Junger Witt for Village Roadshow Pictures. It stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze, with cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel, a score by Carter Burwell and production design by Catherine Hardwicke. Set in Iraq and filmed in California, Mexico and Arizona, it was released on 27 September 1999 with a budget of $75 million, earning $108 million. The film was named to the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films list.
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Film · TMDB
6.6A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.
Cast
- George Clooney as Archie Gates
- Mark Wahlberg as Troy Barlow
- Ice Cube as Chief Elgin
- Spike Jonze as Conrad Vig
- Cliff Curtis as Amir Abdullah
- Nora Dunn as Adriana Cruz
Themes
- rescue
- gold
- gulf war
- three kings
- iraq
- treasure map
- kuwait
- interracial relationship
- soldier
- u.s. soldier
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
185,340 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
82/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 8 wins & 19 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David O. Russell
- Screenplay by
- David O. Russell
- Story by
- John Ridley
- Produced by
- Charles Roven , Paul Junger Witt , Edward L. McDonnell
- Starring
- George Clooney Mark Wahlberg Ice Cube Spike Jonze Nora Dunn Jamie Kennedy Mykelti Williamson Cliff Curtis Saïd Taghmaoui
- Cinematography
- Newton Thomas Sigel
- Edited by
- Robert K. Lambert
- Music by
- Carter Burwell
- Production companies
- Village Roadshow Pictures , Village-A.M. Film Partnership , Coast Ridge Films , Atlas Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. (Worldwide), Roadshow Films (Australia & New Zealand)
- Release dates
- October 1, 1999 ( 1999-10-01 ) (United States) January 13, 2000 ( 2000-01-13 ) (Australia)
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Countries
- United States, Australia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $48 million
- Box office
- $107.7 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David O. Russell
- Screenwriter
- David O. Russell
- Cast member
- Jim Gaffigan
- Composer
- Carter Burwell
- Producer
- Paul Junger Witt
- Production company
- Paul Junger Witt
- Cinematographer
- Newton Thomas Sigel
- Narrative location
- Iraq
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 687431
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- japan.three-kings.com
Show 6 more facts
- publication date
- 2000-02-10
- title
- Three Kings
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Catherine Hardwicke
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 94%
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Encyclopedic overview
Three Kings is a 1999 black comedy war film written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley. It stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze as four American soldiers on a gold heist that takes place during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein following the end of the First Gulf War.
Three Kings was released on October 1, 1999, in the United States and on January 13, 2000 in Australia. Warner Bros. distributed the film worldwide, while Roadshow Films distributed the film in Australia and New Zealand. The film received critical acclaim and grossed $107.7 million against a $48 million budget.
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