The monuments men, the latest george clooney and grant heslov penned script and clooney directed film, is certainly not a bad film. Allied heroes, nazi thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in history by robert m. The monuments men features matt damon portraying the character of james granger, who was based on the reallife figure of james rorimer. Allied heroes, nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history to tell the incredible true story of the seven art historians and museum curators who went behind enemy lines during world war ii on a mission to recover some of the worlds greatest. Cowriter and director george clooney adapts author robert m. The monuments men true story vs movie george stout, james. The real story found in the book rape of europa or dvd reveals more. All i can say is that if youve seen the movie starring george clooney and matt damon, this book is much better. Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history.
For better and for worse, clooney has acquired a bit of a reputation for quality productions even if those have been inching ever more so closely towards the mainstream as of late. It tells of a group of soldiers tasked to locate and preserve pieces of art that have been stolen by the nazis during world war ii. The film stars an ensemble cast including clooney, matt damon, bill murray. The monuments men official trailer 20 george clooney, matt damon hd subscribe here for new movie trailers the. The monuments men and leonardo da vincis the last supper. With george clooney, matt damon, bill murray, cate blanchett. The monuments men true story vs movie george stout. James rorimer, played by matt damon in the movie the monuments men. Thats the hope of robert edsel, who wrote the book that inspired the monuments men, the george clooney matt damon film that opens friday in theaters across the country. Edsels book, the monuments men, including matt damon, bill murray, cate blanchett, jean dujardin, bob balaban, hugh bonneville, and john goodman. The monuments men were never really slackers in illfitting uniforms or reenactors thrown together.
Monuments men frames the wwii story your school skipped. The monuments men and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. These efforts have been laid out in academic papers and books like the rape of. The monuments men official trailer 20 george clooney. George clooney, john goodman, bob balaban and matt damon, from left, star. Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, the monuments men focuses on an unlikely world war ii platoon, tasked. Now a major film starring george clooney, matt damon, cate. The monuments men is directed by george clooney, staring himself, matt damon, bill murray, john goodman, jean dujardin, bob balaban, hugh bonneville, and cate blanchett. The monuments men by george clooney, matt damon, bill. Allied heroes, nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history. Matt damon and cate blanchett in the monuments men. Now a major film starring george clooney, matt damon, cate blanchett, bill murray, john goodman, hugh bonneville.
The monuments men allied heroes nazi thieves and greatest. Jimmy interviews george clooney, cate blanchett, john goodman, bob balaban, bill murray and matt damon. Allied heroes, nazi thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in history. An unlikely world war ii platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from nazi thieves and. Matt damon and george clooney are just two of the many big. The film stars an ensemble cast including clooney, matt damon, bill murray, john goodman, jean dujardin, bob balaban, hugh bonneville, and cate blanchett. George clooney, matt damon, bill murray, cate blanchett, john goodman, jean dujardin, hugh bonneville, bob balaban, dimitri leonidas, george clooney, george clooney, grant heslov.
The monuments men book states that the walls were lined with photographs of the eiffel tower, notre dame, versailles, and other famous parisian landmarks. Edsel tells the story of the allied forces who were tasked with recovering european cultural artifacts. Despite trying to tell the men that he viewed the nazis as complete frauds and only carried out his duties as an ss officer for the sake of protecting the art, robert posey and lincoln kirstein later discovered that, like in the movie, they had been speaking to hermann gorings corrupt kunstschutz official who had been one of the key. The film is loosely based on the nonfiction book the monuments men. Starring george clooney, matt damon, cate blanchett, bill murray, john goodman based on the book the monuments men by robert m. The monuments men is a 2014 war film directed by george clooney, and written and produced by clooney and grant heslov. The independent critic the monuments men entertains yet. The monuments men is a 2014 war movie directed by george clooney and starring himself, matt damon, bill murray, john goodman, jean dujardin, bob balaban, hugh bonneville, and cate blanchett. The monuments men is certainly his largest directorial effort to date but the scope and weight of the project seems to be just a little more than hes able to handle. Monuments men recalls allied effort to save europes. Portrayed by george clooney in the monuments men matt damon, on the other hand, did james rorimer, director of new yorks metropolitan museum of arts, it was stout who started the campaign. Matt damon james granger and george clooney frank stokes in the monuments men, which wobbles between twinkly smiles and schmaltzy frowns. I was originally looking for just a copy of the monuments men, but found this 2 dvd set for less than the other sellers for just the single film.
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