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  2. screenrant.com › lord-war-movie-true-story-viktor-boutLord Of War True Story: Who Nicolas Cage's Character Is Based On

    Dec 16, 2022 · Lord of War stars Nicolas Cage as the international gunrunner Yuri Orlov. While Orlov is fictional, he's based on a real person - Viktor Bout.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Viktor_BoutViktor Bout - Wikipedia

    The 2005 film Lord of War is purportedly based on allegations about Bout's personal history and black-market activities. In 2007, Stephen Braun and Douglas Farah published a book about Bout: Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.

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  5. www.motherjones.com › politics › 2007Meet Viktor Bout, the Real-Life ‘Lord of War’ - Mother Jones

    Sep 13, 2007 · Meet Viktor Bout, the Real-Life ‘Lord of War’. Journalist Douglas Farah, co-author of a new book on Viktor Bout, tells how the Tajik-born arms dealer forged a lucrative career skirting U.N....

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lord_of_WarLord of War - Wikipedia

    Lord of War is a 2005 crime drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, and Ethan Hawke. Lord of War follows Yuri Orlov as he enters the illegal arms trade shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, eventually becoming a well known and unscrupulous gun runner.

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  8. whatnerd.com › best-war-movies-based-on-true-storiesThe 15 Best War Movies Based on True Stories and Events

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    • Schindler's List (1993) Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley. Biography, Drama, History (3h 15m) 9.0 on IMDb — 98% on RT.
    • Dunkirk (2017) Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance. Action, Drama, History (1h 46m) 7.8 on IMDb — 92% on RT.
    • The Great Escape (1963) Directed by John Sturges. Starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough. Adventure, Drama, History (2h 52m) 8.2 on IMDb — 94% on RT.
    • A Bridge Too Far (1977) Directed by Richard Attenborough. Starring Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine. Drama, History, War (2h 55m) 7.4 on IMDb — 59% on RT.

  9. www.imdb.com › news › ni63878498Lord Of War True Story: Who Nicolas Cage's Character Is Based On

    Lord of War’s Yuri Orlov, played by the incomparable Nicolas Cage, is based on a notorious real-life international arms dealer. 3 years before the release of the MCU’s seminal Iron Man - Cage’s portrayal of Yuri Orlov in 2005 introduced audiences to a charismatic global war technocrat with much to gain and even more to lose.

  10. www.news.com.au › world › viktor-bout-who-inspiredViktor Bout, who inspired the movie Lord of War, has been ...

    Apr 6, 2012 · A DEFIANT Russian arms dealer dubbed the Merchant of Death for his history of arming violent dictators and regimes has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, far short of the life term prosecutors sought for his conviction on terrorism charges that grew from a US sting operation.

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