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  1. 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.

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  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. [32] [26] [122] 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. [34]

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

    Sep 13, 2007 · Former Soviet military officer Viktor Bout, the inspiration for Nicholas Cage’s character in the Lord of War, remade himself as an international arms dealer and blood diamonds trafficker ...

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  6. 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.

  7. time.com › 6240082The Dark Truth About Viktor Bout | TIME

    Dec 9, 2022 · The true story of Viktor Bout is infinitely more compelling than the myth. But for the major arms manufacturing nations of the world that myth remains a wonderful red herring.

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

    Plot. Yuri Orlov, the eldest son of a family of Ukrainian refugees is visiting a restaurant in Brighton Beach where he witnesses a Russian mobster kill two assassins holding Kalashnikov rifles. The incident inspires him to go into the arms trade.

  9. www.youtube.com › watchDocumentary delves into Nicholas Cage's real life "Lord of ...

    Nov 7, 2015 · The Nicholas Cage character in the 2005 movie "Lord of War" was inspired by a real man: the infamous international arms smuggler Vicktor Bout. Bout ran a vast weapons empire until a...

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