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Feb 7, 2014 · Directed by Clooney from a script he wrote with his regular filmmaking partner Grant Heslov, "The Monuments Men" is a throwback to a very specific type of World War II adventure picture: a star-studded adventure made between ten and 20 years after the war's end.
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The Monuments Men is a 2014 war film directed by George Clooney and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film stars an ensemble cast including Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett.
In 1943, American professor Frank Stokes convinces President Roosevelt that the art stolen by the Germans should be retrieved and he recruits six art experts to form the Monuments Men unit to travel to Europe with him to search the treasures.
Plot Summary. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (2009), a work of military nonfiction by Robert M. Edsel (with Bret Witter), explores the efforts soldiers and civilians made to protect art, heritage, and treasures from disappearing during WWII. Hollywood later developed the book into a ...
A description of how the Monuments Men came into existence, and how two of its members were among the first officers sent to the front lines. A story of how one of the largest repositories of art stolen by the Nazis was found.
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Jan 29, 2014 · Film Review: ‘The Monuments Men’. In his fifth directorial feature, George Clooney transforms a fascinating art-world detective story into a surprisingly lifeless prestige...
The Monuments Men: Directed by George Clooney. With George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett. An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.
