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Three Kings is a 1999 American 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 Persian Gulf War.
- $107.7 million
- Carter Burwell
- $48 million
- David O. Russell spent 18 months researching and writing the script. A logline in Warner’s logbook caught writer/director David O. Russell’s attention.
- John Ridley didn't think David O. Russell gave him enough credit. Russell said the only thing he used from Ridley’s original script was the “heist set in the Gulf War” part.
- George Clooney begged David O. Russell to be in the movie. Nicolas Cage was in contention for the role of Major Gates, until he opted to make Mart in Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead instead.
- David O. Russell decided against using a lot of bullets. Though it’s a war film, Russell purposefully didn’t want a lot of bullets used in the action sequences.
Oct 1, 1999 · With George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze. In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help.
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Mar 29, 2019 · The Ringer analyzes why David O. Russell's 1999 comedy heist film Three Kings is a perfect and predictive movie of 1999, based on a script by John Ridley and starring George Clooney, Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg, and Spike Jonze. The film explores themes of cynicism, war, culture, and the future of the Middle East, and foresaw the rise of the internet and the refugee crisis.
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Oct 4, 1999 · Roger Ebert October 04, 1999. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Three Kings" is some kind of weird masterpiece, a screw-loose war picture that sends action and humor crashing head-on into each other and spinning off into political anger. It has the freedom and recklessness of Oliver Stone or Robert Altman in their mad-dog days ...
Three Kings. Sayed Moustafa Al-Qazwini, who plays an Iraqi defector, who sells Major Gates cars stolen from Kuwait, was, in real life, tortured and kicked in the eye by Saddam Hussein 's security forces, blinding him in that eye. Like many advisors and extras in the film, he is an actual refugee from Iraq. Helpful • 192 0.
In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help. A small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base.
