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The Men Who Stare at Goats is a 2009 satirical black comedy war film directed by Grant Heslov, adapted by Peter Straughan, and starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey. It was produced by Clooney's and Heslov's production company Smokehouse Pictures. The film is a fictionalized version of Jon Ronson 's 2004 book of ...
- $69 million
- Rolfe Kent
- $24 million
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004) is a non-fiction book by Jon Ronson concerning the U.S. Army 's exploration of New Age concepts and the potential military applications of the paranormal. The title refers to attempts to kill goats by staring at them and stopping their hearts. The book is a companion to a three-part TV series broadcast in ...
- Jon Ronson
- 2004
- 277 (first edition, hardback)
Also the movie Frank, which is a highly fictionalised version of a book he wrote based on real-life man-in-a-papier-mache-head Frank Sidebottom. Jon was the keyboardist in his band for a time. Excellent read! And there is also a doc based on the book, confusingly also titled The Men Who Stare At Goats.
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The Men Who Stare at Goats: Directed by Grant Heslov. With George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey. A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
- Grant Heslov
- 32 sec
Summaries. A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions. A reporter, trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails, gets more than he bargains for when ...
Nov 4, 2009 · Ronson simply says some officials thought they might be -- and that if they were, we had to get there first. The movie is funny either way. But figure this out. The book inspired a BBC-TV series which interviewed the real Ret. Gen. Albert Stubblebine III, who explains on camera exactly how men could walk through walls.
The Men Who Stare at Goats. Jon Ronson is a British documentary filmmaker and journalist who lives in London. His first book, Them: Adventures with Extremists (2002), was an international best ...
