The Men Who Stare at Goats

original title:
The Men Who Stare at Goats
country / year of production:
USA , Great Britain / 2009
original length:
94 min. , color
premiere:
IT, 8 September 2009 (Venice Film Festival)
genre:
Comedy
based on:
Ronson, Jon. Men Who Stare at Goats, The. (London, Great Britain, UK), Picador, Pan Macmillan, 2004, Pg. 278
director:
Grant Heslov
film script:
Jon Ronson
producer:
George Clooney
cinematographer:
Robert Elswit
editor:
Tatiana S. Riegel
composer:
Rolfe Kent
cast (role):
George Clooney , Ewan McGregor , Jeff Bridges , Kevin Spacey
more:
plot synopsis:
A young reporter goes to Iraq as a war correspondet after the end of his marriage. There he mets Lyn Cassady, a member of the "New earth army", a special unit operating trying to end war with paranormal activity. He follows Lyn into Iraq, where they are, among other things, kidnapped by bandits and free goats from a military prison.
keywords:
war correspondent , special forces , desert , animals in war , journalism
war:
Iraq War
literature:
Aftab, Kaleem. Psychic soldiers lose the plot [Venice Film Festival]. In: The Independent: Independent Life (UK), Independent News & Media Limited, Vol. 7147, 9 September 2009, Pg. 16, (NP)
Lane, Anthony. The Current Cinema: Making Peace. In: The New Yorker, 9 November 2009, Pgs. 86-87, (MG)
Liebaert, Alexis. Les chèvres du Pentagone. In: Marianne (Paris, France), Marianne, 16 March 2010, Pg. 79, (MG), ISSN 12757500
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