THE MONUMENTS MEN (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

George Clooney (Gravity), Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum), Bill Murray (Ghostbusters), John Goodman (Inside Llewyn Davis), Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Bob Balaban (Moonrise Kingdom), Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Sam Hazeldine (The Raven), Dimitri Leonidas (Centurion)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

George Clooney (Good Night, And Good Luck), director, writer, producer; Grant Heslov (The Men Who Stare At Goats), writer, producer; Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech), composer; Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska), cinematographer; Stephen Mirrione (The Hunger Games), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During the final years of the Second World War, a group of art curators, art historians and museum directors band together to form a platoon which aims to recapture stolen art from the Nazi regime. The “Monuments Men” are then tasked by the government to go into Germany and rescue the stolen paintings before they are destroyed during the downfall of the Nazis…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

An eccentric real-life war story is explored on the big screen, and with director George Clooney leading an international ensemble cast to victory then it should be a work of art (sorry).

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2014

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