All'indomani della guerra del Golfo Persico, quattro soldati partirono per sottrarre l'oro rubato al Kuwait, ma trovano persone che hanno disperatamente bisogno del loro aiuto.All'indomani della guerra del Golfo Persico, quattro soldati partirono per sottrarre l'oro rubato al Kuwait, ma trovano persone che hanno disperatamente bisogno del loro aiuto.All'indomani della guerra del Golfo Persico, quattro soldati partirono per sottrarre l'oro rubato al Kuwait, ma trovano persone che hanno disperatamente bisogno del loro aiuto.
- Premi
- 8 vittorie e 19 candidature
- Captain Said
- (as Said Taghmaoui)
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- QuizOne scene tracks a hypothetical bullet entering Mark Wahlberg, which came about from David O. Russell asking a doctor friend about what a bullet does to the body. "I said, 'What's the weirdest wound?' and he described that particular wound (used in the movie). You can get a wound that doesn't kill you. A bullet goes through your lung and you can walk around, but the air is leaking out of your lung every time you breathe, so your own breathing can kill you, because your own breathing will crush your organs. It will turn into a balloon in there, and they have to puncture it to let the air out. So he told me those two things, and I said, 'God, that's never been in a movie. I'd like to do that.'"
- BlooperCharacters are frequently seen handling - with only moderate difficulty - armfuls of gold that should weigh several hundred pounds.
- Citazioni
Archie Gates: What's the most important thing in life?
Troy Barlow: Respect.
Archie Gates: Too dependent on other people.
Conrad Vig: What, love?
Archie Gates: A little Disneyland, isn't it?
Chief Elgin: God's will.
Archie Gates: Close.
Troy Barlow: What is it then?
Archie Gates: Necessity.
Troy Barlow: As in?
Archie Gates: As in people do what is most necessary to them at any given moment.
- Versioni alternativeThe Australian theatrical release omits a brief close-up of a woman being shot in the head by one of Saddam's soldiers in order to obtain an 'MA 15+'. The scene was restored for the VHS and DVD releases re-rated 'R 18+'.
- Colonne sonoreI Just Want to Celebrate
Written by Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris
Performed by Rare Earth
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
Under License from Universal Music Special Markets
As I mentioned before, the trailer was confusing, but while the movie is clear, Russell(who re-wrote a script by John Ridley, though there's a lot of contention over who exactly did what) makes clear from the beginning his intention to throw curves at us whenever he can, starting with Wahlberg asking as he draws his sights on an Iraqi soldier, "Are we still shooting at people?" He shoots the soldier anyway, and is immediately remorseful when he sees the soldier was holding a white flag. The movie goes from there to soldiers who, although in a celebratory mood, are still somewhat puzzled as to why they're there, a reporter(played well by the underused Nora Dunn) who can't help but talk in cliches, a tanker which, when shot, turns out to be holding milk, and Iraqi refugees who thought Americans were going to liberate them from Saddam Hussein and now are suffering because of it. It's this attitude which makes the otherwise normal-sounding plot - Clooney, Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze play soldiers turned thieves who end up with a conscience - play as anything but normal-sounding.
Another thing which helps is the photography(I forget the guy's name, but he also did THE USUAL SUSPECTS). Far from the clear-looking photography we got in the telecasts, this is rough, dangerous, and, just like the plot, constantly putting us off our guard.
Finally, the performances. Clooney I think has long been underappreciated not, as most people assume, because he's a sex symbol, but because he, like Harrison Ford and others of his type, make it look easy. There's nothing easy about his character here, and Clooney doesn't take the easy way out here. He doesn't coast on his charm and try to make the character likeable, but goes through the journey his character does, and even without a lot of dialogue(at the end, his face when he signals to Wahlberg and Ice Cube says all we need to know, as does their nods back). Wahlberg is fast becoming one of our better actors, and this proves it. He even finds comic potential where you wouldn't expect any. Ice Cube has had a mixed career since BOYZ IN THE HOOD, but this ranks up with that performance. Finally, Jonze has been criticized for playing a hillbilly stereotype, but the key is how he's more like a lapdog hungry for affection rather than just plain white trash, and he plays it as such. This is the best film I've seen so far this year.
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- Sito ufficiale
- Lingue
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- Spoils of War
- Luoghi delle riprese
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- Budget
- 75.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 60.652.036 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 15.847.636 USD
- 3 ott 1999
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 107.752.036 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 54 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.39 : 1