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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   19,949 votes
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Director:
Robert Redford
Writer (WGA):
Matthew Michael Carnahan (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 November 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
If you don't STAND for something, you might FALL for anything more
Plot:
Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
An unusual, great movie more (269 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Redford ... Professor Stephen Malley

Meryl Streep ... Janine Roth

Tom Cruise ... Senator Jasper Irving

Michael Peña ... Ernest Rodriguez

Andrew Garfield ... Todd Hayes

Peter Berg ... Lt. Col. Falco

Kevin Dunn ... ANX Editor
Derek Luke ... Arian Finch

Larry Bates ... Soldier

Christopher May ... Soldier

David Pease ... Soldier
Heidi Janson ... Soldier

Christopher Carley ... Sniper

George Back ... Student
Kristy Wu ... Student
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some war violence and language.
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View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Certification:
South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | Hong Kong:IIB | Taiwan:R-18 | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 | South Africa:10M | Sweden:11 | Norway:11 | Denmark:11 | Germany:12 | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | USA:R (certificate #43901) | Argentina:13 | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:12 | New Zealand:M | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Norway:10 (TV rating)
Filming Locations:
Claremont, California, USA more
Company:
Andell Entertainment more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The state flag in Irving's office is Illinois'. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Rodriguez and Arian are giving their presentation, they place letters of induction on the projector to show the class they enlisted. A letter of induction is a draft notice. The draft was over for over thirty years when the movie takes place, and since they volunteered, they would have used DD Form 4/1 "Enlistment and Reenlistment Document" more
Quotes:
Senator Jasper Irving: It is my responsibility, it's part of my job description to protect the American people and that is why we put this new strategy into motion now.
Janine Roth: So when does it start?
Senator Jasper Irving: [pauses while looking at his watch] Ten minutes ago.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-02)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Won't Get Fooled Again more

FAQ

What aspect of the plot is taken from a book about real life events in Afganistan, and what was the name of the book?
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User Comments

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63 out of 97 people found the following comment useful.
An unusual, great movie, 29 December 2007
9/10
Author: chartang from Rome, Italy

I went to see this movie with contrasting feelings, because I read a few reviews in advance. Many of them blamed it for being too didactic, thus lacking the basic qualities a movie should have. Many others praised it in a very ideological way, thus raising in me the fear it was a piece of propaganda. Well, after I spent the 80 minutes watching the movie I thought not even 60 had elapsed, and my attention and empathy didn't ever fail for a single minute. There is no doubt that a movie so extensively based upon dialog is very unusual: but this turns out to be one of its most valuable asset and proves the great value of the script. It is not an action movie in any of the conventional ways: yet I followed it with the attention, the suspense and expectations feelings that usually an action movie raises. I think that indeed it is a sort of intelligence action movie - as such it stands out over the best stuff that visual media performances are usually producing today. The second point I most appreciated has been its ability in portraying the main characters' different viewpoints in a very complex way, as it must be: there were no all round villains nor all round heroes. Doubtless there is a very much defined view and attitude, but it is not supported in a mere ideological way. In fact, it has no clearcut, simple answers to offer to a damningly complex situation full of contradictions as it actually is. It is full of subtleties, in dialog not less than in body languages and settings. It is often moving without ever slipping into cheap rhetoric. It's a movie that in a way "should" be seen and re-seen and reflected and discussed upon to wake up people from all sorts of addictive indifference as well as of addictive "I'm right, they're wrong" self complacency. Last but not least, in my opinion this movie is a good instance of what is needed to roll back anti-American feelings that have been spread out due to the American government policies and behavior in the last decade. May I offer my apologies for my English to the readers that will have had the patience to go through my comment.

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