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Lord of War (2005) -- An arms dealer (Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent (Hawke).
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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   71,854 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Andrew Niccol (written by)
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Release Date:
16 September 2005 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The first and most important rule of gun-running is: never get shot with your own merchandise. more
Plot:
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
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(35 articles)
User Comments:
story-telling perfection more (379 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nicolas Cage ... Yuri Orlov

Bridget Moynahan ... Ava Fontaine

Jared Leto ... Vitaly Orlov
Shake Tukhmanyan ... Irina Orlov (as Shake Toukhmanian)
Jean-Pierre Nshanian ... Anatoly Orlov

Jared Burke ... Ukrainian Mobster

Eric Uys ... Ukrainian Mobster

David Shumbris ... Ukrainian Mobster
Stewart Morgan ... Ukrainian Mobster
Jasper Lenz ... Gregor
Stephen Gregor ... Eli Kurtzman
Kobus Marx ... Boris
Stephan De Abreu ... Liev

Jeremy Crutchley ... Arms Fair Salesman

Ian Holm ... Simeon Weisz
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lord of War (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, drug use, language and sexuality.
Runtime:
122 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The Antonov An-12 airplane number 9Q-CIH filmed in the movie was owned by a Russian citizen Evgeny Zakharov. On January 8, 2005, the plane crashed at Bukalaza, Uganda; all six crew members were killed. The plane departed Entebbe airport with destination Kinshasa. It was reportedly carrying humanitarian relief items. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Interpol agents (such as Jack Valentine) cannot themselves make arrests. This would be an infringement on the national sovereignty of the member states. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Yuri Orlov: [voiceover] You don't have to worry. I'm not gonna tell you a pack of lies to make me look good. I'm just gonna tell you what happened.
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285 out of 359 people found the following comment useful.
story-telling perfection, 18 September 2005
10/10
Author: leilapostgrad from Austin, TX

A movie about a gunrunner who arms the dictators, tyrants, and genocide-perpetrators of the world should not be this deliciously funny. Lord of War is story-telling perfection. The opening scene depicts the life of a bullet, from its creation in the factory to the moment it blasts through the head of a poor African child. Nicolas Cage is Yuri Orlov, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, who becomes the world's most successful arms dealer. Writer/director Andrew Niccol took every major world conflict of the part 25 years and seamlessly incorporated them into a smart, funny, complex story about violence, corruption, and the essence of warfare. Lord of War has no clear-cut, black-or-white, good-or-evil "moral of the story," but no intelligent observation ever does. It's just a fabulous film. "I never sold to Osama Bin Laden," Yuri tells the audience. "Not on moral grounds, but because his checks were always bouncing back then."

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