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Lord of War (2005) -- Trailer for this action film starring Nicholas Cage as a gun runner
Lord of War (2005) -- An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent.
Lord of War (2005) -- An arms dealer (Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent (Hawke).
Lord of War (2005) -- An arms dealer (Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent (Hawke).

Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   67,922 votes
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Director:
Andrew Niccol
Writer (WGA):
Andrew Niccol (written by)
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Release Date:
16 September 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
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
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Awards:
2 wins more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Orlando Bloom takes on The Cross
 (From TotalFilm. 4 February 2009, 11:35 PM, PST)

Despite Hits, Lions Gate Posts Loss
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 10 November 2005)

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story-telling perfection more

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
Country:
France | USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #41968) | Ireland:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:R-13 (cut) | Brazil:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Australia:MA | Norway:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:15 | Czech Republic:12 | France:-12 | Canada:18A (Ontario/British Columbia/Saskatchewan) | Singapore:M18 | Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Hungary:16 | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:15 (theatrical rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) (uncut) | Malaysia:18PL | Japan:R-15 | Spain:18

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Nicolas Cage asks Jared Leto, "Why . . . Why . . . Why are you so messed up all the time", this is a direct quote from Rumble Fish (1983) where Mickey Rourke asks the same of Matt Dillon. Rumble Fish (1983) was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Cage's uncle. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: When Valentine is asking Orlov what he's doing in Africa, he replies to his safari lie by asking if he's hunting with a sub-machine gun and holds up a bullet he finds on the ground. A sub-machine is a machine gun that fires a pistol size bullets (9mm, .45, etc.) Looking closely at the bullet in Valentine's hand and you'll see the distinct shape of a rifle bullet, not a pistol. 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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Movie Connections:
References Scarface (1983) more
Soundtrack:
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year more

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274 out of 348 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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