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The Monuments Men

  • 20142014
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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George Clooney, Bill Murray, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Jean Dujardin in The Monuments Men (2014)
In a race against time, a crew of art historians and museum curators unite to recover renowned works of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys them.
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An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
132K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,720
50
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    • Director
      • George Clooney
    • Writers
      • George Clooney(screenplay)
      • Grant Heslov(screenplay)
      • Robert M. Edsel(book)
    • Stars
      • George Clooney
      • Matt Damon
      • Bill Murray
    Top credits
    • Director
      • George Clooney
    • Writers
      • George Clooney(screenplay)
      • Grant Heslov(screenplay)
      • Robert M. Edsel(book)
    • Stars
      • George Clooney
      • Matt Damon
      • Bill Murray
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 475User reviews
    • 252Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations

    Videos9

    International Trailer
    Trailer 2:25
    International Trailer
    Trailer #2
    Trailer 2:25
    Trailer #2
    Trailer #1
    Trailer 1:46
    Trailer #1
    Exclusive Clip
    Clip 2:33
    Exclusive Clip
    Unlikely Heroes
    Featurette 2:02
    Unlikely Heroes
    The Monuments Men
    Featurette 1:11
    The Monuments Men
    Interview
    Interview 6:49
    Interview
    Super Bowl Spot
    Promo 0:33
    Super Bowl Spot
    What Roles Has Matt Damon Turned Down?
    Video 3:27
    What Roles Has Matt Damon Turned Down?

    Photos173

    George Clooney and John Goodman in The Monuments Men (2014)
    Bill Murray and Bob Balaban in The Monuments Men (2014)
    Cate Blanchett in The Monuments Men (2014)
    Matt Damon and Cate Blanchett in The Monuments Men (2014)
    George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Hugh Bonneville in The Monuments Men (2014)
    George Clooney and Dimitri Leonidas in The Monuments Men (2014)
    George Clooney in The Monuments Men (2014)
    Matt Damon in The Monuments Men (2014)
    George Clooney, John Goodman, and Dimitri Leonidas in The Monuments Men (2014)
    George Clooney in The Monuments Men (2014)
    George Clooney, Bill Murray, Matt Damon, and John Goodman in The Monuments Men (2014)
    Bill Murray and Bob Balaban in The Monuments Men (2014)

    Top cast

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    George Clooney
    George Clooney
    • Frank Stokes
    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • James Granger
    Bill Murray
    Bill Murray
    • Richard Campbell
    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Claire Simone
    John Goodman
    John Goodman
    • Walter Garfield
    Jean Dujardin
    Jean Dujardin
    • Jean Claude Clermont
    Hugh Bonneville
    Hugh Bonneville
    • Donald Jeffries
    Bob Balaban
    Bob Balaban
    • Preston Savitz
    Dimitri Leonidas
    Dimitri Leonidas
    • Sam Epstein
    Justus von Dohnányi
    Justus von Dohnányi
    • Viktor Stahl
    Holger Handtke
    Holger Handtke
    • Colonel Wegner
    Michael Hofland
    • Priest (Claude)
    Zachary Baharov
    Zachary Baharov
    • Commander Elya
    • (as Zahary Baharov)
    Michael Brandner
    Michael Brandner
    • Dentist
    Sam Hazeldine
    Sam Hazeldine
    • Colonel Langton
    Miles Jupp
    Miles Jupp
    • Major Feilding
    Alexandre Desplat
    Alexandre Desplat
    • Emile
    Diarmaid Murtagh
    Diarmaid Murtagh
    • Captain Harpen
    • Director
      • George Clooney
    • Writers
      • George Clooney(screenplay)
      • Grant Heslov(screenplay)
      • Robert M. Edsel(book)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The "Monuments Men" were a group of approximately 345 men and women from thirteen nations, most of whom volunteered for service in the newly created MFAA section during World War II. Many had expertise as museum directors, curators, art historians, artists, architects, and educators. Their job description was simple: to protect cultural treasures so far as war allowed.
    • Goofs
      The Madonna was mentioned several times as having been stolen from the cathedral in Bruges. In reality, the Madonna is on display in the Church of Our Lady, not the cathedral of St. Saviours.
    • Quotes

      Frank Stokes: You can wipe out an entire generation, you can burn their homes to the ground and somehow they'll still find their way back. But if you destroy their history, you destroy their achievements and it's as if they never existed. That's what Hitler wants and that's exactly what we are fighting for.

    • Crazy credits
      At the beginning of the end credits there are black and white photos of the real Monuments Men with some of the art they saved.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Matt Damon/Larry the Cable Guy/Chris Isaak (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Night And Day
      Written by Cole Porter

      Performed by Patrick Peronne (as Patrick Péronne)

      Courtesy of Promo Sound Ltd

    User reviews475

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    Telling an historical story comedically and missing a level of entertainment
    "The Monuments Men" is a group of men (in real life around 350, and in this film 7) who are tasked with saving the historically and culturally significant monuments, fine arts and archives during World War II. They have to find and return that which the French hid and the Germans were finding and stealing and then hiding. And the film decided to tell this story comedically.

    The film took a really long time to get going as they wanted it to be about the men that took on this task. But they changed their names and I also couldn't tell you a single characteristic of any of them. The men were paired off so they each had their own region to investigate, but none of that was interesting. The worst part was giving James Granger (Matt Damon) and Claire Simon (Cate Blanchett, representing the real- life heroine Rose Valland) a love story. They did have a reason for such nonsense, or how about just sticking with how it actually happened.

    George Clooney has said the film is about 80% accurate, and that seems fair enough. But the problem isn't the historical inaccuracy; the problem is that the cheap humour diminishes the very people and story they're trying to empower. The humour was just a handful of lines wanting to kill Hitler and standing on a landmine. It just didn't make the film entertaining. The story could have done that but it didn't become interesting until they started discovering where the Germans hid the art. Coincidentally, the same point when the film started following the real story.

    "The Monuments Men" very clearly wanted to help remember an important part of history and spark a debate about the cost of war on soldiers, civilians, and history and society. The debate is raging on, but the film missed the level of entertainment by not trusting its audience to be interested in exactly what happened.
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    • napierslogs
    • Feb 8, 2014

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 7, 2014 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Foundation about the people depicted in the movie
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Russian
      • French
      • Flemish
      • Dutch
    • Also known as
      • Kho Báu Bi Dánh Cap
    • Filming locations
      • Rye, East Sussex, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Fox 2000 Pictures
      • Smokehouse Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $70,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $78,031,620
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $22,003,433
      • Feb 9, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $156,706,638
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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