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Lions for Lambs

  • 2007
  • R
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
54K
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Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, and Meryl Streep in Lions for Lambs (2007)
The second trailer for the drama film about the connection between U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, a senator, a reporter and a college professor
Play trailer2:30
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Political DramaSuspense MysteryCrimeDramaMysteryThrillerWar

Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.

  • Director
    • Robert Redford
  • Writer
    • Matthew Michael Carnahan
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Meryl Streep
    • Robert Redford
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    54K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Redford
    • Writer
      • Matthew Michael Carnahan
    • Stars
      • Tom Cruise
      • Meryl Streep
      • Robert Redford
    • 333User reviews
    • 231Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

    Videos2

    Lions For Lambs
    Trailer 2:30
    Lions For Lambs
    Lions For Lambs Matthew Carnahan Tells His Story (Exclusive)
    Featurette 1:29
    Lions For Lambs Matthew Carnahan Tells His Story (Exclusive)
    Lions For Lambs Matthew Carnahan Tells His Story (Exclusive)
    Featurette 1:29
    Lions For Lambs Matthew Carnahan Tells His Story (Exclusive)

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    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    • Senator Jasper Irving
    Meryl Streep
    Meryl Streep
    • Janine Roth
    Robert Redford
    Robert Redford
    • Professor Stephen Malley
    Michael Peña
    Michael Peña
    • Ernest Rodriguez
    Andrew Garfield
    Andrew Garfield
    • Todd Hayes
    Peter Berg
    Peter Berg
    • Lt. Col. Falco
    Kevin Dunn
    Kevin Dunn
    • ANX Editor
    Derek Luke
    Derek Luke
    • Arian Finch
    Larry Bates
    Larry Bates
    • Soldier
    Christopher May
    Christopher May
    • Soldier
    David Pease
    • Soldier
    Heidi Janson
    • Soldier
    Christopher Carley
    Christopher Carley
    • Sniper
    George Back
    • Student
    Kristy Wu
    Kristy Wu
    • Student
    Bo Brown
    • Student
    Josh Zuckerman
    Josh Zuckerman
    • Student
    Samantha Carro
    • Student
    • Director
      • Robert Redford
    • Writer
      • Matthew Michael Carnahan
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      The photo that Jenine (Meryl Streep) observes on Senator Irving's (Tom Cruise's) office wall of him dressed as a young cadet is a still photo from Cruise's role in Taps (1981).
    • Goofs
      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"
    • Quotes

      Professor Stephen Malley: The decisions you make now, bud, can't be changed but with years and years of hard work to redo it... And in those years you become something different. Everybody does as the time passes. You get married, you get into debt... But you're never gonna be the same person you are right now. And promise and potential... It's very fickle, and it just might not be there anymore.

      Todd Hayes: Are you assuming I already made a decision? And also that I'll live to regret it?

      Professor Stephen Malley: All I'm saying is that you're an adult now... And the tough thing about adulthood is that it starts before you even know it starts, when you're already a dozen decisions into it. But what you need to know, Todd, no Lifeguard is watching anymore. You're on your own. You're your own man, and the decisions you make now are yours and yours alone from here until the end.

    • Connections
      Edited into Lions for Lambs: World Premiere Special (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Lean wit It
      Written and Performed by Herman Beeftink

      Courtesy of Elite Source Music Productions

    User reviews333

    Featured review
    6/10

    The Politics of War

    "Lions for Lambs" follows three interconnected storylines that all revolve around politics. More narrowly they revolve around the politics of war, and more specifically still: the war in Afghanistan. At the time of the release of this movie the U. S. had been in Afghanistan for about five years and only now, roughly twenty years after storming Afghanistan to punish the Taliban for their role in 9/11, has the U. S. decided to bring their last troops home.

    The three storylines "Lambs" followed were 1.) Professor Stephen Malley (Robert Redford) and one of his students (Andrew Garfield) at a university somewhere in California. 2.) Ernest Rodriguez (Michael Pena) and Arian Finch (Derek Luke) who were also students of Prof. Malley's before deciding to enlist in the army. 3.) Republican Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise) and reporter Janine Roth (Meryl Streep) who were ardently discussing the U. S.'s new strategy for ending the war for good which just so happen to involve Rodriguez and Finch.

    There you have it. You have American politics, with fighting being a part of it, being discussed in broader more philosophical terms in the professor's office. You have an actual politician discussing how to bring an end to the war in Afghanistan. And you have actual soldiers fighting the war in Afghanistan. It all made for some interesting and even somewhat passionate arguments, but that's where it stopped. "Lambs" seems to have been made to make its viewers think and come to their own conclusion about who or what was right and wrong. I can appreciate that even if I wasn't the biggest fan of the topic.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 9, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Khi Sư Tử Nổi Giận
    • Filming locations
      • White House - 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, USA(exterior second unit)
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • United Artists
      • Wildwood Enterprises
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $35,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,002,854
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,702,434
      • Nov 11, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $64,811,540
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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