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Lions for Lambs,
2007, 92 minutes, Rated R
By Ramona Prioleau
In Lions for Lambs, director Robert
Redford forces an examination of spin, the spinners and the spun. In
the film, Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise) offers journalist
Janine Roth (Meryl Streep) a chance to scoop her competition by
being the first to announce the details of the onset of a new
military campaign aimed at revitalizing the Afghanistan war effort.
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But the baby-faced future of the GOP wants to
ensure that Roth will favorably spin this new initiative to the
American public. So, the good senator invites Roth in for a sit
down. And as politico and journalist banter about battles past and
present, the Beltway lambs give orders to send the lions to the
slaughter.
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As war rages in the Mid-East and chatter ensues in a
congressional chamber, Professor Stephen Malley (Redford) and Todd
Hayes (Andrew Garfield) discuss Hayes’ sudden lack of academic
interest on the west coast. A Vietnam veteran, Professor Malley
seeks to motivate the apathetic Hayes to commit to do more than
muddle his way through school by acknowledging the student’s promise
and inspiring him with a tale of two former students that were bold
enough to take a stand – Ernest Rodriguez (Michael Peña) and Arian
Finch (Derek Luke). Eager to get off the sidelines, Rodriguez and
Finch enlisted, remaining brothers in arms on the battlefield just
as they were in the classroom.
Long-winded, Lions is a thought-provoking look at
media’s complicit championing of unchecked governmental aggression
in the face of public apathy. It’s a film that chastises the
complacent and admonishes others that feed on the heroics of the
brave hearted unafraid to take a stand for their beliefs.
M
November 2007
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War, Drama, Thriller
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Writer(s) |
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Matthew Michael Carnahan
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Matthew Michael Carnahan |
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Producer |
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Tom Cruise |
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Executive Producer |
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Tracy Falco |
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Producer |
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Andrew Hauptman |
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Daniel Lupi |
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Executive Producer |
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Robert
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Paula
Wagner |
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Robert Redford |
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Professor Stephen Malley |
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Meryl Streep |
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Janine Roth |
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Tom Cruise |
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Senator Jasper Irving |
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Michael Peña |
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Ernest Rodriguez |
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Derek Luke |
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Arian Finch |
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Andrew Garfield |
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Todd Hayes |
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Peter Berg |
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Lt. Col. Falco |
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Philippe Rousselot |
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Cinematographer |
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Joe Hutshing |
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Editor(s) |
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Mark Isham |
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Music |
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Avy Kaufman |
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Casting |
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Mary Zophres |
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United Artists (USA)
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Claremont,
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Los Angeles,
California, USA
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Simi Valley,
California, USA
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