War Dogs

"An American dream"

2016 1h 54m EN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 5,731

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Synopsis

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Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

“An American dream”

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Cast

Miles Teller
David Packouz
Jonah Hill
Efraim Diveroli
Ana de Armas
Iz
Bradley Cooper
Henry Girard
Kevin Pollak
Ralph Slutzky
Patrick St. Esprit
Captain Phillip Santos
Shaun Toub
Marlboro
JB Blanc
Bashkim

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Stephen Chin, Todd Phillips, Jason Smilovic
Languages: Albanian, English, Arabic, Romanian
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Albanian, English, Arabic, Romanian.

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4 / 8

CAST

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215+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Todd Phillips, shot by Lawrence Sher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cliff Martinez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeff Groth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Miles Teller and Jonah Hill and Ana de Armas carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Todd Phillips directs. Lawrence Sher behind the camera. Cliff Martinez scores. Jeff Groth cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Albanian, English, Arabic, Romanian.

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1Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Albanian, English, Arabic, Romanian.
4215+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Todd Phillips, shot by Lawrence Sher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Cliff Martinez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Jeff Groth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Miles Teller and Jonah Hill and Ana de Armas carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "An American dream".
10IMDB entry: tt2005151 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Lawrence Sher
Original score: Cliff Martinez
Editing: Jeff Groth
Production design: Bill Brzeski
Costume design: Michael Kaplan
Makeup / hair: Kimberley Spiteri
VFX supervisor: Robert Stadd
Sound: Tom Ozanich
Stunt coordinator: Gary Hymes
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $86,234,523
Return: 172% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: War Dogs (2016)

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Reno2016-12-04
★ 8/10
War is like a business zone, anyone can start-up a business. Ten years ago a similar film was made with Nicolas Cage in the lead called 'Lord of War'. This was based on the two youngsters who got into arm dealing, but many events were fictionalised. War is a business and these two made lots of profit out of it. So it all begins when financially struggling David clueless about raising his unborn child. At a right time he meets his old friend Efraim and decides to partner with him to supply arms to the US army abroad in a small scale. But when they saw a big opportunity, they decided to give it a try. From the obstacles, they go the extra mile to achieve it. But not knowing how serious the consequences are, finally they step into a dangerous turf and from there, what follows is revealed in the remaining parts. This is really amazing film. Obviously a slow start, but like after 10-15 minutes later it gets better and better. For these actors, this is something big and they have done it excellently. Jonah Hill was simply unbelievable. Kind of good, as well as negative, totally unpredictable character. Mile Teller was superb, he narrated the story with the opening scene, gun pointed at him, the flashback begins. While the story keeps developing, it only gets crazy and crazier. Nearly two long was never been an issue, because of the good pace, as well as for the off beast storyline. Lately I have been seeing lots of Ana de Armas, quite a coincident to watch some many films of someone in a short time. Anyway, her role in this was small, but she was decent. From the director of 'Hangover' trilogy, I think one of his best films it is. If you like the American Dream themes like 'Pain & Gain' and 'Wolf of Wall Street' about making dollars in a fast way risking everything, you would enjoy it as well. Like those two, it was also a comedy, despite inspired by the real. One of the film posters imitates the 'Scareface', but there's a strong reason for that, so you should watch it. Definitely worth a watch, so I suggest it! 8/10

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