Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 11/09/07 Home Video 04/08/08 MPAA Rating Rated R for some war violence and language Running Time 1 hour 28 minutes Genre Drama Director Robert Redford Writer Matthew Michael Carnahan Cast Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Pena, Derek Luke, Andrew Garfield Studio MGM |
LIONS FOR LAMBS (2007)
SYNOPSIS
Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise star
in LIONS FOR LAMBS, a powerful and gripping story
that digs behind the news, the politics and a nation
divided to explore the human consequences of a
complicated war.
Directed by Academy Award® winner Robert
Redford, the story begins after two determined
students at a West Coast University, Arian (DEREK
LUKE) and Ernest (MICHAEL PENA), follow the
inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley
(REDFORD), and attempt to do something important
with their lives. But when the two make the bold
decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is
both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and
Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become
the string that binds together two disparate stories
on opposite sides of America. In California, an
anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged
but disaffected student (ANDREW GARFIELD) who
is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest.
Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. the charismatic
Presidential hopeful, Senator Jasper Irving
(CRUISE), is about to give a bombshell story to a
probing TV journalist (STREEP) that may affect
Arian and Ernest's fates. As arguments, memories
and bullets fly, the three stories are woven ever
more tightly together, revealing how each of these
Americans has a profound impact on each other
and the world.
--© MGM
Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise star
in LIONS FOR LAMBS, a powerful and gripping story
that digs behind the news, the politics and a nation
divided to explore the human consequences of a
complicated war.
Directed by Academy Award® winner Robert
Redford, the story begins after two determined
students at a West Coast University, Arian (DEREK
LUKE) and Ernest (MICHAEL PENA), follow the
inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley
(REDFORD), and attempt to do something important
with their lives. But when the two make the bold
decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is
both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and
Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become
the string that binds together two disparate stories
on opposite sides of America. In California, an
anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged
but disaffected student (ANDREW GARFIELD) who
is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest.
Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. the charismatic
Presidential hopeful, Senator Jasper Irving
(CRUISE), is about to give a bombshell story to a
probing TV journalist (STREEP) that may affect
Arian and Ernest's fates. As arguments, memories
and bullets fly, the three stories are woven ever
more tightly together, revealing how each of these
Americans has a profound impact on each other
and the world.
--© MGM
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