Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 11/06/09 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for language, some drug content and brief nudity Running Time 1 hour 30 minutes Genre Comedy Director Grant Heslov Writer Peter Straughan Cast George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey Studio Overture Films |
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (2009)
SYNOPSIS
In this quirky dark comedy inspired by a real life story
you will hardly believe is actually true, astonishing
revelations about a top-secret wing of the U.S. military
come to light when a reporter encounters an enigmatic
Special Forces operator on a mind-boggling mission.
Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is in search of
his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady
(Academy Award® winner George Clooney), a shadowy
figure who claims to be part of an experimental U.S.
military unit. According to Cassady, the New Earth
Army is changing the way wars are fought. A legion of
“Warrior Monks” with unparalleled psychic powers
can read the enemy’s thoughts, pass through solid
walls, and even kill a goat simply by staring at it. Now,
the program’s founder, Bill Django (Oscar® nominee
Jeff Bridges), has gone missing and Cassady’s
mission is to find him.
Intrigued by his new acquaintance’s far-fetched
stories, Bob impulsively decides to accompany him on
the search. When the pair tracks Django to a
clandestine training camp run by renegade psychic
Larry Hooper (two-time Oscar® winner Kevin Spacey),
the reporter is trapped in the middle of a grudge match
between the forces of Django’s New Earth Army and
Hooper’s personal militia of super soldiers. In order to
survive this wild adventure, Bob will have to outwit an
enemy he never thought possible.
The Men Who Stare at Goats was inspired by Jon
Ronson’s non-fiction bestseller of the same name, an
eye-opening and often hilarious exploration of the
government’s attempts to harness paranormal abilities
to combat its enemies.--© Overture Films
In this quirky dark comedy inspired by a real life story
you will hardly believe is actually true, astonishing
revelations about a top-secret wing of the U.S. military
come to light when a reporter encounters an enigmatic
Special Forces operator on a mind-boggling mission.
Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is in search of
his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady
(Academy Award® winner George Clooney), a shadowy
figure who claims to be part of an experimental U.S.
military unit. According to Cassady, the New Earth
Army is changing the way wars are fought. A legion of
“Warrior Monks” with unparalleled psychic powers
can read the enemy’s thoughts, pass through solid
walls, and even kill a goat simply by staring at it. Now,
the program’s founder, Bill Django (Oscar® nominee
Jeff Bridges), has gone missing and Cassady’s
mission is to find him.
Intrigued by his new acquaintance’s far-fetched
stories, Bob impulsively decides to accompany him on
the search. When the pair tracks Django to a
clandestine training camp run by renegade psychic
Larry Hooper (two-time Oscar® winner Kevin Spacey),
the reporter is trapped in the middle of a grudge match
between the forces of Django’s New Earth Army and
Hooper’s personal militia of super soldiers. In order to
survive this wild adventure, Bob will have to outwit an
enemy he never thought possible.
The Men Who Stare at Goats was inspired by Jon
Ronson’s non-fiction bestseller of the same name, an
eye-opening and often hilarious exploration of the
government’s attempts to harness paranormal abilities
to combat its enemies.--© Overture Films
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