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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

R | 94 min | Comedy, War

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

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George Clooney

Lyn Cassady
Ewan McGregor

Bob Wilton
Jeff Bridges

Bill Django
Kevin Spacey

Larry Hooper
Stephen Lang

Brig. Gen. Dean Hopgood
Robert Patrick

Todd Nixon
Waleed Zuaiter

Mahmud Daash
Stephen Root

Gus Lacey
Glenn Morshower

Maj. Gen. Holtz
Nick Offerman

Scotty Mercer
Tim Griffin

Tim Kootz
Rebecca Mader

Debora Wilton
Jacob Browne

Lt. Boone
Todd Lawson LaTourrette

Dave

(as Todd Latourrette)
Brad Grunberg

Ron

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Director:

Grant Heslov

Writers:

Jon Ronson (inspired by the book), Peter Straughan (screenplay)

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1 win & 1 nomination.

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The advertising poster is a spoof of a frequently used style for movie posters. Instead of trying to communicate anything about the plot or content of the film, it just contains multiple stacked faces of the stars. On this poster the last face ... ...

Quotes

Brigadier General Dean Hopgood: Boone.
Lieutenant Boone: Yes sir?
Brigadier General Dean Hopgood: I'm going into the next office.
Lieutenant Boone: Yes sir.
Brigadier General Dean Hopgood: Damn it.

Goofs

The morning they wake up in the desert, when Lyn is on top of the car, he leaves a large dent in the car. In the next scene, the dent is gone.

Crazy Credits

Although this film is inspired by John Ronson's Book The Men Who Stare At Goats, it is a fiction, and while the characters Lynn Cassady and Bill Django are based on actual persons, Sergeant Glenn Wheaton and Colonel Jim Channon, all other characters are invented or are composites and are not portrayals of actual persons. The filmmakers ask that no one attempt walking through walls, cloudbursting while driving, or staring for hours at goats with the intent of harming them... invisibility is fine.