War Dogs

Stars
3
Rating
R
Author
Stephen Chin, Todd Phillips, Jason Smilovic, Guy Lawson (Rolling Stone article "Arms and the Dudes");
Length
114 min
Director
Todd Phillips
War Dogs
Synopsis
"War Dogs is a 2016 American dark comedy-crime film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin, based on a 2011 Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson, as well as Efraim Diveroli's 2016 memoir Once a Gun Runner as outlined in an ongoing lawsuit. Lawson then wrote a 2015 book, Arms and the Dudes, detailing the story. The film follows two arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who receive a U.S. Army contract to supply ammunitions for the Afghan National Army worth approximately $300 million. The film is heavily fictionalized and dramatized, and some of its events, such as the duo driving through Iraq, were either invented or based on other events, such as screenwriter Stephen Chin's own experiences." [Wikipedia]
Genre
Historical
Released
2016
Location
Global
Netflix
No

This movie is linked to the following periods

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Category
Iraq War
2003
2011
Wars