Three Kings
- Original title
- Three Kings
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 115 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- David O. Russell. Story: John Ridley
- Cast
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- George Clooney
- Mark Wahlberg
- Ice Cube
- Spike Jonze
- Nora Dunn
- Jamie Kennedy
- Mykelti Williamson
- Cliff Curtis
- Saïd Taghmaoui
- Judy Greer
- Holt McCallany
- Liz Stauber
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- War | Gulf War. Army. Satire
- Synopsis
- During the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, three American soldiers (Clooney, Wahlberg, and Cube) in Saudia Arabia are eager to get home. However, after finding a treasure map that might lead to the gold Saddam Hussein stole from Kuait, they decide to re-think their travel plans. Major Archie Gates (Clooney) leads the men on their treasure hunt with a ruthless reporter (Nora Dunn) close behind them. Meanwhile, there is a battle Kurd rebels are desperately trying to survive. They soon find they are conflicted between their greed for the gold and the plight of the people of Iraq.
- Awards
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1999: Critics' Choice Awards: Breakthrough Performer (Jonze). 2 Nominations1999: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Film & Best Director1999: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay1999: Satellite Awards: nominated to Screenplay, Original.1999: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Director.1999: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.
- Critics' reviews
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"An extraordinary experience: an original and brilliant combination of comedy, action and sophisticated political comment -- the best American movie of the year thus far"
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"Visual pyrotechnics and dark humor aside, Three Kings rules because it dares to dig for such truths, whether banal or significant."
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"Off-and-on cynical and sentimental, Russell's darkly comic tale shows how much can be done with familiar material when you're burning to do things differently and have the gifts to pull that off."
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"A genre movie with an agenda that's too packed. Inevitably, some of the many balls it's juggling get dropped -- (but it's) one of the most entertaining and original actioners in several years."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 88 My Favorite War Movies (55)
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