The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)

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film satirical war comedy film

The Men Who Stare at Goats is a 2009 satirical war comedy film about a secret U.S. military unit experimenting with psychic powers, starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey.

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Label	Occurrences
The Men Who Stare at Goats	7
The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) canonical	2
The Men Who Stare at Goats (screenplay)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ satirical war comedy film ⓘ
basedOn	The Men Who Stare at Goats (book) ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Jon Ronson ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Robert Elswit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Grant Heslov ⓘ
distributor	Overture Films ⓘ
editedBy	Tatiana S. Riegel ⓘ
fictionalUnitName	New Earth Army ⓘ
genre	satire ⓘ war comedy film ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Bill Django ⓘ Bob Wilton ⓘ Larry Hooper ⓘ Lyn Cassady ⓘ
mpaaRating	R ⓘ
musicBy	Rolfe Kent ⓘ
narrativePerspective	journalist embedded in Iraq War ⓘ
plotSummary	A reporter in Iraq encounters a former member of a secret U.S. Army unit that experimented with psychic powers and non-lethal warfare. ⓘ
portrays	U.S. Army psychic warfare unit ⓘ
producer	George Clooney ⓘ Grant Heslov ⓘ Paul Lister ⓘ
productionCompany	BBC Films ⓘ Exclusive Media Group ⓘ Smokehouse Pictures ⓘ surface form: Smoke House Pictures
releaseYear	2009 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	94 ⓘ
screenwriter	Peter Straughan ⓘ
setting	Iraq ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ
sourceMaterialGenre	non-fiction book ⓘ
starring	Ewan McGregor ⓘ George Clooney ⓘ Jeff Bridges ⓘ Kevin Spacey ⓘ Nick Offerman ⓘ Robert Patrick ⓘ Stephen Lang ⓘ Stephen Root ⓘ
theatricalReleaseCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
theatricalReleaseYear	2009 ⓘ
theme	military experimentation with psychic powers ⓘ satire of U.S. military and intelligence practices ⓘ
title	The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Men Who Stare at Goats
worldPremiereEvent	Venice Film Festival ⓘ surface form: 66th Venice International Film Festival
worldPremiereYear	2009 ⓘ

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Peter Straughan → notableWork → The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) ⓘ

Peter Straughan → wroteScreenplayFor → The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) ⓘ

Grant Heslov → notableWork → The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) ⓘ