Number: 859

Storyline:
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. From director George Clooney, the film stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett. The screenplay is by ...

Cast:

George Clooney Frank Stokes

Matt Damon James Granger

Bill Murray Richard Campbell

Cate Blanchett Claire Simone

John Goodman Walter Garfield

Jean Dujardin Jean Claude Clermont

Hugh Bonneville Donald Jeffries

Bob Balaban Preston Savitz

Dimitri Leonidas Sam Epstein

Zahary Baharov Commander Elya

Medium: DVD R/RW,

Location: Library

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1