Description
Robert Redford,
Meryl Streep and
Tom Cruise star in Lions for Lambs, a powerful and gripping story that digs behind the news, the politics and a nation divided to explore the human consequences of a complicated war.
Directed by Academy Award-winner, Redford, the story begins after two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (
Michael Pena), follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr Malley (Redford), and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become the string that binds together two disparate stories on opposite sides of America.
In California, an anguished Dr Malley attempts to reach a privileged but disaffected student (Andrew Garfield) who is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest. Meanwhile, in Washington DC, the charismatic Presidential hopeful, Senator Jasper Irving (Cruise) is about to give a bombshell story to a probing TV journalist (Streep) that may affect Arian and Ernest’s fates. As arguments, memories and bullets fly, the three stories are woven ever more tightly together, revealing how each of these Americans has a profound impact on each other and the world.
Details
Released: Wed 12 Mar 2008
Catalogue Number: 36824SDW
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Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean
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