The Monument's Men Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action-thriller 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.

Cited as official plot version from sonypictures.com

Action Thriller War

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Monument's Men.

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  George Clooney

  ... George Stout

  Jay Kelly, Leatherheads

• J
  Jean Dujardin

  The Wolf of Wall Street, The Artist

• 
  Cate Blanchett

  Rumours, Black Bag

• 
  Paul Giamatti

  ... Lincoln Kirstein

  The Hangover Part II, Rock of Ages

• 
  John Goodman

  Smurfs, Flight

• 
  Daniel Craig

  Queer, Knives Out

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  Hugh Bonneville

  Paddington in Peru, Downton Abbey 3

• B
  Bob Balaban

  Isle of Dogs, Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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  Matt Damon

  IF, The Odyssey

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  Dimitri Leonidas

  American Renegades, Those About to Die (series)

Crew Behind the Film

The The Monument's Men behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director George Clooney last directed The Boys in the Boat and The Tender Bar. The film's writer George Clooney last wrote The Ides of March and Leatherheads.

Director

George Clooney

Screenwriters

George Clooney
Grant Heslov

Producers

George Clooney
Grant Heslov

Production Details

What we know about the The Monument's Men movie production.

Key Facts

• Much of the same film crew behind Ben Affleck's Argo, which George Clooney produced, will serve in the same capacities here.
• Based on the book The Monuments Men written by Robert Edsel.

Production Updates for The Monument's Men

Jan 2014

Completed

Changed The Monument's Men movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Aug 2013

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Mar 2013

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Oct 2012

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Shooting kicks off March 1st in Europe.

Oct 2012

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

Oct 2012

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. No additional details available for this status.

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