Men Who Stare at Goats an Overture Films feature which was due out in 2010 has been moved into the 2009 mix of releases. The movie now slated for November 6th of this year will most likely share the box office with Disney’s A Christmas Carol, Universal’s The Fourth Kind and Focus Features Pirate Radio.
The flick stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges and is directed by Grant Heslov. Peter Straughan penned the screenplay from a book by Jon Ronson. Robert Elswit who has a long list of features that include Duplicity, Michael Clayton, Boogie Nights and Magnolia directed the cinematography.
This quirky dark satire was inspired by a real life story you will hardly believe is actually true.
Astonishing revelations about a top-secret wing of the U.S. military come to light when a reporter encounters an enigmatic Special Forces operator on a mind-boggling mission. Reporter Bob Wilton (McGregor) is in search of his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady (Clooney), a shadowy figure who claims to be part of an experimental U.S. military unit. According to Cassady, the New Earth Army is changing the way wars are fought.
A legion of “Warrior Monks†with unparalleled psychic powers can read the enemy’s thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat simply by staring at it. Now, the program’s founder, Bill Django (Bridges), has gone missing and Cassady’s mission is to find him. Intrigued by his new acquaintance’s far-fetched stories, Bob impulsively decides to accompany him on the search. When the pair tracks Django to a clandestine training camp run by renegade psychic Larry Hooper (Spacey), the reporter is trapped in the middle of a grudge match between the forces of Django’s New Earth Army and Hooper’s personal militia of super soldiers. In order to survive this wild adventure, Bob will have to outwit an enemy he never thought possible.
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