The Men Who Stare at Goats

Cast & Crew

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Director
Grant Heslov
Producer
George Clooney
Producer
Grant Heslov
Producer
Paul Lister
Writer
Jon Ronson

Cast View all

Bob Wilton
Ewan McGregor
Lyn Cassady
George Clooney
Larry Hooper
Kevin Spacey
Bill Django
Jeff Bridges
Todd Nixon
Robert Patrick

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Production Designer
Sharon Seymour
Director of Photography
Robert Elswit
Costume Designer
Louise Frogley
Picture Editor
Tatiana S. Riegel

Synopsis

Genre: Comedy

A reporter, trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails, gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, psychic military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. The founder of the unit has gone missing and the trail leads to another psychic soldier who has distorted the mission to serve his own ends. - In Theaters November 6th, 2009.

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Hilarious New Stills From Clooney & McGregor Comedy ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’

Published on: September 11, 2009

By Shannon Nystedt
movieset.com

Holy heck this movie is just looking more and more hilarious! Check out brand spanking new stills from director Grant Heslov’s (Waiting for Woody) upcoming comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats. The film features an all-star cast including George Clooney (Ocean's Eleven), Ewan McGregor (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace), Kevin Spacey (Moon) and Jeff Bridges (Iron Man). If you haven’t heard about it yet, The Men Who Stare at Goats is about a reporter who stumbles upon a ridiculous sounding US secret involving warrior monks, or Jedi Knights if you prefer. These new stills include the characters in present day, as well as young Clooney, Spacey and Bridges.

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George Clooney, The Next Jedi Knight!

Published on: September 2, 2009

By Shannon Nystedt
movieset.com

If Jedi Knight is all you have to hear to get you interested in a movie, then The Men Who Stare at Goats is the movie for you! Directed by Grant Heslov, The Men Who Stare at Goats follows a reporter who finds his next big story in a Top Secret experimental U.S. military unit of "Warrior Monks.” Based on the book by Jon Ronson, The Men Who Stare at Goats stars George Clooney (Burn After Reading), Ewan McGregor (Big Fish), Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) and the Dude himself Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski).

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Clooney Stares Down Goat Pic

Published on: August 18, 2009

By Shannon Nystedt
movieset.com

Directed by Grant Heslov, The Men Who Stare at Goats features an all star cast including: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, J.K. Simmons, Robert Patrick, Stephen Root and Stephen Lang. The film follows reporter Bob Wilton (McGregor) who finds his next big story after encountering Lyn Cassady (Clooney), a shadowy figure who claims to be part of an experimental U.S. military unit of "Warrior Monks" with unparalleled psychic powers. If the cast and plot doesn’t get you interested, then check out this hilarious first look at The Men Who Stare at Goats.

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