Everything you need to know about lord of war movie 2005. Lord of war, usafrancegermany 2006, written and directed by andrew niccol. In writerdirector andrew niccols lord of war, the central figure, freelance gunrunner yuri orlov nicolas cage, acts like the craven undercover creatures in westerns but talks in the self. Still, theres much to enjoy in this welldeveloped, cleverly dialogued yarn, one of cages most substantial a films since leaving las vegas. O stensibly intended to be a revelatory look at the illegal international gunrunning trade, andrew niccols lord of war is little more than an ammunitionlittered variation on blow in which ukrainian arms dealer yuri orlov nicolas cage finds fortune, respect, and the fulfillment of all his dreams by selling caches of missiles and assault rifles to the planets evil dictators. For andrew niccol, the appeal of science fiction is its effectiveness as a trojan horse that can smuggle tricky or challenging ideas onto the screen. Niccol will be working from his own screenplay adaptation. Lord of war by andrew niccol visual 96 editions published between 2005 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,900 worldcat member libraries worldwide. In lord of war, nicholas cage plays an illegal arms dealer based on the profiles of multiple actual people in the same trade who were active in early 90s illegal arms trade.
Inside the international arms trade, brothers in arms, and weapons of the trade, and deleted scenes. Nicolas cage is the lord of war on amazon prime video and. Andrew niccol adapting stephenie meyers novel the host. Oct 15, 2005 in writerdirector andrew niccol s lord of war, the central figure, freelance gunrunner yuri orlov nicolas cage, acts like the craven undercover creatures in westerns but talks in the self. He eventually graduates to international weapons trafficking, with a client list that includes middle east despots and african warlords. In time, starring justin timberlake and amanda seyfried when. The host is a 20 romantic sciencefiction movie directed by andrew niccol lord of war and was adapted from the novel written by stephenie meyer the author of the twilight book series. The narration by cage was not only hysterical but when needed to be, emotional. His performance is what you expect excellent and the cast is of similar caliber pardon the pun, including ethan hawke, jared leto, and bridget moynahan, to name a few. Niccol born 10 june 1964 is a new zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. An criative and intelligent, lord of war is an interesting view to the world of weapons dealers, dispite some scenes look poorly wrote and that the writerdirector andrew niccol could present much. In time by andrew niccol andrew niccol, justin timberlake. The films writer andrew niccol last wrote gemini man and good kill.
Andrew niccols ambitious but uneven 2005 lord of war the inspiredbytruelifeevents tale of an international arms dealer a film with a penchant for voiceover, but which takes off when the script settles down into the present active. The start of it seems to be setting this up to be what might have been quite a funny satire of the arms business if andrew niccol had chosen to play it out that way. The story is set in a nottoo distant future, when earth has been taken over by souls, a noncorporeal alien race who occupy human bodies. Andrew niccol thomas egan its a new type of solider we have not seen before thats going to war at home, said andrew niccol, the writer and director of good kill. In theaters, november 2011 im glad to see that writerdirector andrew niccol is back onscreen after a lengthy hiatus following the memorable lord of war.
His films tend to explore social, cultural and political issues, as well as artificial realities or simulations. Host, the 20 internet movie firearms database guns. Yuri orlov nicolas cage tells his humorous, disturbing, and tragic story of coming from nothing to becoming the greatest gunrunner in the world. Gattaca collectors edition bluray andrew niccol with ethan hawke and uma thurman. Director andrew niccol explores isolation of drone warfare in. Gattaca writerdirector andrew niccol takes a cynical swipe at the world arms trade in this sleek and confrontational black comedy thriller. Lord of war is a bleak comedy, funny in a catch22 sort of way, and at the same time an angry outcry against the gun traffic that turns 12yearolds into killers and cheapens human life to the point where might makes not only right, but everything else. It was released in the united states on september 16, 2005, with the dvd following on january 17, 2006 and the bluray disc on july 27, 2006. Why lord of war starring nicolas cage bought 3,000 real guns. Lord of war follows the checkered career of yuri orlov cage, the oldest son of ukrainian immigrants, whose entrepreneurial career begins when he sells guns to russian mobsters in brooklyns little odessa. The film was directed and written by andrew niccol, a screenwriter and director who made gattaca, simone, lord of war, and the academy award winning the truman show. Lord of war by andrew niccol andrew niccol, nicolas cage, jared. Lord of war is a 2005 crime drama written, produced, and directed by andrew niccol, and coproduced by and starring nicolas cage. Andrew niccol, a screenwriter and director, was born in new zealand and moved to england at the age of 21 to direct commercials.
Written and directed by andrew niccol article by mark freeman about the director andrew niccol, a screenwriter and director, was born in new zealand and moved to england at the age of 21 to direct commercials. Told through the eyes of a soulless gunrunner, andrew niccols bracing lord of war looks at the nutsandbolts business of. Director andrew niccol lives in his own truman show and so. Yuri orlov nicolas cage, the arm dealer is questionning by jack valentine ethan hawke the interpol agent. When theiwar begin, yuri doesnt care anything, all his life is selling weapons. With highconcept sciencefiction thriller in time, he recalls his evenmorememorable gattaca in delivering an intriguing retrofuturistic allegory. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group amnesty international for highlighting the arms trafficking b. Gattaca and lord of war director andrew niccol has been hired to write a screenplay and direct an adaptation of stephenie meyers first adult novel titled the host, which just hit bookshelves. Andrew niccol lord of war, gattaca has signed on to direct the host, based on the book by stephenie meyer, according to variety.
Director andrew niccol explores isolation of drone warfare. Yuri orlov nicolas cage an arms dealer who has ambition in his career, he wants to be a lord in battle field. Director andrew niccol lives in his own truman show and. Cage plays an illegal arms dealer, inspired by the stories of several reallife arms dealers and smugglers. Lord of war 16sep2005 s1m0ne 23aug2002 gattaca 24oct1997 do you know something we dont. Written and directed by andrew niccol in 2005, lord of war tells the story of a native brooklynite named yuri orlov nicolas cage who has a knack for trouble. Lord of war by andrew niccol andrew niccol, nicolas cage. Yuri approaches, pretends to be interested in the statue, glances to the young communists book.
Gattaca, released in 1997, is a multigeneric film that incorporates elements of science fiction, dystopic fiction and crime fiction. He also wrote and coproduced the truman show, which earned an academy award nomination for best original screenplay in 1999 and won a bafta award for best screenplay. May 18, 2018 the lord of war 2005 was a departure for niccol in the sense that he did not create a scenario, but rather explored an existing one, in this case the world of illegal arms dealing. The screenwriter for lord of war, andrew niccol, lavishes a great deal of time and many words building a case against guns. Jan 25, 2012 lord of war, usafrancegermany 2006, written and directed by andrew niccol. An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is. He has written and directed gattaca, simone and lord of war as well as earning an academy. In the 2005 film lord of war, starring nicolas cage, director andrew niccol used real guns instead of prop weapons.
In time creator andrew niccol gives the rich eternal youth. Yuri is played by nicolas cage in another of those performances you cannot easily imagine. His film good kill was selected to compete for the golden lio. Save for occasional genre items like george romeros land of the dead, which sneaks political allegory into the requisite mayhem, its become so rare for a bigbudget film to tackle the issues of the day directly that one that does is like a splash of cold water. Sep 16, 2005 the screenwriter for lord of war, andrew niccol, lavishes a great deal of time and many words building a case against guns. Written and directed by andrew niccol about the director. He wrote and directed gattaca, simone, lord of war, in time, the host, and good kill. It was produced by danny devito, michael shamberg and stacey shir, with an overall production. Sep 23, 2009 gattaca and lord of war director andrew niccol has been hired to write a screenplay and direct an adaptation of stephenie meyers first adult novel titled the host, which just hit bookshelves. The last scene and one of the first scenes are pretty much it for actual scenes in lord of war. With nicolas cage, ethan hawke, jared leto, bridget moynahan. He wrote and directed gattaca 1997, simone 2002, lord of war 2005, in time 2011, the host 20, and good kill 2014. Alex chadwick talks with the films writer and director, andrew niccol, about creating a plausible story that features an arms dealer as the hero.
He interested highpowered producer scott rudin in his the truman show 1998 script, but rudin was not willing to gamble on a rookie director. The bluray and twodisc dvd releases from lions gate home video feature commentary by writerdirector andrew niccol, the featurettes shooting call. Nicolas cage is the lord of war on amazon prime video. Lord of war hndler des tode bluray german by andrew niccol author, antonio pinto composer 4. One man demonstrates how to get rich selling warring nations the tools of their deadly trade in this dark comedy drama. Andrew niccol, nzborn writer director whose past credits include gattaca, the truman show, the terminal, lord of war what. May 12, 2011 andrew niccol lord of war, gattaca has signed on to direct the host, based on the book by stephenie meyer, according to variety. Visual effects supervised by yann blondel and produced. The perverse center of andrew niccols lord of war, ukrainian emigre yuri sees himself as a good enough american, having absorbed the moral, political, and legal lessons of his adopted home. The sequence the life of a bullet has been created at le. A look at the lord of war behindthescenes crew and production team. An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being.
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an interpol agent. Gattaca writerdirector andrew niccol takes a cynical swipe at the world arms trade in this sleek and confrontational black comedy. The lord of war 2005 was a departure for niccol in the sense that he did not create a scenario, but rather explored an existing one, in this case the world of illegal arms dealing. Jun 24, 2009 yuri orlov nicolas cage, the arm dealer is questionning by jack valentine ethan hawke the interpol agent. Niccol is a new zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. Lord of war fails on quite a few levelsi suppose some of the direction is interesting and some of the puns are funnybut it still surprised me when it attempted to be civicminded in the end.
Yuri in subtitled ukrainian, looking over the idealists shoulder all property is theft. It hard to stop him to quit this job, he goes down deep beyond turning back. Director andrew niccol gattaca sets a mordant tone from the start with a bravura. In writerdirector andrew niccols lord of war, the central figure, freelance gunrunner yuri orlov nicolas cage, acts like the craven undercover. May 21, 2015 andrew niccol thomas egan its a new type of solider we have not seen before thats going to war at home, said andrew niccol, the writer and director of good kill. See all 46 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. When he sees two russian mobster take out two assassins gunning for him, he comes to the conclusion that hes not making the kind of money that hed like to. Lord of war is a pretty boring piece of shit, really, that is marginally redeemed by its start and end. He has written and directed gattaca, simone and lord of war as well as earning an academy award nomination for his screenplay for the truman show. Gig writer and director of in time, a thriller about a world where science allows the rich to stay young forever before that wrote and directed lord of war, s1m0ne, and. The films director andrew niccol last directed good kill and the host. In times premise makes no sense, but its bluntly delivered within moments of the. I should have seen it coming, but i was a little distracted by the end.