<ContentRating>Rated PG-13 for some images of war violence and historical smoking</ContentRating> <Added>4/9/2015 2:30:16 PM</Added> <LockData>false</LockData> <CriticRating>30</CriticRating> <CriticRatingSummary><![CDATA[Its intentions are noble and its cast is impressive, but neither can compensate for The Monuments Men's stiffly nostalgic tone and curiously slack narrative.]]></CriticRatingSummary> <Overview><![CDATA[Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama 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.]]></Overview> <OriginalTitle>The Monuments Men</OriginalTitle> <ShortOverview><![CDATA[An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.]]></ShortOverview> <LocalTitle>The Monuments Men</LocalTitle> <PremiereDate>2014-01-24</PremiereDate> <Trailers> <Trailer>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8tz8YeCz1s</Trailer> </Trailers> <Countries> <Country>USA</Country> <Country>Germany</Country> </Countries> <Metascore>52</Metascore> <AwardSummary>3 wins & 2 nominations.</AwardSummary> <Budget>70000000</Budget> <Revenue>154984035</Revenue> <Rating>6.1</Rating> <VoteCount>102260</VoteCount> <ProductionYear>2014</ProductionYear> <Website>http://www.monumentsmenmovie.com/</Website> <RunningTime>118</RunningTime> <IMDB>tt2177771</IMDB> <TMDbId>152760</TMDbId> <Taglines> <Tagline>It was the greatest art heist in history</Tagline> </Taglines> <Genres> <Genre>Drama</Genre> <Genre>War</Genre> </Genres> <Studios> <Studio>Columbia Pictures</Studio> </Studios> <PlotKeywords> <PlotKeyword>world war ii</PlotKeyword> <PlotKeyword>nazis</PlotKeyword> <PlotKeyword>art theft</PlotKeyword> <PlotKeyword>post world war ii</PlotKeyword> </PlotKeywords> <Persons> <Person> <Name>Matt Damon</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>James Granger</Role> <SortOrder>0</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Cate Blanchett</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Claire Simone</Role> <SortOrder>1</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>George Clooney</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Frank Stokes</Role> <SortOrder>2</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Bill Murray</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Richard Campbell</Role> <SortOrder>3</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>John Goodman</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Walter Garfield</Role> <SortOrder>4</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Hugh Bonneville</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Donald Jeffries</Role> <SortOrder>5</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Jean Dujardin</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Jean Claude Clermont</Role> <SortOrder>6</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Bob Balaban</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Preston Savitz</Role> <SortOrder>7</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Holger Handtke</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Colonel Wegner</Role> <SortOrder>8</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Dimitri Leonidas</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Sam Epstein</Role> <SortOrder>9</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Justus von Dohnányi</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Viktor Stahl</Role> <SortOrder>10</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Zahary Baharov</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Commander Elya</Role> <SortOrder>11</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Sam Hazeldine</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Colonel Langton</Role> <SortOrder>12</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Diarmaid Murtagh</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Captain Harpen</Role> <SortOrder>13</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Serge Hazanavicius</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Rene Armand</Role> <SortOrder>14</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Udo Kroschwald</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Hermann Goering</Role> <SortOrder>15</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Grant Heslov</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Doctor</Role> <SortOrder>16</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Michael Brandner</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Dentist</Role> <SortOrder>17</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Alexandre Desplat</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Emile</Role> <SortOrder>18</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Luc Feit</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Aachen Vicar</Role> <SortOrder>19</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>Claudia Geisler</Name> <Type>Actor</Type> <Role>Stahl's Wife</Role> <SortOrder>20</SortOrder> </Person> <Person> <Name>George Clooney</Name> <Type>Director</Type> <Role>Director</Role> </Person> <Person> <Name>George Clooney</Name> <Type>Writer</Type> <Role>Screenplay</Role> </Person> <Person> <Name>Grant Heslov</Name> <Type>Writer</Type> <Role>Screenplay</Role> </Person> <Person> <Name>George Clooney</Name> <Type>Producer</Type> <Role>Producer</Role> </Person> <Person> <Name>Grant Heslov</Name> <Type>Producer</Type> <Role>Producer</Role> </Person> <Person> <Name>Alexandre Desplat</Name> <Type>Sound</Type> <Role>Original Music Composer</Role> </Person> <Person> <Name>Stephen Mirrione</Name> <Type>Editing</Type> <Role>Editor</Role> </Person> <Person> <Name>Phedon Papamichael</Name> <Type>Camera</Type> <Role>Director of Photography</Role> </Person> <Person> <Name>Robert M. 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