Lord of War
Where there's a will, there's a weapon
Country
Production
Budget
$50 000 000
Box office
$72 617 068
Director
Actors
Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm, Sammi Rotibi, Tanit Phoenix, Shake Tukhmanyan, Jared Burke
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Nicolas Cage, Andreas Grosch, Andrew Niccol, Norman Golightly, Christopher Roberts, Teri-Lin Robertson, Philippe Rousselet, Andreas Schmid, Ronaldo Vasconcellos, James D. Stern
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Jean-Vincent Puzos, Deborah Jensen
Audition
Mindy Marin
Editing
Zach Staenberg, Arie Bohrer
Whole Team (185)
Whole Team (185)
Short description
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film crew purchased 3,000 CZ SA Vz.58 assault rifles to play the role of Soviet AKs because they were cheaper than props.
- Filming took place in South Africa, the Czech Republic, and New York.
- No American studio wanted to get involved with this project. The film was financed by foreign companies.
- The tanks in the film are real. They once belonged to the Czech army and were now intended for sale to another country. The filmmakers had to warn NATO, just in case, so that upon detecting a large concentration of equipment from satellites, they wouldn't think a war had begun.
- Andrew Niccol assured that real arms dealers acted as consultants on the film.
- Yuri Orlov's uncle, Dmitry Volkov, was presented as a major general in the film, but the insignia on his shoulder boards clearly show two stars of a lieutenant general.
- In one scene of the film, Yuri sells four Glock 17 pistols, as well as a large consignment of other weapons, to a Colombian drug baron, receiving cocaine in return. It can be noticed that two pistols in this scene (including the one the drug baron shoots at Yuri) are Glock 17s of the third generation, judging by the thumb rests and finger grooves on the grip, as well as the rail on the frame for attaching additional equipment. The third generation of Glock pistols appeared in the late 1990s, while the timeframe of this scene is the late 1980s.
- Andrew Niccol claimed that actual arms dealers served as consultants for the film.
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