Three Kings (1999)


Mark Wahlberg           Sargeant Troy Barlow
George Clooney          Major Archie Gates
Ice Cube                Staff Sargeant Chief Elgin
Spike Jonze             Private Conrad Vig
Nora Dunn               Adriana Cruz
Jamie Kennedy           Walter Wogaman
Mykelti Williamson      Colonel Horn
Cliff Curtis            Amir Abdulah
Said Taghmaoui          Captain Said
Holt McCallany          Captain Van Meter
Judy Greer              Cathy Daitch
Christopher Lohr        Teebaux
Jon Sklaroff            Paco

Directed by:            David O. Russell
Produced by:            Gregory Goodman, Kelley Smith-Wait, Bruce Berman


Its the end of the Gulf War and the United States has just signed a ceasefire when four wise-cracking 
U.S. soldiers come across a potential jackpot: a rolled up treasure map to Saddam Hussein's stashes 
of confiscated gold hidden bewteen the buttocks of a captured soldier. Immediatedly a selfish plan is 
drawn up for the men to infiltrate the bunkers and share the jackpot of luxury cars, televisions, cell 
phones and gold bars found underneath the war torn desert -- that is until they collide with the Iraqi 
civilian population and experience a different side of the war.

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A small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War are determined to 
steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they 
believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, 
enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives.

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In the days immediately after the Gulf War, a group of American soldiers come across a secret Iraqi map, 
which discloses the whereabouts of a bunker where Iraq is storing stolen gold and treasure from Kuwait. 
The soldiers hope to take the gold and keep it for themselves. However, when they arrive at the site, 
they discover that the Iraqi army is more concerned about persecuting its civilians than stopping them 
from stealing the gold. They learn that the civilians have been encouraged by the U.S. government to 
rise up and fight Sadaam Hussein, but are facing certain execution because the U.S. military refuses to 
help them. This incident creates a crisis of conscience for the American soldiers. Do they take the 
money and run, leaving the civilians to face certain death at the hands of the Iraqi army? Or do they 
risk losing the gold in order to escort them to safety across the border into Iran?

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At the end of the Persian Gulf War, four U.S. soldiers plan to steal a secret stash of Kuwaiti gold. 
Instead, they find themselves getting involved with civilians being executed by Saddam Hussein and left 
defenseless by the U.S. military.