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The 20-year arms dealing career of Queens, N.Y., outcast Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) serves as a window onto the end of the Cold War and the emergence of worldwide terrorism.
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Sep 16, 2005 · The film, based on fact, follows the globetrotting exploits of arms dealer Yuri Orlov (Cage). Through some of the deadliest war zones, Yuri struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent (Hawke), his business rivals, even some of his customers who include many of the world’s most notorious dictators.
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- Merchant of Death: The True Story Behind Lord of War’S Yuri Orlov
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Though Yuri Orlov is based on various arms dealers,Lord of War's true story inspiration is mainly Viktor Bout. If the allegations against him are true, Viktor Anatolyevich Bout was an even more successful smuggler than Narcos: Mexico’s Amado Carrillo Fuentes. However, instead of cocaine, Bout’s primary products were firearms and ammunition. Based o...
While Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage is notorious for making bad movies, Lord of War is definitely not one of them. Apart from the fact that Cage has a striking resemblance to Viktor Bout, Lord of War also did a decent job of loosely adapting details from Bout’s life in order to craft a compelling semi-autobiographical tale. For instance, while Bout ...
Much like many other convicted criminals whose exploits inspired Netflix movies/series, Viktor Bout was in prison for many years. While Lord of Warends with Yuri Orlov evading authorities – as Bout was still at large when the movie was made – Viktor Bout had been in prison for about a decade, and was likely to remain incarcerated for the next 15 ye...
While Lord of War introduced aspects of Viktor Bout's life through Yuri Orlov, the BBC documentary The Notorious Mr. Bout reveals much more about the man's real life. The Notorious Mr. Bout contains footage from Bout's own home videos, his career as an arms smuggler, and even his hobby as a filmmaker. Though not as popular as Netflix's most controv...
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The only question is: How do we arm the other 11?” says expatriate Ukrainian Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) to the camera. Yuri is an international arms dealer who has plied his trade around the world for 20 years but his deadly life will catch up with him as a “Lord of War.”
Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov, an international arms dealer who sells guns to anyone who can pay. Ethan Hawke as Jack Valentine, an incorruptible Interpol agent and the primary threat to Yuri's livelihood.
Sep 15, 2005 · In the upsetting but riveting military drama "Lord of War," Nicolas Cage plays Yuri Orlov, a resourceful, cheerfully immoral gunrunner and arms dealer to an endless succession of Third World...
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May 23, 2019 · The underrated crime drama is loosely based on real events and real-life arms dealers and smugglers, and it follows Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage), an illegal arms dealer who amalgamates a...
