Tagline: If you don’t stand for something, you might fall for anything.
Lions for Lambs consists of three interconnected storylines: Tom Cruise as a congressman who interacts with a journalist (Meryl Streep); Robert Redford as an idealistic professor who attempts to inspire a privileged student in his class; and a third storyline about a pair of American soldiers wounded in enemy territory, one of whom is Redford’s former student.
Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise star in “Lions for Lambs,” a powerful and gripping story that digs behind the news, the politics and a nation divided to explore the human consequences of a complicated war.
Directed by Academy Award winner Robert Redford, the story begins after two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Pena), follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley (Redford), and attempt to do important with their lives.
Production notes provided by Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
Lions for Lambs
Starring: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Pena, Derek Luke, Andrew Garfield, Kristy Wu
Directed by: Robert Redford
Screenplay: M. Michael Carnahan
Release Date: November 9, 2007
MPAA Rating: R for some war violence and language.
Studio: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $15,000,115 (23.8%)
Foreign: $47,997,662 (76.2%)
Total: $62,997,777 (Worldwide)