True & Informative Story of World War 2

Rating: Null/10 (8 February 2014)

I saw The Monuments Men", starring George Clooney-Gravity, Roseanne- t.v.; Matt Damon-True Grit-2010, The Talented Mr. Ripley; Bill Murray- Zombieland, Charlie's Angels-2000; Cate Blanchett-The Hobbit movies, The Talented Mr. Ripley and John Goodman-The Hangover Part 3, Roseanne-t.v..
This is a World War 2 movie that is based on a true story and is directed by George Clooney. It shows the importance of art in civilization. During the war, Hitler had his Nazis Stormtroopers confiscate any valuable art work that they came across in their march across Europe. It seems that Hitler wanted to build a Fuhrer Museum and wanted to stock it with only the best pieces. When the war started turning against him, he gave an order to destroy all of the art work, if he was to die. George was an art historian that went to President Roosevelt with his plan to go in and save as many of the masterpieces as possible. Matt, Bill and John are some of the men that he gathered to go into Germany, shortly after the Normandy Invasion. Like George, they were not military men but engineers and museum directors. Cate worked in a French museum, during the German occupancy, and could help identify certain art pieces. During their treasure hunts, George and his men discovered something unexpected that helped shorten the war. FYI: at the very end of the movie, keep an eye out for the actor that plays George, as an older man. He is George's real life father, Nick. It's rated "PG-13" for violence and smoking and has a running time of 1 hour & 58 minutes. It was informative-I was not familiar with a lot of the facts-but I don't think that I would buy it on DVD. It would be a good rental.