Three Kings is a 1999 satirical war dramedy written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley about a gold heist that takes place during the 1991 Iraqi uprising against Saddam following the end of the first Persian Gulf War. The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze. Film critic Roger Ebert described it as a "weird masterpiece, a screw-loose war picture that sends action and humor crashing head-on into each other and spinning off into political anger." The film opens with Army Reserve Sergeant First Class Troy Barlow shooting an Iraqi Regular... Army soldier pointing his weapon at Troy after seemingly trying to surrender following the end of the Gulf War. With Private First Class Conrad Vig , Troy disarms and searches the surrendering Iraqi soldiers, and while forcibly subduing a resisting Iraqi officer they find a document between his buttock cheeks. The document appears to be a map, and Troy decides not to notify his commanding officer, instead taking the "Iraqi ass map" to Staff Sergeant Chief Elgin , a friend of his.
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| Release date: | September 27, 1999 |
| Directed by: | David O. Russell |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 114 Minutes |
| Producer: | Edward McDonnell, Paul Junger Witt, Charles Roven |
| Editor: | Robert K. Lambert |
| Music by: | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography: | Newton Thomas Sigel |
| Screenplay by: | David O. Russell |
| Estimated budget: | $48,000,000 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Comedy |