The Hunting Party (2007): Richard Gere & Terrence Howard

[mrreindeer]

I just watched this over the long weekend as I recovered from a cold (read: swine flu) and really enjoyed it so I thought I'd tell y'all about it. Watch for it playing on either Showtime or HBO, I can't remember which.

The Hunting Party

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Originally Posted by imdb.com

A young journalist, a seasoned cameraman and a discredited war correspondent embark on an unauthorized mission to find the no. 1 war criminal in Bosnia; they find themselves in serious jeopardy when they are mistaken as a CIA hit squad and their target decides to come after them.

The true story is found in a 2001 Esquire article entitled "What I Did on My Summer Vacation," in which Scott Anderson recounts how he and four other journalists, fueled by alcohol and mischief, halfheartedly tried to capture a notorious Bosnian war fugitive -- and almost succeeded. Something the entire Western world had allegedly been trying to do for five years, and these guys almost did it in two days. (The Esquire article is reprinted here; it's a great read.)

So has anybody seen it or even heard about it (flick was made in 2007)???

[Bermac]

I saw it. It was great. I liked the end where it explained the differences from the true story and the movie.

[mrreindeer]

Absolutely!

Lloyd, did you just see it or back in '07?

That teaches me to Tivo & rip on through commercials...I have no clue what's coming out!

[Bermac]

I watched it on the movie network last year. I completly missed it when it came out. It was one of those cool eye opening movies.

Remember the bill board with the 1800 number that could not be dialed by any local phone?

[mrreindeer]

Originally Posted by Bermac

Remember the bill board with the 1800 number that could not be dialed by any local phone?

The ad like the UN or CIA put in the paper notifying people of the reward if the guy was captured.....would only work in the US?....classic.

[Bermac]

Thats the one. The more I think about that movie, the more I want to watch it again. It had everything a movie needed, Guns, women, midgets, heavy drinking, political commentary.