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Three Kings

Movie (1999)

"It's good to be King."

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.

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Released: Sep 27th, 1999
Budget: $75,000,000.00
Revenue: $108,000,000.00

Three Kings Main Cast

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George Clooney
George Clooney
plays Archie Gates
Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg
plays Troy Barlow
Ice Cube
Ice Cube
plays Chief Elgin
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
plays Conrad Vig
Cliff Curtis
Cliff Curtis
plays Amir Abdulah
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  • Movie Goof (errors in geography): There are no mountains near Detroit Airport.
  • Movie Goof (incorrectly regarded as a mistake): When the mother is shot in the head, you notice that she preps her arms before she hits the ground. Bracing yourself is a mostly involuntary reflex, not a voluntary movement, handled by the somatic reflex arc, which is a part of the by then still living upper spinal cord, not the brain.
  • At the beginning of the film there's a disclaimer explaining that the strange look of the film was intended by director David O. Russell. The vibrant color is due to the fact that they used "Ektachrome" slide transparency film instead of standard film stock, and the "bleach bypass" process actually gave the prints a much deeper black. The silver halide is completely opaque, thus a "true" black. Leaving all of that silver on the prints resulted in a much higher cost for distribution however.
  • The procedure used to re-inflate Troy Barlow's collapsed lung is called a "needle chest decompression", and is taught in the U.S. Army Combat Lifesaver course. Although the entire procedure is not shown, the parts that do appear in the film appear to have been performed correctly.
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