The National Archives is pleased to host a special advance screening of the forthcoming film The Monuments Men on January 30, 2014, in the William G. McGowan Theater in Washington, DC.
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men (2014; 118 minutes) is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon who were tasked by FDR to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners.
It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines and the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could seven museum directors, curators and art historians -- all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 -- possibly hope to succeed? The "Monuments Men," as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1,000 years of culture, and they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. The film, which opens in theaters February 7, stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett.
The screening will be introduced by Robert Edsel, founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, and author of The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History. He will also take questions from the audience following the screening.
Presented in partnership with Columbia Pictures and in conjunction with the Featured Document display: Album of Artwork Looted by the Nazis, East Rotunda Gallery, January 23-February 20.
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