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Efraim Diveroli (born December 20, 1985) [3] is a former American arms dealer and author. [4] Notably, he operated under the banner of AEY, Inc., a company that secured significant contracts as a major weapons contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense. AEY was suspended by the U.S. government due to contractual violations.
War Dogs is a 2016 American black comedy crime film directed by Todd Phillips, and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin, based on the 2011 Rolling Stone article, "Arms and the Dudes", by Guy Lawson (which was later expanded upon in a novel, also titled Arms and the Dudes.) [6] [7] The film follows two arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who receive a U.S. Army ...
War Dogs (2016) – biographical black comedy crime drama film about two arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who receive a U.S. Army contract to supply ammunitions for the Afghan National Army worth approximately $300 million [185]
In case 1, bank robber Michael McCant becomes a white collar criminal after he is released from prison. Case 2 follows Mark Anderson, who stores wine collections for clients and is secretly selling wine on the side. When his scheme is discovered, he burns down his own warehouse to cover the evidence. [30]
In addition, one of his later works, Arms and the Dudes about the life and crimes of Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, was adapted into the 2016 film War Dogs, which starred actors Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, and Bradley Cooper (who also executive produced the film).
The film premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2019, was set for American premiere at Los Angeles Pride on June 7, 2019, and released nationwide on June 14, 2019, in select theaters. At the Cannes Lions awards in 2019, it won a Grand Prix Award in Entertainment, with Jury President Scott Donaton quoting: “ 5B is a brave idea ...
The Hospital is a 2013 horror film co-directed by Tommy Golden and Daniel Emery Taylor. Having a limited US release in February 2013, [2] the film has subsequently screened at various horror film festivals, was presented at Cannes Film Festival, [3] and took home the "Scariest Movie" award at Germany's largest genre festival, Movie Days, in Dortmund.
Steven Woodward, in a detailed analysis of the film, drew attention to the unconventionality with which Kieślowski treats the title color in terms of the symbolism it expresses. Woodward noted that in the hospital scene, "given the association of blue light and funeral music, blue seems to convey the conventional sense of mourning and depression.