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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 ...
Efraim Diveroli (born December 20, 1985) [3] is an American former arms dealer, convicted fraudster, and author. [4] Diveroli controlled AEY, Inc., a company that secured significant contracts as a major weapons contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense .
Matthew Bevan "Matt" Cox (born July 2, 1969) is an American former mortgage broker and admitted mortgage fraudster and con man. Cox, also a true crime author, wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled The Associates in which the main character traveled the country to perpetrate a mortgage fraud scheme similar to the one Cox ran.
In case 1, $54 million is embezzled by small-town comptroller Rita Crundwell to fund her horse-breeding company, and is sentenced to 19 years 7 months in prison. In case 2, Staten Island real estate developer Joseph Mazella defrauds victims of $14 million, by pretending he has perfect residential developments.
Lion (2016) – Australian-British biographical drama film based on the true story of how Saroo Brierley, 25 years after being separated from his family in India, sets out to find them [108] Little Secret (Portuguese: Pequeno Segredo ) (2016) – Brazilian - New Zealand drama film inspired by a true story involving David Schurmann 's adopted ...
Packouz joined Efraim Diveroli on the 17th of September 2005, in Diveroli's arms company AEY Inc. By the end of 2006, the company had won 149 contracts worth around $10.5 million. [ 1 ] In early 2007, AEY secured a nearly $300 million U.S. government contract to supply the Afghan Army with 100 million rounds of AK-47 ammunition, aviation ...
The Hospital is a 1971 American absurdist satirical black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller [2] and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. It was written by Paddy Chayefsky , who was awarded the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay . [ 3 ]
While holding a crying baby, a woman fights with and kills a man. Four years later, Angela (Gina Gershon) and Brian (Nicolas Cage), both doctors, have a four-year-old daughter named Cora. Angela's friend Linda (Natalie Eva Marie) introduces Angela to Katie (Nicky Whelan), who has a four-year-old daughter, Maddie.