As some of you will know, I have been covering all of the news on The Monuments Men and I must say I am extremely excited for the film. Recently three new featurettes were released by 20th Century Fox, one about George Clooney’s team and his idea for the film, and one that brings together the plot with input from the actors.
The second featurette teaches us more about the hunt for the stolen art and heritage itself, taken backstage with George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jean Dujardin and Hugh Bonneville to find out more about the Monuments Men and their momentous task of stealing back stolen artwork. The men brought forward to take part in the mission were above the usual age that men were enlisted, they had a huge task to accomplish with only a few of them and they had no real training. A decree was signed by Hitler that if anything happened to him everything would be destroyed, and it was up to the Monuments Men to stop this before Hitler’s death.
Looking at the third, we get to meet a surviving Monuments Men.
It’s a new take on the war story, looking at the unlikely heroes, what went on outside of the front line, and commemorates the hard work and bravery of those real life Monuments Men that risked their lives to save the heritage of millions of people.
Check out these amazing The Monuments Men clips and featurettes, what do you think?