Talk:Lord of War

Lord of War "Book"?
Just want some clarification, was the movie based off a book or in some way influenced by any such book on global arms trade? --Azncutthroat117 (talk) 21:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Resources to use
Resources to use. — Erik (talk • contrib) 03:44, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * (Reviewed together with Stephen Gagan's SYRIANA)
 * (Director Andrew Niccol comments on exploring the political and social content of LORD OF WAR)
 * (An interview with Nic Cage primarily about his film LORD OF WAR, and other aspects of his career)
 * (Director Andrew Niccol comments on exploring the political and social content of LORD OF WAR)
 * (An interview with Nic Cage primarily about his film LORD OF WAR, and other aspects of his career)
 * (An interview with Nic Cage primarily about his film LORD OF WAR, and other aspects of his career)

Liberia or Libya
According to this article the Czech tanks were to be sold to Libya, not Liberia. 62.113.159.156 (talk) 00:07, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

German page better than this one
Normaly i read the english wikipedia cause i find more information, but this time i must admit that in the point "crtical reception" and "historical accuracy" you find loads more info. So if you understand german take a look at it. And no im not going to translate it, but if someone else is willing to he should ;-).

fixed the rifle name
under production it was marked that 3000 AK-47's where used but they where actually Sa vz 58's a cheaper copy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.220.206.218 (talk) 13:44, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Rifle rental
The director says in the nzherald article that they bought 3000 AK-47s, but http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Lord_of_war#SA_Vz.58_Assault_Rifle seems to contradict this. Is it possible they bought AK-47s to use in various scenes *and* rented SA vz.58's for the stockpile scene? Or did the director just get things mixed up when talking to the reporter? I don't have the DVD myself, so if someone could confirm and correct this (if necessary), that'd be wonderful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wascally wabbit (talk • contribs) 21:59, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Compared to Mogilevich
The following phrase is un sourced and highly controversial in itself: His background is loosely similar to Semion Mogilevich, a suspected master-mind in Russian organized crime who was born in Ukraine into a Jewish family.

Mogilevich was born and educated in socialist UkrSSR, and even gained significant criminal experience under that regime. How on Earth is it "similar" to exploits of an undereducated lawful-raised immigrant to US in his twonties? 95.133.79.166 (talk) 19:34, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

I guess it is just the "Ukrainian Jewish Family". But even in this Orlov's background would be different, as his family just pretended to be jewish to flee Soviet Union, while Mogilevich was indeed jewish. 189.119.69.197 (talk) 06:04, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Yuri's Rules
Yuri's list of gunrunning rules should be restored. 174.22.8.140 (talk) 23:56, 4 August 2012 (UTC)


 * seems reasonable to include. Although there is a note about removing unneccessary information. I'd be in favour of including.AnieHall (talk) 17:14, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

70.58.55.157 (talk) 22:30, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Orlov's Rules of Gunrunning
 * Never get shot with your own merchandise.
 * Always have a fool-proof way to get paid.
 * Never pick up a gun and join your customers.
 * Never go to war. Especially with yourself.

While There's War There's Hope
I deleted the following sentence from the introduction paragraph:

"The subjects reminds an Italian movie of 1974, While There's War There's Hope (original title: Finché c'è guerra c'è speranza) starring Alberto Sordi"

If there is a source for this as an influence, could be added to a new section other than the introduction... rewording first. Something like "The themes in this film are reminiscent of those in the Italian film, While There's Ware There's Hope, etc." But unless there is a source for the connection, it probably shouldn't be included.AnieHall (talk) 17:21, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

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Alternative ending
The ending of this film was edited for Chinese audiences, the film is substantially shorter and ends with a caption, saying the arms dealer confessed and went was sentenced to life in prison. Not sure if this is any more notable than when in the past films got savagely cut for release television or airlines or other situations, so I leave it up to other editors to decide if it is worth adding to the article. -- 109.76.203.98 (talk) 00:30, 25 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Amusing. We can't have anyone know that there is ugliness in the world, can we? But that kind of moral editing is not unique to China nor to this film (nor completely foreign to the US). 67.180.143.89 (talk) 18:17, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

As others have pointed out, the rifles were probably not Kalashnikovs
According to some, production used the visually similar SA vz.58 as a cheaper stand in for the AK47. I cannot currently provide a source for this. 192.77.12.11 (talk) 11:52, 18 September 2023 (UTC)