- The Art of War (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Art of War
caption = Film poster for "The Art of War".
director = Christian Duguay
producer =Nicolas Clermont Ron Yuan
writer =Wayne Beach Simon Barry
starring =Wesley Snipes Anne Archer Maury Chaykin Marie Matiko Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa James Hong
withMichael Biehn
andDonald Sutherland
music =Normand Corbeil
cinematography =Pierre Gill
editing =Michel Arcand
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = USAAugust 23 ,2000
runtime = 117 mins.
country = CAN
USA
language = English
budget = $40,000,000 (estimated)
preceded_by =
followed_by = ""
website = http://ArtOfWarMovie.WarnerBros.com/
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0160009"The Art of War" is a 2000 joint Canadian-American
action film directed by Christian Duguay, and starringWesley Snipes ,Michael Biehn ,Anne Archer andDonald Sutherland . The title refers to the ancient Chinese text of the same name by war strategistSun Tzu , which has some bearing on the film's plot.The film was a followed by a
direct-to-video sequel , "", released in 2008, with Snipes returning in the lead role.Plot
Neil Shaw is an operative for the
United Nations ' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement with China and the U.S., Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on.Crew
*Directed by Christian Duguay
*Writing credits byWGA
*Wayne Beach (story)
*Wayne Beach (screenplay )
*Simon Barry (screenplay )Cast
*
Wesley Snipes playing "Neil Shaw"
*Donald Sutherland playing "Douglas Thomas"
*Anne Archer playing "Eleanor Hooks"
*Michael Biehn playing "Robert Bly"
*Maury Chaykin playing "Capella"
*Marie Matiko in the role of "Julia Fang"
*Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as "David Chan"
*James Hong as "Ambassador Wu"Jet Li was originally cast for the part played byWesley Snipes .equel
:"Main article: "
A straight-to-DVD sequel will come out in August of 2008. Wesley Snipes reprises his role as Neil Shaw and will also star
Athena Karkanis andLochlyn Munro . In the sequel, Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement as a Hollywood film consultant by the murder of his long-time martial arts mentor, "Mother."References
External links
*imdb title|id=0160009|title=The Art of War
* [http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-art-of-war-ii.html/ Information on the DVD sequel from DVD Active]Box Office Leaders USA
before = "Bring It On"
date = September 3
year = 2000
after = "The Watcher"
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