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Tears of the Sun | |
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Directed by | Antoine Fuqua |
Written by | Alex Lasker Patrick Cirillo |
Produced by | Ian Bryce Mike Lobell Arnold Rifkin |
Starring | Bruce Willis Monica Bellucci Cole Hauser Tom Skerritt |
Cinematography | Mauro Fiore |
Edited by | Conrad Buff |
Music by | Hans Zimmer |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $100.5 million[1] |
Box office | $86.5 million[2][3] |
Tears of the Sun is a 2003 American war action thriller drama film[4] directed by Antoine Fuqua. It depicts a fictitious U.S. Navy SEAL team rescue mission amidst the 21st-century version of the civil war in Nigeria.[5][6] Lieutenant A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) commands the team sent to rescue U.S. citizen Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks (Monica Bellucci) before the approaching rebels reach her jungle hospital.
Willis produced Tears of the Sun through Cheyenne Enterprises, his production company.