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Lions for Lambs

If you don't STAND for something, you might FALL for anything.

Rating 6.0 / 10Release October 22, 2007Runtime 92 min

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

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