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Tears of the Sun
Theatrical release poster
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
Columbia Pictures Revolution Studios Cheyenne Enterprises
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date
March 7, 2003 (2003-03-07)
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 action thriller film[4] depicting 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. The film was directed by Antoine Fuqua.
Willis produced Tears of the Sun through Cheyenne Enterprises, his production company.
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^Chester, Robert K (2013-08-01). "Crusading in Africa: Religion, Race, and Post-9/11 Intervention in Antoine Fuqua's Tears of the Sun (2003)". War & Society. 32 (2): 138–155. doi:10.1179/0729247313Z.00000000021. ISSN 0729-2473. S2CID 162492334.
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