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Release year: 2016

Storyline

Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

Top credits

Directors

Todd Phillips

Writers

Cast

Jonah Hill — Efraim Diveroli
Miles Teller — David Packouz
Steve Lantz — Security Guard
Gregg Weiner — Massage Client

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Did you know

• The real David Packouz appears in the movie, singing "Don't Fear The Reaper" in the retirement home where Miles Teller tries to sell sheets.

• In this film, Efraim (Jonah Hill) becomes angry at an employee who criticizes the letters in the name AEY for not standing for anything. In real life, the initials do mean something. The company had at first been a shell company started by Efraim's father. The letters in the name are the initials of his children, Aaron, Avigail, Avrohom, Efraim, and Yeshaya.

• At the time that she got the role, Ana de Armas spoke little English; she simply learned all her lines phonetically. The makers got wind of this when a line in the script was changed, and she didn't know how to properly pronounce it, or have even a basic conversation. Her management immediately put her through English lessons. Afterwards, she said that she mastered the language in a very short time because her life depended on it.