Back Tears of the Sun AN Плачът на слънцето Bulgarian Llàgrimes del sol Catalan Slzy slunce Czech Tears of The Sun CY Tränen der Sonne German Lágrimas del sol Spanish Tears of the Sun EU اشکهای خورشید FA Tears of the Sun Finnish
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| Tears of the Sun | |
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 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 | |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Release date |
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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 action thriller 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. While filming a jungle scene with heavy explosives and gunfire simulators, Willis was struck in the head and remained unconscious for several minutes, leading to the conclusion that this may have been the incident that led to his aphasia[citation needed].
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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.