The Notorious Mr. Bout

The Notorious Mr. Bout (2014)

Viktor Bout was a war profiteer, an entrepreneur, an aviation tycoon, an arms dealer, and—strangest of all—a documentary filmmaker. The Notorious Mr. Bout is the ultimate rags-to-riches-to-prison memoir, documented by the last man you'd expect to be holding the camera.

Date of release
2014-01-17
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Tony Gerber, Maxim Pozdorovkin

Interesting facts

The Notorious Mr. Bout is a 2014 documentary film directed by Tony Gerber and Maxim Pozdorovkin. The film focuses on the life of Viktor Bout, an international arms smuggler. It premiered on January 17, 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival. It was also screened at the 2014 True/False Film Festival.

Production

Pozdorovkin showed an early interest in Bout before officially deciding to create a documentary based upon his works. He chose to focus on Bout due to his own interest in the man as well as because Bout had filmed much of his daily activities.

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