'Monuments Men' parts inspired by real people

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'Monuments Men' parts inspired by real people

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/39-monuments-men-39-parts-inspired-real-people-193540560.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9Bft5H88j_3K_shMEyARYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e42c9f531279eb054a0f6a7067004524.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 photo, from left, actor Bob Balaban, director, screenwriter and actor, George Clooney, actor John Goodman, actor Bill Murray, actress Cate Blanchett, actor Matt Damon and screenwriter Grant Heslov pose during a photocall for &quot;The Monuments Men&quot; at the Four Seasons Hotel, in Los Angeles. The World War II drama opens Friday, Feb 7, 2014. Based on a true story, the film is adapted from Robert Edsel's book, &quot;The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History.&quot; (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 photo, from left, actor Bob Balaban, director, screenwriter and actor, George Clooney, actor John Goodman, actor Bill Murray, actress Cate Blanchett, actor Matt Damon and screenwriter Grant Heslov pose during a photocall for &quot;The Monuments Men&quot; at the Four Seasons Hotel, in Los Angeles. The World War II drama opens Friday, Feb 7, 2014. Based on a true story, the film is adapted from Robert Edsel's book, &quot;The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History.&quot; (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>DALLAS (AP) â€" The characters in the new George Clooney film &quot;The Monuments Men&quot; were inspired by real people who worked to save cultural treasures across Europe during World War II. Filmmakers fictionalized some of the characters, but the Dallas-based Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, founded by Robert Edsel, who wrote the book the movie is based on, matched some of the cast with the real people they were based on.</p><br clear="all"/>

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