Nov 06, 2009

Getting his project cast and financed was not the hard part for Grant Heslov. His feature directing debut, "The Men Who Stare at Goats," starring George Clooney, opens Friday from Overture Films, Winchester Capital and BBC Films. Heslov, who produced "Goats" with Clooney, his partner in Smokehouse Pictures, and Paul Lister, read a ton of scripts. He knew he'd found the right one in "Goats," a dark comedy by Peter Straughan inspired by Jon Ronson's nonfiction bestseller about...More