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The Monuments Men join Obama for movie night

Written by . Published: February 19 2014

U.S. leader President Barack Obama had The Monuments Men over for dinner at the White House on Tuesday (18Feb14).


George Clooney, Matt Damon and Bill Murray were in attendance for the big screening of the movie, based on the heroics of the real-life art experts who helped steal back paintings and sculptures from the Nazis at the end of World War Two.


One of the actual Monuments Men, Harry Ettlinger, and Robert Edsel, whose book inspired the movie, also attended the presidential movie night.

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