Is Henry from War Dogs real?

Is Henry from War Dogs real?

Is Bradley Cooper’s character, Henry Girard, based on a real person? Yes. The movie’s Henry Girard character was inspired by Heinrich “Henri” Thomet, a well-connected Swiss arms dealer and one of the founders of Brügger & Thomet AG, a Swiss defense supplier.

Is the end of War Dogs true?

War Dogs is based on a true story, and the real David Packouz has a brief cameo in the film. Phillips and his co-writers Stephen Chin and Jason Smilovic based their screenplay on the Rolling Stone article “Arms and the Dudes” by Guy Lawson.

Who were the real life War Dogs?

Warner Bros released War Dogs in 2016, and the focus of War Dogs’ true story, real guys Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, are two best friends that landed a colossal arms deal with the Pentagon.

Did War Dogs go to jail?

Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. Diveroli was sentenced to four years in federal prison. He is a central subject of the Todd Phillips dramedy film War Dogs, released in 2016, as well as a memoir written in conjunction with convicted fraudster Matthew Cox and published in 2016.