VIDEO: George Clooney Talks MONUMENTS MEN & More on 'Letterman'

George Clooney stopped by last night's Late Show with David Letterman on CBS and spoke about what it was like to direct his own father in his new film 'Monuments Men.' Later, the actor talked about his good friend and co-star in the film, actor Bill Murray.

Check out clips from the appearance below!

The Monuments Men stars Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and John Goodman.

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men focuses on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements.

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