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Synopsis: Two-time Academy Award® winner Ang Lee brings his extraordinary vision to Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, based on the widely-acclaimed, bestselling novel. The film is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (newcomer Joe Alwyn) who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, the film reveals what really happened to the squad - contrasting the realities of the war with America's perceptions. The film also stars Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, with Vin Diesel, and Steve Martin. Lee used new technology, shooting at an ultra-high frame rate for the first time in film history, to create an immersive digital experience helping him dramatize war in a way never seen before. Lee directed and produced the film, from a screenplay by Jean-Christophe Castell
Genre: Drama, War
Director(s): Ang Lee
Production: Sony Pictures
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
R
Year:
2016
113 min
$1,736,708
Website
678 Views


It's easier than cooking.

They don't really have those

over there, do they?

Yeah. And free extra cheese

with every medal, right, Billy?

Oh, Kathryn!

Everyone in town's

been asking about you.

It's like we're celebrities.

The neighbors all say how proud they

are of you and how grateful they are.

Billy, you're not on duty, you're home,

so go put your dogs up.

Yes, ma'am.

Come help me get the casserole dish down.

I'm makin' your favorite,

chicken tetrazzini.

Except I'm making it with turkey

instead of chicken

since you can't be here for Thanksgiving.

- I figure turkey's just as good, right?

- Turkey's just as good, Mom.

And I have stocked the fridge

full of Cokes, Dr Pepper,

sweet tea, all your favorites.

Or we could slip out the back

and have a beer.

Kathryn.

Kathryn!

Get in here and let your brother be!

Change, though.

You wear that to dinner

and I'm gonna wear my prom dress.

It's tempting.

Hey, you, little man. What's up?

You getting big and strong like your dad?

Where's Pete?

He's working a double shift.

He sends his regards.

Billy.

We've been praying for you, you know that?

We're all so proud of you.

Saw an opportunity and came here...

- Him, too.

- Overrunning the town and setting up

- headquarters at the police station.

- In his way.

Before dawn on Saturday,

Captain Brown's men,

together with Iraqi forces,

some wearing masks,

led an assault on the police station.

Dad.

After searching 24 hours,

the troops found nothing but a few guns.

Locals say the insurgents

had already moved on.

No drink on game day?

No. No, Dan, I'm excited, too.

Yes, I'm excited. Yes.

Talk to your client. I'll do my thing.

Okay. Thanks. Bye.

Hey, guys. Good news. Hey.

- We got interest...

- Hey, listen up.

Hey,

we got interest from a major star.

Matt Damon?

- No.

- DiCaprio.

- No.

- Matt Damon?

I just said, "Matt Damon".

Hey. Hey, this may not be a name

that comes readily to mind

to you guys, but hear me out.

- Hear me out.

- All right.

Hilary Swank.

- Whoa.

- What?

She won an Oscar playing a guy

in Boys Don't Cry.

Well, she played a girl

pretending to be a guy.

We know who she is. Who she is.

Why is she interested in us?

Because she wants to play him.

Oh, man!

I know this may not

be the ideal choice,

but let me tell you something,

if she gets attached,

other stars hear about it

and they star':
sniffing around,

and next thing you know, Mark Wahlberg.

- Dirk Diggler. Hell, yeah.

- Yeah.

So, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Is she playing him as a girl,

or as a girl playing a guy?

If Hilary Swank gets on board,

this movie gets made.

- Which means you guys get paid.

- Yeah, how much?

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Ben Fountain

Ben Fountain (born 1958) is an American fiction writer currently living in Dallas, Texas. He has won many awards including a PEN/Hemingway award for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (2007) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for his debut novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2012). more…

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