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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
685 Views


Well, if we get a major star

and I'm just guessing,

so don't hold me to it,

maybe 100 grand each.

F*** you. We could make that much?

Means I got a lot of work getting it made,

and then everybody get paid,

but a lot of things got to happen.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Boys!

Hundred grand's a lot of money.

Sensible ideas on how to spend it?

I don't know. Probably help pay

down my sister's medical bills.

Oh, yeah. Word up, yo.

That's true. Family comes first, man.

Like I told my moms,

I'm gonna buy her a new car.

- Oh, f*** family.

- Yeah.

I'm getting myself

a top-of-the-line Sauer 202,

couple of vintage fly rods,

spend the next three years up in Montana

just huntin' and fishin'.

Hey, what the f***, Sykes!

- Get him down now.

- Sit down, boy! Park that...

Hey, hey, hey,

everything okay back there?

- Uh, it's all good, man.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, we're good.

- Hey, Josh. Nice hair.

Yeah, man, you're looking

all spiffy and crewed up.

Who's your stylist, Papi?

Hey, Josh, what can you tell us

about the halftime, bro?

Yeah, when can I get

my lap dance from Beyonc?

- Sykes, shut!

- Hey, Josh,

- do you know Norm, like, personally?

- You're full of sh*t, yo.

For God's sake. I'm just

trying to find out,

Josh, what's expected of us, bro.

Okay, well, there's no details yet,

but knowing Mr. Oglesby,

it's sure to be a real extravaganza.

Does this Hummer come with Advil?

Oh, no, I don't think so. I'm sorry. But...

But I'll be sure you get some

when we arrive, okay?

A musical?

Are you shittin' me? Larry...

Billy, what if you don't go back?

There are a ton of ways

you could get shipped home.

Or at least out of active duty.

I mean, you're a decorated hero, Billy.

You've done your part.

About more

than just blowing sh*t up.

Larry, Larry, my boys ship out in two days,

and access becomes

extremely problematic after that,

unless your lawyers

want to parachute into a war zone.

Well, come on, let's get this sh*t done.

Sarge, you want to stop here?

Are you trying to put me in shame?

I said slow

Don't go fast

Don't you think that love can last?

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

Good.

Let me guess. Just fell off a truck?

Says a boy brought it,

but doesn't know from where.

Mister! Mister!

Hello, my friend. You want big movie?

Which one you got here?

You want big movie? Mister!

Mister! Hello!

Hey, Crack,

they got Finding Nemo.

- I love this sh*t.

- Finding Nemo.

- How much?

- Sykes!

Aren't you a little old for that, soldier?

No, Sarge, it's for, uh...

It's for my daughter.

Life during wartime.

Okay, guys,

these are your seats right here.

Got you the best row in the house.

This is Mr. Oglesby's reserved section.

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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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