Title: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Original Title: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Year: 2016
Info
- Country: USA China
- Language: English
- Length: 113 Minutes (1 hour 53 min)
- Budget: $40,000,000
- Genre: Action Drama Sports
- Studios: Film4 TriStar Pictures
- Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: February 10 2017
- United States: November 11 2016
Plot
Ang Lee, an Oscar winner for 'Life of Pi' directs this war drama based on the novel by Ben Fountain. Billy Lynn is part of a military unit called Bravo squad, fighting in the Iraq war. One day, they return to the US for a "Victory Tour", a propaganda event prepared by the US government. Lynn will live new experiences and he falls in love with a cheerleader, and he won't want back to war. While returning home , the soldiers aren't relegated to their roles and after the anticipated event, they will have to return to the war and fight for their lives during the Iraq war.
A sample of how political decisions affect the lives of people, showing the stark reality of the soldiers who went to Iraq . The American people will discover is political hypocrisy that they will be expensive.
Cast
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Videos
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Photos
Trivia
The director's son
Ang Lee decided to have his son Mason in the film, giving him the role of soldier Foo, someone who accompanies Billy during the war scenes.
Hard life of actresses
Kristen Stewart wears extensions during all the shooting. She cames from doing Nia in 'Equals', and she still was not long enough for this role.
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'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' it's the first non-animated film of Steve Martin since 2011, where he did 'The Big Year'.
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