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Nov 8, 2016 · Yet Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is actually a work of fiction, and there is no real Billy Lynn. However, the story it tells, of the difficulties of returning from war and...
Nov 18, 2016 · A ng Lee’s new movie Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is based on a true story — even though, officially, it is adapted from a best-selling novel by Ben Fountain.
May 1, 2012 · Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk is a razor-sharp satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq. It explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Ben Fountain’s remarkable debut novel follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory ...
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Nov 11, 2016 · Transpiring in 2004, the story (scripted by Jean-Christophe Castelli from Ben Fountain ’s novel) follows the members of Bravo Squad, American soldiers from the Iraq War sent on a publicity tour after one of their number, Billy Lynn ( Joe Alwyn ), is acclaimed a hero for an on-camera attempt to rescue a fellow soldier during a firefight.
Nov 10, 2016 · “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for bloody combat, profanity and sexual longing. Running time: 1 hour 52 minutes.
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Nov 16, 2016 · Ben Fountain’s novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is an outcry against the gulf that exists between the military and civilians, and the effect of that divide on the complex fabric of American society.
Nov 18, 2016 · When journalist Sebastian Junger returned to New York after surviving a rocket attack in Afghanistan, suddenly the world he knew felt strange. “I couldn’t quite explain what was wrong,” he ...
