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      • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a satirical war novel written by Ben Fountain, which was published in early May 2012 by Ecco Press, a publishing imprint of HarperCollins. The novel chronicles the experience of a group of Iraq War veterans who are hailed as heroes and sent on a victory tour following their engagement in an intense firefight that happened to be caught on camera.
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  2. en.wikipedia.org · wiki · Billy_Lynn's_Long_HalftimeBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film) - Wikipedia

    Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a 2016 war drama film directed by Ang Lee and written by Jean-Christophe Castelli, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Ben Fountain. The film stars Joe Alwyn , Garrett Hedlund , Kristen Stewart , Vin Diesel , Steve Martin , and Chris Tucker .

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  4. www.imdb.com · title · tt2513074Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) - IMDb

    Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. 19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

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    • Action, Drama, Sport
    • Ang Lee
    • 2016-11-18

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  6. en.wikipedia.org · wiki · Billy_Lynn's_Long_HalftimeBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk - Wikipedia

    A sharp satire, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is Fountain's first novel. It received highly positive reviews from critics and won several awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize.

    • Ben Fountain
    • 2012

  7. www.rogerebert.com · reviews · billy-lynns-longBilly Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk - Roger Ebert

    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 , is acclaimed a hero for an on-camera attempt to rescue a fellow soldier during a firefight. For most of the ...

  8. www.litcharts.com · lit · billy-lynn-s-long-halftimeBilly Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk Summary - LitCharts

    Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk Summary. Prior to the start of the novel, nineteen-year-old Billy Lynn, a soldier in the United States Army, was involved in a firefight on the banks of the Al-Ansakar Canal in Iraq. During the fight, Billy attempted to save his mentor, Shroom, but Shroom died at the hands of Iraqi insurgents anyway.

  9. www.rottentomatoes.com · m · billy_lynns_longBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk - Rotten Tomatoes

    Nineteen-year-old private Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn), 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.

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  10. www.imdb.com · title · tt2513074Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) - Plot - IMDb

    19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.