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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 .
Nov 18, 2016 · Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: Directed by Ang Lee. With Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee. 19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle.
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- Action, Drama, Sport
- Ang Lee
- 2016-11-18
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...
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- Ang Lee
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- Joe Alwyn
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.
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
The story is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing battle in Iraq and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour.
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Nov 11, 2016 · Based on the widely-acclaimed, bestselling novel, the film is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (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.