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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.
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.
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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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 ...
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 ...
Poignant, riotously funny, and exquisitely heartbreaking, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is a searing and powerful novel that has cemented Ben Fountain’s reputation as one of the finest writers of his generation.
Oct 27, 2016 · From Academy Award-Winning Director Ang Lee comes “An Evolutionary Leap in Cinema.” #BillyLynn in select theaters 11/11, everywhere 11/18 ...more.
A soldier whose unit gained acclaim for their fearless actions comes home on leave from Iraq and wrestles with the events that led to his recent fame. Watch trailers & learn more.
A young soldier hailed as a hero experiences a cavalcade of emotions and events on his last day home before returning back to the war in Iraq in 2005. 1,163 IMDb 6.2 1 h 52 min 2016. X-Ray HDR UHD R. Drama · Action · Atmospheric · Gentle. Available to rent or buy.
