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Nov 18, 2016 · A film adaptation of Ben Fountain's novel about a young soldier's experience of war and fame. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks, and more.
- Ang Lee
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- 2 min
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 .
- Jean-Christophe Castelli
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
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
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May 1, 2012 · A satirical novel by Ben Fountain about the war in Iraq and the media-intensive "Victory Tour" of the Bravo Squad. Read ratings, reviews, quotes, and discussions from the Goodreads community.
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.
