The Tillman Story (2010)

Directed by

Amir Bar-Lev

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the death of Pat Tillman, a former NFL player who became an Army Ranger. It follows his family's investigation into the military's official story about how he was killed in Afghanistan.

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What happens

The Tillman Story is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Amir Bar-Lev and narrated by Josh Brolin. It is about the death of professional-football-player-turned-Army-Ranger Pat Tillman in the War in Afghanistan, the coverup of the circumstances of his death, and his family's struggle to unearth the truth. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and it was named the Best Documentary of 2010 by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association, and the Florida Film Critics Circle, as well as one of the Top Five Documentaries of the year by the National Board of Review. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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