Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)

Directed by

Ang Lee

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 640 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young soldier returns from Iraq and is celebrated as a hero. He attends a football game halftime show with his squad, where he reflects on his war experiences and the gap between public perception and his reality.

intimateintrospectivepoignantslow-pacedvisually distinctmelancholicatmosphericgrounded

What happens

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. Principal photography began in April 2015 in Georgia. The film is a co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. The film had its world premiere at the 54th New York Film Festival on October 14, 2016, and was theatrically released in North America on November 11, 2016, by Sony Pictures Releasing. It had high production costs associated with being the first-ever feature film using an extra-high frame rate of 120 frames per second, further complicated by the 3D format, at 4K UHD resolution. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $31 million worldwide against its $40 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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