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Billy Lynn's long halftime walk, director, Ang Lee

Label
Billy Lynn's long halftime walk, director, Ang Lee
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, some war violence, sexual content, and brief drug use
Main title
Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
Oclc number
967594008
Responsibility statement
director, Ang Lee
Runtime
113
Summary
Based on the best selling novel, the film is told from the point of view of nineteen-year-old private Billy Lynn 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. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, the film reveals what really happened to the squad, contrasting the realities of the war with America's perceptions
Technique
live action
Classification
resource.filmdirector
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