Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Released
- 2016
- Country
- United Kingdom, China, United States, Taiwan
Details
Release year: 2016
Storyline
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Top credits
Joe Alwyn — Billy
Garrett Hedlund — Dime
Arturo Castro — Mango
Mason Lee — Foo
Did you know
• Steve Martin revealed in an interview that they were several weeks into the shoot before he realized that Joe Alwyn was actually English. Alwyn's American accent was so accurate that Martin didn't have a clue that he was from the UK.
• The first film to be shot using a 120 frame rate.
• The film's unconventional stereo 3D, 4K, 120fps shooting format generated a total of 540TB of video footage, and a final delivery file of 84TB.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $1,738,477
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $114,129 (2016-11-13)
User reviews
Ang Lee wrings some thought-provoking ideas and visual compulsion, but they are not enough to compete with its lack of emotional touch
This is a good movie
Technically ambitious and breathtaking, but lacking in substance
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
