Billy Lynn's Crazy Heroes Tour (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Billy Lynn's crazy hero tour |
| Original title | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk |
| Country of production | United States , United Kingdom , People's Republic of China |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ang Lee |
| script | Jean-Christophe Castelli |
| production | Ang Lee, Marc Platt , Stephen Cornwell , Rhodri Thomas |
| music |
Jeff Danna , Mychael Danna |
| camera | John great |
| cut | Tim Squyres |
| occupation | |
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The Crazy Heroes Tour of Billy Lynn (Original Title: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk ) is an American-British-Chinese drama film directed by Ang Lee from 2016 . The film is based on the Ben Fountain novel of the same name and stars Kristen Stewart , Chris Tucker , Garrett Hedlund , Vin Diesel , Steve Martin and Joe Alwyn . The plot revolves around a soldier in the Iraq war who is unintentionally celebrated as a hero after his return.
The film premiered on October 14, 2016 at the 54th New York Film Festival . It was released in German cinemas on February 2, 2017.
action
The 19-year-old soldier Billy Lynn and his comrades are returning to the United States highly decorated as veterans after their service in the Iraq war , where they survived a fierce firefight . There they are sent on a nationwide victory tour across the country that includes parades and other festivities where they are celebrated as national heroes. The main set of the film is the participation of the combat unit in an elaborately staged football halftime show. During the preparation up to the climax of the show, Billy Lynn regularly relived memories of the outreach and the meeting with his family after his return. His sister Kathryn plays a special role here, as she wants to prevent her brother from returning to war. During the climax of the show, the viewer learns all of the events of the operation that turned Billy and his comrades into war heroes and in which they lost a sergeant. After the football game, Billy decides, contrary to his sister's wishes, to go to war with his comrades again.
production
Once known for his work on the film Slumdog Millionaire Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy , along with Jean-Christophe Castelli 's novel The crazy heroes tour of Billy Lynn of Ben Fountain in 2014 into a screenplay was adapted the director was Ang Lee very interested . He eventually took over the project as a director and shortly thereafter cast newcomer Joe Alwyn as the title character Billy Lynn .
Billy Lynn's crazy hero tour was filmed in Locust Grove and Atlanta in the US state of Georgia from April 2015 . Additional scenes were recorded in Morocco .
The score was composed by Jeff and Mychael Danna . The soundtrack for the film was released on November 11, 2016.
The film had a budget of 48 million US dollars and celebrated on 14 October 2016 under the 54th New York Film Festival made its debut. The theatrical release in Germany took place on February 2, 2017. In China, the film is one of the 38 foreign productions that were allowed to be shown there in 2016 according to a quota.
technology
Billy Lynn's crazy hero tour is the first feature film that was not only shot in Ultra HD resolution and 3D , but also at an extremely high frame rate of 120 frames / second instead of the usual 24. Ang Lee and cameraman John Toll used two Sony CineAlta F65 4K cameras and a STEREOTEC Light Weight Rig. Lee has announced that he will use this technique in his next film.
reception
Age rating
The film is rated 12th grade in Germany . The statement of reasons for the release states: “The film empathically portrays and differentiates the conscience of its protagonist with the help of long dialogue scenes, reflections and flashbacks. It is mostly told calmly, but also contains some dramatic depictions of war, which children under the age of 12 can overly stress. "
Reviews
The film has so far won over 45 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics (out of a total of 107 critics).
Owen Gleiberman of Variety says the film is not only a technical point of an experiment, but also tell a very original, insightful and compelling story, with a strength of the film is how it combined these two things together.
Andreas Busche from the Tagesspiegel calls the film a bitter comment on America's aspirations for great power and explains that its virtuosity occasionally makes one forget that Ben Fountain 's 2012 novel was designed as a satire on America's self-image. Ang Lee takes this ironic stance more formally, says Busche, but the fast-paced dialogues and the frenetic mobility still reminded us that there is a discrepancy between the spoken word and the staging in the film.
Fabian Tietke from the taz is impressed with how the film manages to translate the individual psychological drama into general terms using American archetypes. Thomas Willmann from artechock complains that the sophisticated technology of the film has remained invisible in German cinemas because the film shot in 3D and high frame rate is only shown in 2D with normal frame rate in Germany.
Awards
Ang Lee received the "John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing" at the BAFTA Los Angeles 2016 Britannia Awards. Mychael Danna was named "Composer of the Year" for the film song For Storks at the Hollywood Film Awards 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for Billy Lynn's crazy hero tour . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 165632 / K).
- ^ "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk": Ang Lee for directing the bestseller adaptation in conversation on filmstarts.de, accessed on September 28, 2016.
- ↑ Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. In: soundtrack.net. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ↑ Alan Evans: China's limit on imported films relaxed amid box office downturn In: The Guardian, November 1, 2016.
- ^ Fergus Ryan: China Exceeds Quota on Hollywood Films amid Box-Office Slowdown. In: chinafilminsider.com. October 24, 2016.
- ↑ Billy Lynn's Crazy Heroes Tour , accessed February 24, 2017.
- ^ Ruodlieb Neubauer: Professional Production - Technology and Media Realization in Film and Video | The crazy hero tour. March 8, 2017, accessed June 29, 2017 (German).
- ↑ 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk': How Ang Lee and Cinematographer John Toll Changed the Way We Look at Movies. In: indiewire.com. Accessed February 24, 2017.
- ^ Reasons for the release of the crazy hero tour of Billy Lynn In: Voluntary self-control of the film industry. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ↑ Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ Owen Gleiberman: New York Film Review: 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk'. In: Variety . October 14, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Andreas Busche: The war at home. In: Der Tagesspiegel. 2nd February 2017.
- ↑ The trauma at halftime. In: The daily newspaper. 1st February 2017.
- ↑ The crazy hero tour of Billy Lynn- In: artechock.de. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ Gregg Kilday: Ang Lee to Be Honored at 2016 Britannia Awards. In: The Hollywood Reporter . April 5, 2016 (English).