The Tillman Story (2010)

Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military wasn't done for any reason other than he felt it was the ... See full summary »

Director:

Amir Bar-Lev

Writers:

Amir Bar-Lev, Mark Monroe

Stars:

Josh Brolin, Pat Tillman, Mary Tillman

4 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Josh Brolin	...	Narrator (voice)
Pat Tillman	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mary Tillman	...	Herself (as Mary 'Dannie' Tillman)
Russell Baer	...	Himself
Patrick Tillman Sr.	...	Himself
Philip Kensinger	...	Himself
Stan Goff	...	Himself
Jason Parsons	...	Himself
Bryan O'Neal	...	Himself
Marie Tillman	...	Herself
Richard Tillman	...	Himself
Kevin Tillman	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
Donald Rumsfeld	...	Himself (archive footage)

Storyline

Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military wasn't done for any reason other than he felt it was the right thing to do. The fact that the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool is unfathomable and thoroughly explored in Amir Bar-Lev's riveting and enraging documentary.

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Plot Keywords:

military | death | propaganda | false report | censor | 

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Taglines:

a mystery. a cover up. a crime. one family will risk everything for the truth.

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | Mystery | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 January 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

I'm Pat ___Tillman

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$52,185 (USA) (20 August 2010)

Gross:

$798,940 (USA) (3 December 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Diamond Docs, A&E IndieFilms, Axis Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the closing credits, it is stated that Pat Tillman's mother, Dannie, "now arranges funerals at a Catholic cemetary." The correct spelling is cemetery.

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Quotes

Mary Tillman: He was a human being. And by putting this kind of heroic, saintly quality on him, you're taking away the struggle of being a human being.

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Connections

Referenced in Maltin on Movies: Unknown & Cedar Rapids (2011)

User Reviews

Not surprised

I have to admit that I thought Pat was going to be that jock that I've grown up to despise. The meat head, all muscle and loud but of course thats not what he was and when you are introduced to his family in this film you see he is from the best stock.

Someone earlier in one of the reviews said the family where what real American families where all about and this resonated with me. I grew up in Dublin and was brought up to believe the Americans were the good guys and you know what I thought they where too. Unfortunately over the last number of years, preceding the war in Iraq and most probably starting with Vietnam I've started to have my doubts about the direction this once cherished country of mine was taking, I started to see through its lies and listen to the tiny minority of people who where being drowned out by the media and the politicians and the Army. The Tillmans are just another causality in this long list of brave people standing up for what they believe is right and what happened with their son as being wrong.

This is another story that all Americans and people from other countries should be made watch. This is the truth trickling out from behind the bull that we are fed through our TVs by a complicit media. There is something seriously rotten at the core of Western Govts and the more people that are aware of this the quicker we can deal it.