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Kim Baker
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Iain MacKelpie
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Ali Massoud Sadiq
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Fahim Ahmadzai
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| Billy Bob Thornton | ... |
General Hollanek
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Tall Brian
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| Stephen Peacocke | ... |
Nic
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| Sheila Vand | ... |
Shakira Khar
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| Evan Jonigkeit | ... |
Specialist Coughlin
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| Fahim Anwar | ... |
Jaweed
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| Josh Charles | ... |
Chris
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Geri Taub
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Ed Faber
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Tucker Wang
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A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.
This movie is totally worth a prime-time ticket and a big popcorn. Then get the DVD to show it to friends. No scenery/FX worth a BluRay.
Some folks question changing the excellent title of the book on which it is based to: WHISKEY, TANGO, FOXTROT. That phrase may not be as well known as what it translates to ("What The Fsck,") but wondering-then-figuring-it-out does get attention. The sales cycle Attention/Interest/Desire/Action is thus well served.
I suspect that "Foxtrot/Fsck" in a movie title with Margot Robbie's character admitting she knows she's a "15" in AfPak and then "usin' it" in the trailers, sets an expectation that we'll see at least as much of her as we did in say, "The Big Short" or "Wolf of Wallstreet" and that sells tickets. Ms. Robbie has a lot of well deserved "body confidence," which by itself did not sell me a ticket - but it didn't hurt either.
Co-Producer Fey wants to tell tickets, yes, but she has told us a story and she wants us to see it. A 5-star business decision, say I.
The movie shows what happens when you mix a stone-age culture with modern weapons from the POV of a New York Girl/Journalist. Neither book or movie have suggestions on what to do about AfPac. It does however help us understand what "The Graveyard of Empires" is all about.