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A Private War

  • 20182018
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  • 1h 50m
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Patrick Anderson and Rosamund Pike in A Private War (2018)
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One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to t... Read allOne of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
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    • Matthew Heineman
    • Arash Amel
    • Marie Brenner(based on the Vanity Fair article "Marie Colvin's Private War" by)
  • Stars
    • Rosamund Pike
    • Alexandra Moen
    • Tom Hollander
    • Matthew Heineman
    • Arash Amel
    • Marie Brenner(based on the Vanity Fair article "Marie Colvin's Private War" by)
  • Stars
    • Rosamund Pike
    • Alexandra Moen
    • Tom Hollander
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    • 146User reviews
    • 114Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
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    Rosamund Pike
    • Marie Colvin
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    Alexandra Moen
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    • Sean Ryan
    Faye Marsay
    Faye Marsay
    • Kate Richardson
    Jesuthasan Antonythasan
    Jesuthasan Antonythasan
    • Thamilselvan
    Raman Srinivasan
    • Tamil Group Leader
    Natasha Jayetileke
    Natasha Jayetileke
    • Sri Lankan Nurse
    Nikki Amuka-Bird
    Nikki Amuka-Bird
    • Rita Williams
    Amanda Drew
    Amanda Drew
    • Amy Bentham
    Hilton McRae
    • Adam Watkins
    Fady Elsayed
    Fady Elsayed
    • Mourad
    Tristan Tait
    Tristan Tait
    • US Public Affairs Officer
    Corey Johnson
    Corey Johnson
    • Norm Coburn
    Jamie Dornan
    Jamie Dornan
    • Paul Conroy
    Greg Wise
    Greg Wise
    • Professor David Irens
    Toma Shelmon
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    Nadeem Srouji
    Nadeem Srouji
    • Iraqi Militia Captain
    Jérémie Laheurte
    Jérémie Laheurte
    • Remi Ochlik
      • Matthew Heineman
      • Arash Amel
      • Marie Brenner(based on the Vanity Fair article "Marie Colvin's Private War" by)
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      In a piece for Harper's Bazaar dated 4 December 2018, war correspondent Janine di Giovanni, who knew Marie Colvin, writes critically of the film: "There were no good guys at the Sunday Times, where Colvin worked, who cared for her well-being. There were instead editors who wanted scoops at the expense of the safety of their reporters. Colvin had many friends in London, but none of them were similar to the Bridget Jones-style girlfriend character (portrayed by Nikki Amuka-Bird) in the film. Her last boyfriend was not a caring and loving Stanley Tucci but rather a man who gave her immense heartache and distress. There were no 'heads on sticks' in Bosnia, as the character meant to be Colvin's first husband, Patrick Bishop, says in one of the opening scenes (heads were on sticks in Chechnya). Colvin's second husband, Juan Carlos Gumucio, is erased from the script altogether, though he played an important role in her life." Although positive about Rosamund Pike's performance, she recommends that her readers watch the documentary Bearing Witness (2005) instead.
    • Goofs
      Colvin's smoking sometimes does not sync - holding, inhales, exhales.
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      Newspaper Editor: Why is it important, do you think, to see this images? Why is it important for you to be there? Right now you may be one of the only Western journalists in Homs. Our team has just left.

      Marie Colvin: For an audience for which any conflict is very far away, this is the reality. There are 28,000 civilians, men, women and children, a city of the cold and hungry, starving, defenseless. There are no telephones. The electricity has been cut off. Families are sharing what they have with relatives and neighbors. I have sat with literally hundreds of women with infant children who are trapped in these cold, brutal conditions, unable to feed their children anything other than sugar and water for weeks on end. That little boy was one of the two children who died today. It's what happens every day. The Syrian regime is claiming that they're not hitting civilians, that they're just going after terrorist gangs. But every civilian house has been hit. The top floor of the building I'm in has been totally destroyed. There are no military targets here. It is a complete and utter lie.

      Newspaper Editor: Well, thank you for using the word " lie ". I think a lot of people wanna thank you, because it's a word we don't often hear, it's not often used, but it is the truth in this case. The Syrian regime, their representatives, have continually lied. They've lied on this program to us directly. Marie, I mean, you have covered a lot of conflicts over a long time. How does this compare?

      Marie Colvin: This is the worst conflict I've ever seen. It's the worst because it was a peaceful uprising that was crushed by violence. President Assad is sitting in his palace in Damascus in panic, the entire security apparatus his father built crumbling around him, and he is responding in the only way he's been taught how. When he was a child, he watched his father crush oppositions by shelling the city of Hama into ruins and killing 10,000 innocent civilians. He watched, as we're watching, a dictator killing with impunity. And the words on everybody's lips here are, " Why have we been abandoned? ". " Why? ". I don't know why.

    • Crazy credits
      Images of Colvin's newspaper articles for the Sunday Times are shown behind the initial credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in CTV News at 11:30 Toronto: Episode dated 14 September 2018 (2018)
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      Danny Boy
      Written by Frederick Edward Weatherly

      Arranged & Performed by Nig Richards

    User reviews146

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    6/10
    Rosamund Pike delivers a fantastic performance
    A very different role for Rosamund Pike then Gone Girl or any other film she has made recently. She takes the care in embodiment of Marie Colven, trying to give her truth life. This is not an easy movie to watch, harsh scenes of war-torn countries and showing real people that have actually been effected by real tragedies. While watching I definitely felt that Matthew Heineman was trying to give the realest depiction of this story. I often felt a little underwelmed with the pacing of this movie, it flips back and forth to the past and present a little too much for me and not focusing long enough on either for the full character development. Rosamund Pike did give a great performance and Marie Colvin's story is worth watching.
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