Hall told people while promoting the film last month. American sniper is a wellshot dramaaction film of 2015. Kyles tours of duty are fourfold, but we dont get the sense of stages of the war, of time passing, in the way you can by reading george packers the assassins. Century 14 downtown walnut creek and xd movie times. The director, who has seemed distracted if not downright. But there was much more to him than his skill as a sharpshooter.
Full of complexity and ambivalence, american sniper shows the cost of war the film about a navy seal whose service in iraq made him a mythic figure has become a cultural lightning rod. An electrifying thrill ride unfolding with propulsive energy, startling twists and breathtaking action, anna introduces sasha luss in the title role with a starstudded cast including academy award winner helen mirren, cillian. Put your movie knowledge to the test with the american sniper film trivia get the latest movie times, trailers and celebrity interviews. The film follows the life of kyle, who became the deadliest marksman in u. An egyptian director says he hated clint eastwoods blockbuster american sniper and its portrayal of the villain mustafa so much, he is making his own movie to lobby against it. After just a handful of sometimes rowdy screenings, the film has. The film began its wide debut across north american theaters on january 16, 2015. As a young boy in texas, chris, his father, brother, and mother go. American sniper on dvd may 19, 2015 starring bradley cooper, luke grimes, sienna miller, kyle gallner. Sniper is based on a true story that got more complicated after kyle himself told it in the book that gives the film its title.
American sniper 2015 seattle movie times the stranger. The rest of the film, though, was made in california. The film features adolphe menjou, arthur franz, gerald mohr and marie windsor. The firefight and rescue happened in sadr city, but kyle didnt shoot that opposing sniper, another american sniper shot. Century 14 walnut creek and xd movie times, theaters. Bradley coopers physical transformation into american snipers chris kyleswollen up like a parade balloon with a bushy beard and a thick backcountry texas accentrepresents a. Rancho del rey stadium 16 1025 tierra del rey, chula vista, ca, 91910 619 2167601. Watch legend of the american sniper full movie free online.
View the latest century 14 walnut creek and xd movie times, box office information, and purchase tickets online. Kyle did make a shot of over 6,000 feet, but that was in ramadi, not sadr city. This gritty true story focuses on the value of snipers during wartime, who fearlessly hunt their enemy with a rifle, their weapon of choice. Unofficial page of american sniper only for fun, enjoy. Theater in california century walnut creek 14 and xd cinemark. That changed when world events like the 1998 attacks on u. With bradley cooper, sienna miller, kyle gallner, cole konis. Daniel freeman regional medical center 333 north prairie avenue, inglewood, california, usa. See more ideas about chris kyle, american and navy seals. This article is more than 5 years old bigscreen adaptation of former navy seals bestselling memoir has exceeded boxoffice. Eventful movies is your source for uptodate century pleasant hill and xd showtimes, tickets and theater information. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, chris finds that it is the war he cant leave behind. Everything you need to know about american sniper movie 2014.
Showtimes and tickets for san bruno, ca 94066 moviefone. The firefight and rescue happened in sadr city, but kyle didnt shoot that opposing sniper, another american sniper shot that guy. The acting drops away from bradley coopers performance as deadliest american sniper chris kyle. Upgrade your movie with luxury loungers and cinemark xd. Eventful movies is your source for uptodate century 14 walnut creek and xd showtimes, tickets and theater information. View the latest century pleasant hill and xd movie times, box office information, and purchase tickets online. American sniper is up for six oscars, including best actor for cooper and best picture. Navy seal chris kyle bradley cooper takes his sole mission protect his comrades to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in. It is loosely based on the 2012 memoir american sniper.
Adapted from that book by actorturnedscreenwriter jason dean hall, the story begins, after its iraqset prologue, showing kyle as first a boy and then a young man. Lets just put it this way, i already have plans to see it again as soon as i can. In an effort to enhance the safety and security of. American sniper a superb performance by bradley cooper anchors clint eastwoods harrowing and thoughtful dramatization of the life of navy seal chris kyle.
The same kind of controversy has been brewing around american sniper, with some viewers seeing it as a blinkered glorification of an unjust war and others admiring how eastwood and. When american sniper is on the battlefield, it is at its best. Military history, did indeed spend 20 weeks on the new york times bestseller list in 2012 thanks in part to. However, it has too much intense, extreme content for mediawise viewers, despite its definite patriotic, emotional appeal. Flags of our fathers, letters from iwo jima and now american sniper combine a lean, unfussy approach to combat action sequences with a glimpse into the. Clint eastwood directed american sniper, a film depicting kyles life. Pagina non ufficiale di american sniper solo per divertimento. A schoolyard bullying incident compels kyles father ben reed to give a scary. American sniper is an extremely well made, powerful, tragic movie. American sniper, a clint eastwood film with bradley cooper bradley cooper stars in clint eastwoods new drama about vengeance and justice told through the exploits of a navy seal. The constant back and forth with his wife, the costar in this movie, drags this production down to the mediocre level. From director clint eastwood comes american sniper, starring bradley cooper as chris kyle, whose skills as a sniper made him a hero on the battlefield. American sniper purports to be a movie about one man. Military history 2012 by chris kyle, with scott mcewen and jim defelice.
American sniper is a 2014 american biographical war drama film directed by clint eastwood. The movie is being filmed near commercial avenue and fourth street this week. American sniper is a 2014 film, directed by the famous clint eastwood. Eastwood has a keen sense of pacing for those moments, bringing an intensity that is as great as any film in the genre. The punisher 2004 was released in april, around the same time when u. Cooper bulked up, kept a pinch between his lower lip and his lower jaw and became a man of few drawled words, the perfect clint eastwood hero in eastwoods film american sniper. Full of complexity and ambivalence, american sniper. The true story of the man at the center of clint eastwoods recent biopic, american sniper, doesnt have a happy ending. American sniper misfires in iraq the washington post. The movie has already been nominated for six academy awards. The movie shows chris kyle sniping a former olympic medal winning sniper in sadr city from a distance of over a mile, followed by a firefight.
American sniper is a dishonest whitewash of the iraq war vox. American sniper exemplifies a new kind of war film. Clint eastwood cut american snipers final scene after. A good film about a soldier and the psychological effects of war. Actor bradley cooper starred in 2014s american sniper by director clint eastwood. I am a veteran myself and have a lot of veteran friends here in the portland area. Heres why american sniper doesnt show chris kyles death.
In clint eastwoods film american sniper, the central character, chris kyle bradley cooper, struggles to find a balance between his family life and his military career. Baghdad it is not only in america that clint eastwoods iraq war blockbuster american sniper is proving controversial. The really sad reason why american snipers original. Clint eastwood in american sniper 2014 bradley cooper at an event for american. Sign up for eventful s the reel buzz newsletter to get upcoming movie theater information and movie times delivered right to your inbox. American sniper is a 2014 american biographical war drama film directed by clint eastwood and written by jason hall.
But its also a story about the iraq war one that profoundly distorts what the war was about and how it was fought. The film documents kyles life as a soldier, including the traumatic events that take place even after his service is done. The sniper is a 1952 american film noir, directed by edward dmytryk, written by harry brown and based on a story by edna and edward anhalt. Sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are. The pier and bar scenes were filmed in seal beach, california. Beneath anna poliatovas striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the worlds most feared government assassins. Navy seal chris kyle is sent to iraq with only one mission.
American sniper follows the career of navy seal chris kyle who had 150. American sniper is a war film that focuses on the life of chris kyle, a sniper famous for his tenure as a soldier in iraq. The plot to american sniper is a man named chris kyle portrayed by bradley cooper is sent out as a sniper to fight in the iraq war. American sniper 2015 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. In the new film american sniper, navy seal chris kyle, played by bradley cooper, walks with his future wife taya down a pier, the big teddy bear hes just won for her at a shoot. While i personally never went through anything like chris kyle went through, i have my battles with ptsd and other military related things. Theater in california century walnut creek 14 and xd.
1053 1230 482 943 955 785 148 828 67 1402 319 383 1107 993 624 301 1502 568 773 1529 542 145 357 141 1106 503 550 213 1189 1445 1327 1451 1241 175 420 218 887 946 1020 379