Runaway is a 1984 American science fiction action film written and directed by Michael Crichton, starring Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Cynthia Rhodes and Kirstie Alley. "[92] Keith Phipps of The Dissolve wrote that the film, while well made, missed a chance to explore the toll that such service exacts on soldiers. says that despite being "decent" at Dedication I dedicate this book to my wife, Taya, and my kids for sticking it out with me. The way the content is organized, A SEAL who serves in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and one of, Saudi Arabian terrorist and leader of the terrorist group al-Qaeda, Bin Laden was critical in the planning and execution of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. To accommodate the mourners, Kyles funeral was held inside the Dallas Cowboys football stadium, where the veterans flag-draped coffin rested on the 50-yard line. [25], On March 14, 2014, Sienna Miller joined the cast. He is sent to Iraq after the September 11 attacks. The actual number could be almost double. [23] On August 5, 2013, Spielberg dropped out of directing. [57][58][59] In its traditional three-day opening the film earned $89.2 million which was double than expected and broke the record for the largest January opening (previously held by Ride Along)[60] and the largest winter opening,[61] which is also Eastwood's top opening as a director (breaking Gran Torino's opening). But he discovered a new call to duty by helping ailing veterans suffering from the physical and psychological scars of war. If people get the hardships, that's enough. Insurgents who once carried guns now toted rocket-propelled grenades. Kyle hesitated as the Marines continued to march closer. . American Sniper is built on this foundation of uncommon compassion. 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James D. Dever USMS retired), military technical advisor (as Matthew Morgan), technical advisor: military (as GySgt Quay Terry USMCR), representative: American Humane Association, assistant production office coordinator (as Michelle Chan). Complicating matters, the trial is playing out at the same time that "American Sniper," an Oscar-nominated film about Kyle's life, has become a runaway blockbuster. He has to prove the defendant made those statements with actual malicethat is, knowledge that they were false or with reckless disregard for their falsity. Yes. At the 87th Academy Awards, American Sniper received six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Cooper, ultimately winning one award for Best Sound Editing.[7]. Chris Kyle, the sniper, begins to experience PTSD when he is forced to kill a little boy or let the little boy kill his soldiers. [24] On August 21, 2013, it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film. SEAL sniper Chris Kyle is dropping Iraqi bodies left and right. On February 2, 2013, he invited Eddie Ray Routh, a 25-year-old Marine veteran who had served in Iraq and Haiti, to a shooting range in Glen Rose, Texas. earning him the nickname "Legend." Nonetheless, in a radio interview following the books release, Kyle admitted that Scruff Face was Ventura, and he repeated the claim soon after on The OReilly Factor. His bestselling autobiography, American Sniper a story . -National Review Online "You pursue a lawsuit for the truth. ), It gets worse for HarperCollins. [116] He stated: "One of my favorite war movies that I've been involved with is Letters from Iwo Jima and that was about family, about being taken away from life, being sent someplace. Former pro wrestler and Minnesota Gov. The relationship between Chris Kyle and Taya (Sienna Miller) is a huge part of American Sniper, so it's unsurprising to learn that it's based on actual events. The movie raises the bounty on Kyle's head to a fictional $180,000. I had the time of my life being a SEAL. Kyle squeezed the trigger twice. [108] Inkoo Kang of TheWrap gave the film a negative review, saying "Director Clint Eastwood's focus on Kyle is so tight that no other character, including wife Taya (Sienna Miller), comes through as a person, and the scope so narrow that the film engages only superficially with the many moral issues surrounding the Iraq War. After serving in a number of classified missions, Kyle was deployed with members of platoon Charlie of SEAL Team 3 to fight in the Iraq War. He found himself on a life-flight helicopter and ended up with pins in his wrists, broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and a bruised kidney and lung. Both American Sniper the book and American Sniper the movie tell the story of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and his storied military career but each offers quite a different portrait of the man. After that, Kyle gradually begins to adjust to home life. snipers. 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O'Connell, James Ashwell, Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar, Robert Lorenz, Peter Morgan, Best of 2014 (listed alphabetically, not ranked), This page was last edited on 16 January 2023, at 17:06. A similar moment is depicted in the movie when the convoy is attacked and Chris (Bradley Cooper) drops the phone while his wife Taya (Sienna Miller) is on the other end. On May 24, 2012, it was announced that Warner Bros. (WB) had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation. Chris's life was inspiring, and I think that the movie is one more way for him to serve" (American Sniper Featurette). killing, he does not need to do it to And though Kyle claimed Ventura appeared at a SEAL graduation afterward with a black eyewhere everybody was laughing and asking Who beat the shit out of him?HarperCollins never asked a member of the graduating class whether they saw Venturas injury. Jesse Ventura in a bar altercation in -NBC News In essence, there is no such thing as a soldier being "awarded" a confirmed kill, at least in any official capacity. We only index and link to content provided on other servers. "[98] James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "American Sniper lifts director Clint Eastwood out of the doldrums that have plagued his last few films. This was also around the time he made an extremely long shot (though not his longest) at approximately 1,600 yards (just under a mile), which he believes might have also contributed to his new nickname. According to Kyle, the officers ran his driver's license and instead of the normal information coming up (name, address, birth date), a phone number for the Department of Defense came up. While Chris was partaking in four combat tours, his wife Taya was struggling to raise their two children on her own. This blog does not store any files on its server. She might take that number right now.". It earned a total of $3.4 million from limited release in three weekends. "bad-mouthing the war, bad-mouthing Bush, -D Magazine, No. [33] The film is Eastwood's second to be shot digitally, after Jersey Boys. The police made the call, reviewed the surveillance footage, and Kyle was let go.The problem with his story is that no surveillance footage was ever made public and the officers who were supposedly there never came forward to back up the story. "It was my longest confirmed kill in Iraq," writes Chris, "even longer than that shot in Fallujah. American Sniper should be judged and criticized according to that experience, not upon vague suspicions of some hidden conservative plot. American Sniper shot to the top of Amazons best-seller list, becoming a smash hit for its publisher, HarperCollins, selling more than 1.5 million copies by July of 2014. One of his biggest films directing was American Sniper, which grossed over $547 million globally. In the United States, defamation cases are extremely difficult to win, thanks to the First Amendment. to make a 2,100 yard shot in combat. On May 2, 2013, it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct. The U.S. Navy SEAL is his head and the heads of his fellow Chris Kyle. She knew I was a warrior. [123] When discussing the film's prospects for winning an Academy Award, Fandango critic Dave Karger said, "The reason why American Sniper is not going to win is because of the plastic baby. The movie shows The Butcher character imploring Abu Deraa's torturous use of power drills. Under normal circumstances, HarperCollins might fight back by arguing that the story is true. I did not," Ventura said on CBS This Morning. Routh (pictured below) had been dealing with PTSD and was having difficulty adjusting to postwar life. The Pentagon has credited Kyle with over 160 kills. Kyle still proved a skilled marksman even killing an enemy fighter 1.2 milesor 21 football fieldsaway on a single shot. Chris' best selling book also inspired blockbuster film American Sniper Credit: Getty American Sniper, which Funds from its fundraising event will help to cover operational costs and bring these children home to their . When he returns home to a newborn daughter, Kyle becomes increasingly distant from his family. Ventura who he had punched during a 2006 [72] By its second weekend, Box Office Mojo had already reported that the film was on poise to become the highest-grossing film of 2014 in North America, a record that was, at the time held by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 ($334 million), judging from its gradual decline and strong holdovers. It is not a glorious sacrifice. "I felt like she knew who I was when she met me. Cole Konis. The controversy surrounding Chris Kyle mainly stems from three separate claims that he made, none of which are in the movie. The . If there's one other person who is married to a first-responder and sees the film and feels a little less alone, I'll be happy" (LA Times). her husband's life being taken by an Kyle returns home to his wife and the birth of his son. Routh embarked on a humanitarian mission to Haiti in January 2010, and was honorably discharged the following year. Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. Before his tragic murder in 2013, Kyle told a number of extremely dubious stories. During an interview with Conan O'Brien, the real Chris Kyle makes the same joke about the bounty that Bradley Cooper's character makes in the movie, "Well, don't tell my wife. He is described as "an Olympics marksman who was using his skills against Americans and Iraqi police and soldiers. The film has been a runaway commercial and critical . accuracy saved the lives of countless Then, in the winter of 1997-1998, a Navy recruiter called and said that they wanted him in the SEALs program, pins and all. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class.. of the details from his book American The combatants had sent the child down the street to retrieve an RPG (in the movie, a nearby boy simply wanders over and picks up the RPG). All rights reserved. [49][50] The following week the film earned $676,909 playing at the same number of locations at an average of $169,277 per theater, which is the second-biggest weekend average ever for a live-action movie (previously held by 2001's Moulin Rouge!). the war. Chis Kyle. Kyles widow is currently appealing the decision; her odds of winning appear quite low. Minnesota Governor and WWF wrestler Jesse As a result, HarperCollins must instead argue that it did not act with reckless disregard for the truth of Kyles claims, and that no part of the companys profits arose from interest in the Ventura story. Kyle's number well-surpassed the previous American record of 109, which was set by Army Staff Sgt. Alongside his acting career, Eastwood also started a production company. Chris Kyle confirmed that it was former Chris had been involved in helping soldiers deal with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) after they returned from active duty. On one level, this pride of craft made a certain sick sense. interview on The O'Reilly Factor [29] On May 7, shooting of the film was spotted around El Centro; a milk factory was used as the abandoned date factory which insurgents close in on from all directions at the climax of the film. and told him that if the movie was going survive. [126], American Sniper was released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 19, 2015. Chris Kyle, of American Sniper fame, was credited with 160 kills, a record which made him the deadliest military sniper in American history, surpassing the previous record of 109 confirmed kills. Others will tell you that it has to be verified up close. He was also a fabulist. Kyle is visibly upset by the experience, but later earns the nickname "Legend" for his many kills. For the 2012 book on which the film is based, see, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film, List of films featuring the United States Navy SEALs, "Clint Eastwood Technical Credits - www.the-numbers.com", "Bradley Cooper Sets Up Navy SEAL Pic 'American Sniper' at Warner Bros. (Exclusive)", "Sienna Miller Joins 'American Sniper' With Bradley Cooper - /Film", "Daniel Bernhardt Joins 'Term Life'; 'American Sniper' Adds Cory Hardrict", "King George: Ex-SEAL helping keep film on target; The News Desk", "4 Join Clint Eastwood's 'American Sniper', "Sam Jaeger Enlists For 'American Sniper'; Jon Tenney Joins 'The Best Of Me', "Iraqi Sniper: The Legendary Insurgent Who Claimed to Have Killed Scores of American Troops", "Is American Sniper historically accurate? (A photograph from the event shows a clear image of Venturawith no black eye. This sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria. There is a point, about a third of the way through American Sniper's conventional narrative, where a different kind of war movie threatens to break out. ", In a moment not shown in the film, Chris Kyle, 38, and friend Chad Littlefield, 36, were shot to death at a Texas gun range. Taya Kyle talked about her husband's difficult decision during her NRA speech. The lawsuit explains that while Kyle is the one who defamed Ventura, HarperCollins played up those defamatory statements in order to boost its salesand with reckless disregard to the truth of Kyles claims. In the book, Chris describes going to a house where there were supposedly U.S. prisoners. This January 2012 Bill O'Reilly Chris Kyle Learn the real-life story of Chris Kyle, the late Navy SEAL sharpshooter portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film American Sniper.. During her emotional 2013 speech at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum, Taya Kyle talked about her husband's difficult decision to leave the Navy SEALs to save their marriage. And it may soon make Kyles publishers wish they approached the veterans claims with great deal of skepticism. It needs a better thought process, I think. Alongside his acting career, Eastwood also started a production company. brothers-in-arms, and his pinpoint The general public is currently most familiar with SEAL Team 6, who killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. protecting oneself and others from harm With his hands in the air, he said he quickly studied the men to see which one looked most confident with a gun. He also describes what it was like in Houston, Texas on May 3, 2013. "Every time we'd come back we'd have to fill out an assessment of what happened throughout the day," Kyle told TIME Magazine, "the time, the place, the caliber used, the distance he was, what exactly he was doin', where he was standin', what he was wearin'. After shooting both Kyle and Littlefield, he fled in Kyle's Ford F-350 truck. Navy Seal sniper Chris Kyle explains some "[103] Dean Obeidallah praised the film, saying "His focus was not on whom we were fighting, but the unbearably high price Americans pay for waging war regardless of its target. Chris Kyle. In the movie, Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) engages in a film-long pursuit of an enemy Syrian sniper named Mustafa (Sammy Sheik), whom the American soldiers refer to as "Kaiser Fin' Sze." reiterates the importance of guns in [127], Upon its first week of release on home media in the U.S., the film topped both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales, as well as the Blu-ray Disc sales chart in the week ending May 24, 2015. He abruptly put down the sat phone without ending the call. In this scene, Kyle first sights a man suspiciously talking on his cell phone just as some troops are . The grenade drops and he fires again as it's exploding. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. [54][55][56] The film topped the box office on its opening day grossing $30.5 million (including Thursday previews) from 3,555 theaters setting January records for both biggest debut opening (previously held by Cloverfield) and single-day gross (previously held by Avatar). [52], The film began its wide debut across North American theaters on January 16, 2015 (Thursday night showings began at 7:00 pm). Yes. A death squad leader in and around Baghdad, Deraa was known to use a power drill to torture and kill his victims. Movie Info. It made twice the money of the second-biggest January opening ever. All Rights Reserved. Substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas drawl, Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence, intensity and vulnerability. -SeattleTimes.com, Yes, but he holds far less significance in the book, at least in relation to Chris Kyle. RELATED: Jojo Rabbit: 8 Real Historical Connections It Makes To World War II (& 2 Made Exclusively . Listen to Chris Kyle discuss the Jesse Ventura controversy. His first kills are a woman and boy who attacked U.S. Marines on patrol with a Russian-made RKG-3 anti-tank grenade. Those questions, of course, must be left for a jury to decide. interview, the story was devoured by the On one level, this pride of craft made a certain sick sense. Prior to "the Legend," Kyle had been called "Tex" by his fellow Navy SEALs. Police . -LA Times, "It was like watching Chris in many, many ways," says Taya Kyle of the film. Instant downloads of all 1681 LitChart PDFs AKA: Americk sniper. He survived three gunshot wounds, two helicopter crashes, six IED attacks and numerous surgeries. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples Ken McGraw, a spokesman for the U.S. Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, says that they treat such totals as "unofficial." Brutal dictator of Iraq in the 1990s and early 2000s. American Sniper subtitles. In the movie, Kyle (Bradley Cooper) says he's 30 when he enlists, but the American Sniper true story reveals that the real Chris Kyle reported to the Navy for basic training in February 1999 when he was 24-years-old. American Sniper, the movie, starring Bradley Cooper, and directed by Clint Eastwood, was released on December 25, 2014. She was an emotional wreck. "[124] In The Telegraph, journalist Mark Harris said, "That plastic baby is going to be rationalised by Eastwood auteur cultists until the end of days. Collection topics include BBS, the Open Source movement, and Internet governance. about the $20,000 bounty that was put on Early drafts of the book identified the SEAL as Jesse Ventura, former governor of Minnesota and famed professional wrestler, but Kyles publishers removed the name for fear of a lawsuit. He survived much longer than he does in the movie. But for Kyles publisher, HarperCollins, the nightmare is just beginning. By his own count and the accounts of his Navy SEAL teammates, the number was likely closer to 255 (Daily Mail Online). Id put that everywhere.. American Sniper has now sold more than One Million copies and has been translated into over twenty languages. Bradley Cooper. [68][69] It grossed an estimated $64.6 million in its second weekend, declining only by 28%and set the record for the second-best hold ever for a movie opening to more than $85 million and also set the record for the eighth-largest second-weekend gross. ", Not directly, but he was likely at least in part inspired by Iraqi Shia warlord and executioner of the Sunnis, Abu Deraa. He is distracted by memories of his war experiences and by Taya's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family. He says that the guys nicknamed him "the Legend" when he was in Fallujah, around the time of the beach ball incident. "Legend." Failing that, she asked for an entirely new trial. 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