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American Sniper
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
2014 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 133 min · War · Action · Screenplay in the scene database · 25 frames
Tagline
The most lethal sniper in U.S. history.
Plot
Growing up in Texas, Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer. Years later, Chris has become a ranch hand and rodeo cowboy, and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man. After telling her to leave, he sees news coverage of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy. He qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with the U.S. Navy SEALs.
Chris meets Taya Studebaker at an Irish pub in San Diego, and the two soon marry. He is sent to the Iraq War after the September 11 attacks. His first kills are a woman and a boy who attacked U.S. Marines on patrol with a Russian-made RKG-3 anti-tank grenade. Chris is visibly upset by the experience, but later earns the nickname "Legend" for his many kills.
Assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the SEALs to "The Butcher", al-Zarqawi's second-in-command. The plan goes awry when The Butcher captures the father and his son, killing them while a sniper pins down Chris. This sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria. Meanwhile, the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Written by: Jason Hall
- Cinematography: Tom Stern
- Edited by: Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
- Production design: Charisse Cardenas, James J. Murakami
- Produced by: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Andrew Lazar, Robert Lorenz
Cast
- Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle
- Sienna Miller as Taya Renae Kyle
- Kyle Gallner as Goat-Winston
- Cole Konis as Young Chris Kyle
- Ben Reed as Wayne Kyle
- Elise Robertson as Debbie Kyle
- Keir O'Donnell as Jeff Kyle
- Luke Sunshine as Young Jeff Kyle
- Kevin Lacz as Dauber
- Troy Vincent as Pastor
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac Entertainment, Mad Chance
- Budget: $58,800,000
- Box office: $542,300,000
- Themes: sniper, based on novel or book, affectation, grave, biography, iraq, based on true story, u.s. navy seal, iraq war, u.s. soldier
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