Two-time Academy Award® winner Ang Lee brings his extraordinary vision to Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, based on the widely-acclaimed, bestselling novel. The film is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (newcomer Joe Alwyn) who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, the film reveals what really happened to the squad – contrasting the realities of the war with America’s perceptions. The film also stars Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, with Vin Diesel, and Steve Martin. Lee used new technology, shooting at an ultra-high frame rate for the first time in film history, to create an immersive digital experience helping him dramatize war in a way never seen before. Lee directed and produced the film, from a screenplay by Jean-Christophe …
伊拉克战争时期,来自美国德州的19岁技术兵比利•林恩(乔•阿尔文 Joe Alwyn 饰)因为一段偶然拍摄的视频而家喻户晓。那是一次规模不大却激烈非常的遭遇战,战斗中林恩所在的B班班长(范•迪塞尔 Vin Diesel 饰)遭到当地武装分子的伏击和劫持,而林恩为了营救班长不惜铤而走险冲锋陷阵。视频公布于世让他成为全美民众所崇拜的英雄,然而却鲜有人理解他和战友们所经历的一切。为了安葬班长,B班得到了短暂的休假,因此他们得以受邀参加一场在德州举行的橄榄球比赛。林恩的姐姐因某事件深感愧疚,她希望弟弟能借此机缘回归普通生活。而周围的经纪人、球迷、大老板、普通民众则对战争、卫国、士兵有着各种各样想当然的理解。球场上的庆典盛大开幕,林恩和战友们的心却愈加沉重与焦躁……