Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk has been considered a potential awards season contender pretty much ever since it was first revealed that Ang Lee – Oscar-winning director of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi – is the filmmaker adapting Ben Fountain’s acclaimed 2012 novel of the same name. Similar to how Lee strove to push the boundaries of 3D filmmaking with Life of Pi, the director’s adaptation of Billy Lynn’s story was filmed in 3D at 120 frames per second: an approach meant to bring a heightened level of verisimilitude to the movie’s world and its characters.
Both the Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk book and film, the latter of which was scripted by Jean-Christophe Castelli (Lee’s longtime collaborators behind the scenes on his movies), detail the experiences of the eponymous character: a 19-year old Iraq War veteran who participates in a victory tour across the U.S., intended to celebrate his heroic actions during a deadly ...
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