Restrepo is clearly a movie focused on the americans fear and suffering, rather than the afghans, leaving the judgment up to us. They were in the korangal valley, described on cnn as the most dangerous place in the world. Restrepo is a 2010 american documentary film about the afghanistan war, directed by american journalist sebastian junger and british photojournalist tim hetherington the film explores the year that junger and hetherington spent in afghanistan on assignment for vanity fair, embedded with the second platoon, b company, 2nd battalion, 503rd infantry regiment, 173rd airborne. Restrepo 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Tim hetherington, award winning photographer and documentary filmmaker is the coproducer and codirector of restrepo with sebastian junger, which won the grand jury prize at the 2010 sundance film festival. Winner of the 2010 sundance film festival grand jury prize for a documentary, restrepo chronicles the deployment of a u. Winner of the 2010 sundance film festival grand jury prize for documentary, restrepo chronicles the deployment of a platoon of u. Winner of the sundance grand jury prize for documentary, restrepo chronicles the deployment of us army platoon 2503 battle company, of the 173rd airborne in afghanistans korengal valley, one of the most dangerous postings in the us military. The filmmakers spend an entire year embedded with the men in the region. Taking over the chico state mens soccer program in 2008, restrepo and the wildcats made an immediate splash, winning six of seven matches to open the season and finished with a 51 record, racking up the most wins by a chico state mens soccer squad. The strikers extended restrepos contract on july 17 to carry through the 20 season, with an option for 2014. Restrepo 2010 photographer tim hetherington and journalist sebastian junger allow the realities of war to speak for themselves in this unnarrated documentary about a. Its simply an attempt to capture the harshest deployment in the afghanistan.
Restrepo is a documentary about the war in afghanistan. The men of battle company are in the midst of a fifteen. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the u. On july 7, restrepo recorded his first multigoal game, scoring twice against the railhawks in a 3 3 draw at wakemed soccer park. The movie focuses on a remote 15man outpost, restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. The last patrol is the final film in a trilogy junger began working on in 2007, when he and photojournalist tim hetherington followed a platoon from the u. Winner of the grand jury prize for documentary at sundance film festival 2010, restrepo chronicles the development of a platoon of u. With the men of battle company 2nd of the 503rd infantry regiment 173rd airborne brigade combat team, juan doc restrepo, dan kearney, lamonta caldwell. The documentary focuses on battle company, 2nd platoon as it conducts its mission in a wartorn afghanistan valley.
My sicilian grandfather, who was sent to fight in world war i, told me he never killed anyone. The level of access attained by tim hetherington and sebastian junger over their 15month period embedded with the second platoon, battle company. Sundancewinning and oscarnominated documentary following a us platoon, for one year, fighting in the deadliest valley in afghanistan. Felipe restrepo head mens soccer coach mens soccer. Restrepo 2010 cast and crew photographer tim hetherington and journalist sebastian junger allow the realities of war to speak for themselves in this unnarrated documentary about a. A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in afghanistan.
I posted this without knowing that restrepos codirector, tim hetherington, had been killed in libya. Restrepo does well to show the hell of war and the destruction it will bring upon the lives of so many young men. In 2008 sebastian junger the perfect storm and tim hetherington dug in with the men of second platoon for a year. In an industry trying to grasp at some kind of meaningful portrayal of americas current war, restrepo simply documents what happens and leaves it to. The filmmakers restrepo a film by sebastian junger.
Basically, the filmmakers embed themselves with a us platoon in afghanistan, document the experience, and intersperse interviews of some of the soldiers taken after the period in. Damian lewis, ron livingston, donnie wahlberg, et al. They sound like cracks and drumbeats harmless or, at least, less harmful. Afghanistans korengal valley, a stronghold of al qaeda and the taliban, has proven to be one of the us armys deadliest. Title restrepo year 2010 genre documentary war idmb rating 7. These two films have been called an imperishable record of the war in afghanistan. Nobody thinks about foreign policy in restrepo, a documentary shot during the 15 months an american company fought there under almost daily fire. The big bang theory season 12 dvd, 3 disc set free shipping new. Restrepo is a 2010 american documentary film about the afghanistan war, directed by american journalist sebastian junger and british photojournalist tim hetherington the film explores the year that junger and hetherington spent in afghanistan on assignment for vanity fair, embedded with the second platoon, b company, 2nd battalion, 503rd infantry regiment, 173rd airborne brigade combat team. Join us in remembering the life of an incomparable photojournalist, codirector of restrepo, and great friend, killed on april 20 while covering the conflict in libya. The gunshots in restrepo dont sound like what you hear in movies. I had no argument with those men, he said, but they wanted me to shoot. Restrepo is a war documentary with no political agendas, hidden policies or ideological assumptions driving its narrative construction. Tim hetherington, sebastian junger cast juan doc restrepo, dan kearney, lamonta caldwell a year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in.
In june of 2007, members of the 173rd airborne brigade took part in the active patrol and defense of the korangal valley of afghanistan against the taliban insurgency. Its a sad commentary on contemporary journalism that a film like restrepo can win a prestigious award like the grand jury 2010 sundance best documentary award. His latest publishing project is infidel, an intimate portrait of a single u. Sebastian junger and tim hetherington embed themselves with the second platoon in afghanistan, chronicling the mens work, fear and brotherhood. Restrepo is the sundance film festivals 2010 grand jury prize documentary winner. Restrepo does well to show the hell of war and the destruction it will bring upon. I first watched korengal, released in 2014, and just now watched restrepo, released in 2010. To make their bracingly visceral documentary restrepo, winner of the grand jury prize at the 2010 sundance film festival, awardwinning journalists tim hetherington liberia.
A yearlong odyssey through the depths of the war in afghanistan. Subject to the documentary, restrepo by sebastian junger and war by the same author. Financial analysis of restrepo 2010 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Afghanistan is a word on the news, debated in terms of our foreign policy.
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