If i had ended up, at the end of this movie, married and holding a baby, i wouldve punched this movie. The movie opens in the year 2006 with kim baker tina fey partying at a house in kabul, afghanistan with mostly military. Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 the real kim featurette youtube. Fey stars as kim baker, a tv news writer who has an ok life, an ok job, and an ok boyfriend.
With a wink, kim barker, author of the memoir the taliban shuffle inspiration for the new tina fey film whiskey tango foxtrot says of. Watch all the latest movie trailers from paramount pictures. Jun 28, 2016 meet kim barker, the real reporter who inspired whiskey tango foxtrot 28 jun 2016 whiskey tango foxtrot out now on bluray, dvd and digital hd stars tina fey as kim baker, a tv. Mar 17, 2016 tina fey in a scene from whiskey tango foxtrot. The title of whiskey tango foxtrot is in some ways more interesting to contemplate than the movie itself. I was surprised, then, by the darker tone of this movie, and the greater dramatic range required of fey in her role as a deskbound journalist. Mar 04, 2016 directed by glenn ficarra, john requa. Some will immediately recognize it as militaryalphabetspeak for wtf, while. Whiskey tango foxtrot finds tina fey at her wartime. Courtesy paramount pictures this article is more than 4 years old. In the films production notes, fey says, this is a movie based on her life, so we changed her name from barker to baker, and robert also made. War correspondent tells the true story behind whiskey. Whiskey tango foxtrot, a 2003 episode of the television series jake 2.
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Embedded in whiskey tango foxtrot is, finally, a satisfying love story, one so tangled in numbers and suspicious of malware that when one character locks eyes with another and says, im. Mar 03, 2016 tina fey, margot robbie go to war in whiskey tango foxtrot in addition, theres an undercurrent of sexism that the film tackles head on, especially in regard to the plight of women in that part. Whiskey tango foxtrot soundtrack music complete song. Whiskey tango foxtrot is an interesting movie, funny enough and intriguing in its depiction of western journalists living in the kabubble of afghanistan. The title of the movie is more clever than i gave it originally gave it credit for. Mar, 2016 a movie without a focused story wouldnt have been good as a movie. Dislodged from her comfortable american lifestyle, barker finds herself in the middle of an outofcontrol war zone. A movie without a focused story wouldnt have been good as a movie. Luckily, kims translatordriverandallroundguardianangel, fahim american actor christopher abbott, who recently impressed in james white, assumes a questionable afghan guise, is there to guide her through local customs and dangerous. Frank masiap it takes a special kind of person to see a hotspot of war, corruption and desperation and say, with a cavalier smile. Watch whiskey tango foxtrot online stream full movie. Whiskey tango foxtrot, like any movie based on a true story, takes a few liberties with the facts, but judging from the trailer, the film gets a lot of details right. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a 2016 american biographical war comedydrama film directed by glenn ficarra and john requa, and written by robert carlock, based on the memoir the taliban shuffle.
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Whiskey tango foxtrot was released on dvd and bluray on june 28, 2016. Meet kim barker, the real reporter who inspired whiskey. Mar 08, 2016 former chicago tribune reporter kim barker in chicago doing publicity for the movie whiskey, tango, foxtrot based on her book, the taliban shuffle, on thursday, feb. In 1970, the movie mash entered, and advanced, a wartimecomedy genre that had long been a hallmark of american cinema. So in this case, the movie is more of an interpretation of the memoir, with juicy plot twists. Is whiskey tango foxtrot a horrible movie about a white outsider plopped in the middle of afghanistan. In 2003 new york city, dissatisfied with the state of her career covering lowprofile stories, television journalist kim barker. Tina fey dedicates whiskey tango foxtrot to her late. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a 2016 american biographical war comedydrama film directed by. The film is based on the true stories of kim barker as described in her 2011 memoir, the taliban shuffle. There are some movies that you come to understand not by figuring out what it. Whiskey tango foxtrot out now on bluray, dvd and digital hd. Whiskey tango foxtrot is way too long or it might just be that i had to take a restroom break, but held off going for the last quarter or so of the movie and as tonally inconsistent as can be, but its still a solid time at the movies with a great cast, good cinematography, an interesting take on its story. Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 is a warcomedy starring tina fey as kim baker, an american broadcast journalist who decides to take an assignment in wartorn afghanistan in an attempt to escape her unsatisfying american life and mundane desk job.
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Find all 44 songs in whiskey tango foxtrot soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Tina fey, margot robbie go to war in whiskey tango foxtrot. Nine things about the film whiskey tango foxtrot 1. With whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey tries to reclaim a. When kim barker first arrived in kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only english and had little idea how to do the taliban shuffle. In 2002, cable news producer kim barker tina fey decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in kabul, afghanistan. Thats not to say it isnt valid but its intentions are fuzzy. Movies based on true stories are prone to overdramatization. Whiskey tango foxtrot isnt a great movie, but it is something rare and important. The success has lent itself to even more reallife comedy for barker. Journalist kim barker on what its like for your life to become a tina fey movie the author of the book that inspired whiskey tango foxtrot says she had no idea how to tell the 30 rock star how. Meet tina feys reallife inspiration for whiskey tango foxtrot cbc. A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in afghanistan.
Whiskey tango foxtrot, a 2007 memoir of photographer ashley gilbertsons time covering the war in iraq. Based on real life experiences of a journalist embedded in the middle east, whiskey tango foxtrot follows kim barker, a chicago tribune journalist reporting on. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a really interesting film for a number of reasons, it has tina fey in her first real attempt to move into more dramatic roles, it is dealing with the aftermath of the war in afghanistan postiraq when everyone forgot about it, it is analysing the culture that gets created in such a weird situation of extremes, and also because it engages in so many of the. The movie opens in the year 2006 with kim baker tina fey partying at a house in kabul, afghanistan with mostly military men while. Mar 04, 2016 directed by glenn ficarra and john requa, whiskey tango foxtrot suggests a serious extension of ms. A wry new war film starring tina fey is based on the true story of journalist kim barker kind of.
Feys bestknown comedic persona, on more treacherous terrain and with an afghan culture. With whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey tries to reclaim a neglected genre. Mar 04, 2016 whiskey tango foxtrots plot revolves around the thing most any movie about war correspondents including, yes, that one will. Whiskey tango foxtrot dvd release date june 28, 2016. Mar 02, 2016 in its uneven, fragmented way, whiskey tango foxtrot captures some of that experience compellingly, a small, syncopated movie that immerses, even if it offers only a glance.
Former chicago tribune reporter kim barker in chicago doing publicity for the movie whiskey, tango, foxtrot based on her book, the taliban shuffle, on thursday, feb. But neither does whiskey tango foxtrot fulfill its assigned duty to provide evidence of feys versatility. Whiskey, tango, foxtrot tells the story of how journalists can get hooked on the adrenalineattention of covering events while embedded with a military unit. War correspondent tells the true story behind whiskey tango. Given her career to this point, i expected whisky tango foxtrot to be a straightforward comedy, and the trailer seemed to confirm my expectations. What about war inflicting languid boredom not only on soldiers but the press corp. Tina fey, margot robbie go to war in whiskey tango foxtrot in addition, theres an undercurrent of sexism that the film tackles head on, especially in. Whiskey tango author thinks movie got core story right. Whiskey tango foxtrot is based on the taliban shuffle, a memoir by kim barker, who was the chicago tribunes south asia bureau chief from 2004 to 2009. She has been part of the movie over its production life, visiting the set. Based on real life experiences of a journalist embedded in the.
The story is based on real events and does not shy away from showing the ugly sides of a war. When reporter kim bakers tina fey life needs something more, she decides to shake it all. Mar 04, 2016 in the new war comedy whiskey tango foxtrot, margot robbie portrays british tv journalist tanya vanderpoel, a fellow reporter who has been stationed in afghanistan for longer than tina feys kim. Mar 03, 2016 that movie retitled whiskey tango foxtrot, military slang for the abbreviation wtf opened friday in an adaptation by feys longtime writing and producing partner, robert carlock. Meet kim barker, the real reporter who inspired whiskey tango foxtrot 28 jun 2016 whiskey tango foxtrot out now on bluray, dvd and digital hd stars tina fey as kim baker, a tv. Mar 02, 2016 for the first year, youre like, i got a desk. Mar 03, 2016 tina feys new movie is funny but flawed. Paramount pictures releases whiskey tango foxtrot in theaters on march 4. Luckily, she meets tanya vanderpoel margot robbie, a fellow journalist who takes the shellshocked reporter under her wing. Whiskey tango foxtrot the real kim official behind the scenes. The true story of the women behind the bombshell movie duration.
The books juicy plot twist was the overall journey and how it changed barkers life. Based on kim barkers memoir, the taliban shuffle, whiskey tango foxtrot contains the fondly, proudly recalled details of battletested experience. Mar 04, 2016 journalist kim barker on what its like for your life to become a tina fey movie the author of the book that inspired whiskey tango foxtrot says she had no idea how to tell the 30 rock star how. With tina fey, margot robbie, martin freeman, alfred molina.
That movie retitled whiskey tango foxtrot, military slang for the abbreviation wtf opened friday in an adaptation by feys longtime writing and producing partner, robert carlock. With a wink, kim barker, author of the memoir the taliban shuffle. The film stars tina fey, margot robbie, martin freeman, christopher abbott, alfred molina, and billy bob thornton. There are some movies that you come to understand not by figuring out what it is, but by what it isnt.
The true story behind the new motion picture whiskey tango foxtrot. Mar 04, 2016 in 1970, the movie mash entered, and advanced, a wartimecomedy genre that had long been a hallmark of american cinema. What exactly does a movie with this breezy of a tone want us to think about the war in afghanistan. Whiskey tango foxtrot may be the novel of the summer. If you really dont know what it means, go look it up. Meet kim barker, the real reporter who inspired whiskey tango. Whiskey tango foxtrot is way too long or it might just be that i had to take a restroom break, but held off going for the last quarter or so of the movie and as tonally inconsistent as can be, but its still a solid time at the movies with a great cast, good cinematography, an interesting take on its story, and countless laugh out loud moments. Whiskey tango foxtrot may be the novel of the summer the. Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 directed by glenn ficarra, john. Whiskey tango foxtrot, name adopted by cast members of the real world. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, so it is in fact based on real events in the life of a real person. Tina feys new movie whisky tango foxtrot has a bizarre worldview.
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