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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

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A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.

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(screenplay), (based on the book "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan" by)
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Cast

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Kim Baker
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Iain MacKelpie
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Ali Massoud Sadiq
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Fahim Ahmadzai
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General Hollanek
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Tall Brian
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Nic
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Shakira Khar
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Specialist Coughlin
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Jaweed
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Chris
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Geri Taub
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Ed Faber
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Tucker Wang
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Storyline

2003. After careful consideration, Kim Baker, a news copywriter, decides to leave the relative comfort of a New York desk job and serious boyfriend Chris to accept the assignment to work for three months as on-camera reporter in war torn Afghanistan, as her news agency is looking for anyone within their ranks to fill immediately the empty voids overseas. Her only experience of being in such an environment is going through hostile zone training a few years earlier. Immediately upon her arrival in Afghanistan, she realizes that she is ill-prepared emotionally for this assignment, not only enduring the dangers of the war itself, but also the conditions of everyday life, including largely been seen by men as only a "piece of ass" and a distraction despite she being considered average looking back home and not being overtly sexual, and being an individual with a small bladder who is nonetheless told to stay hydrated at all times. She is largely assisted in navigating this new life by Tanya... Written by Huggo

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From the headlines to the front lines

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Biography | Comedy | Drama | War

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Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content, drug use and violent war images | See all certifications »

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4 March 2016 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$7,443,007 (USA) (4 March 2016)

Gross:

$23,049,575 (USA) (22 April 2016)
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Goofs

Throughout the film, Tall Brian shoots with a Canon XL-1 (and later GL-1) camera. Shots of his viewfinder show a 30p HDV (HD video) text module in the upper corner. XL-1 and GL-1 cameras did not shoot in HDV; their highest resolution was 768 x 576. See more »

Quotes

Kim Baker: I'm wondering if you can give me something... on background, just about the security situation here and the state of the war in general.
General Hollanek: Yeah, I can give you something... this war's like fucking a gorilla, you keep on going until the gorilla wants to stop.
Kim Baker: I think I can paraphrase that.
General Hollanek: Knock yourself out.
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References Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) See more »

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Smoking In Bed
Written by Marty Stuart & Billy Bob Thornton
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Well balanced movie...
20 June 2016 | by (the Edge of the Cosmos) – See all my reviews

W.T.F. is a movie which tries to belong in too many genres simultaneously, including Comedy, Drama, Romance, War, Action, Documentary, and has a statement to make about pretty much everything including long-distance relationships, politics, professionalism, cultural differences etc. etc.

Without excelling in any of that, it manages to be a well balanced movie in the 110 minutes of its duration.

Tina Fey plays Kim Barker, a real person and an actual journalist, who is dissatisfying from her career covering low profile stories, and decides to go to Afghanistan as a war correspondent for a few months, or so she thought...

The movie has a good structure. It starts as a comedy, something you might expect because of the main actress, but soon the situations become real and more dramatic.

The rest of the cast includes well known actors like Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman and Margot Robbie.

Overall: Don't expect a comedy because of Tina Fey. It starts like that but it evolves to other genres really quick. It might not be a great movie but it's not boring and you get something out of the inner journey of the protagonist. How easy is to feel unnatural situations as normal when you are a long way from home...


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