Whiskey tango foxtrot is a 2016 american biographical war comedydrama film directed by. Whiskey tango foxtrot soundtrack music complete song. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a tina fey movie, which is a way of saying that its witty, selfeffacing, and blind to its own faults. Michaels, who turned her book into the film whiskey tango foxtrot. A movie without a focused story wouldnt have been good as a movie. While on commercial break, he suggestively mentions he will be in ny for his book tour, and invites kim for a drink. The movie version, whiskey tango foxtrot, was released in 2016, starring tina. In 1970, the movie mash entered, and advanced, a wartimecomedy genre that had long been a hallmark of american cinema. In whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey stars as journalist kim baker, who goes overseas to pakistan and afghanistan to cover the war during operation enduring freedom. It barely passes the bechdel test and turns a story about a woman struggling to make sense of an alienating job and country. A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in afghanistan. So in this case, the movie is more of an interpretation of the memoir, with juicy plot twists. What makes this book so enjoyable it the utter plausibility of it. Upcoming first novels you shouldnt miss, including adi alsaids lets get lost, jessie burtons the miniaturist, elizabeth littles.
Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 tina fey and christopher abbott in whiskey tango. Regardless, i enjoyed whiskey tango foxtrot a lot for what it is journalistic war drama. Whiskey tango foxtrot author says tina fey swiped his title. Whiskey tango author thinks movie got core story right. More than anything, then, whiskey tango foxtrot is about careerism, which in this case involves gathering your wits and courage, abandoning customary niceties and inhibitions, becoming. David shafer s first book, whiskey tango foxtrot, is a paranoid, sarcastic and clattering pop thriller that reads as if it were torn from the damp pages of glenn greenwalds fever journal. A character in tina feys latest movie, whiskey tango foxtrot, explains war reporting as similar to the high obtained from drugs. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by kim barker. Hilarious, moving, and wildly ambitious, david shafers whiskey tango foxtrot reads like a plot against america dreamed up by the nsa and then ghostwritten by don delilloa love storycuminternational thriller about our surveillance society thats so convincingly paranoid youll tape over your webcam.
Tina fey as afghanistanbased tv reporter kim baker in whiskey tango foxtrot. 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. The taliban shuffle isnt like any other book out there about afghanistan and. But neither does whiskey tango foxtrot fulfill its assigned duty to provide evidence of feys versatility. Whiskey tango foxtrotmilitary code for wtfshows the enjoyable virtues and severe limitations of a tvcomedy take on a complex subject with a serious core. If i had ended up, at the end of this movie, married and holding a baby, i wouldve punched this movie. Despite starring tina fey, the movie is by no means all laughs. Remembering one of the best days in your life is a wonderful thing. Author kim barker attends the world premiere of the paramount pictures title whiskey tango foxtrot, on march 1, 2016 at amc loews lincoln square in new york city, new york.
War correspondent tells the true story behind whiskey tango. War correspondent tells the true story behind whiskey. Kim tina fey enters the foray during a firefight, much to the dismay of her escorts. Watch the movie trailer for whiskey tango foxtrot, starring tina fey. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, a widely. 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 oncamera reporter in war torn afghanistan, as her news agency is looking for anyone within their ranks to fill. The official web site of bestselling author wj lundy, author of the whiskey tango foxtrot wtf novels.
In the spirit of william gibson and chuck palahniuk, whiskey tango foxtrot is both a suspenseful global thriller and an emotionally truthful novel about the struggle to change the world in and outside your headmore. Survivors with various degrees of ptsd fought the politicians for justice. Some will immediately recognize it as militaryalphabetspeak for wtf, while. If you have a chance to catch this, be it in theaters, on amazon instant video or eventually on dvdbluray, i strongly encourage you to do so as this movie deserves a bigger audience. Whiskey tango foxtrot movie quotes rotten tomatoes. With whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey tries to reclaim a. Whisky tango foxtrot swearing isnt that big of an issue for mature enough kids we have some hls and dns in our every day lives. 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. With a wink, kim barker, author of the memoir the taliban shuffle.
The title of whiskey tango foxtrot is in some ways more interesting to contemplate than the movie itself. It suffers from the same problems that afflict most films with female protagonists andor foil characters of different ethnicities. Like the circle, whiskey tango foxtrot contains an interesting fight against a conspiracy to own the internet and take over the world. Whiskey tango foxtrot may be the novel of the summer. 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. A pop thriller about a multinational cabal planning to subjugate humanity by privatizing all information. Frank masiap it takes a special kind of person to see a hotspot of war, corruption and desperation and say, with a. I just want people to read the book, and im just grateful to tina and screenwriter robert carlock and lorne michaels for giving this book a second life. With a wink, kim barker, author of the memoir the taliban shuffle inspiration for the new tina fey film whiskey tango foxtrot says of the film. Ahead of the films uk release, barker talks about how she survived as a. With tina fey, margot robbie, martin freeman, alfred molina. Whiskey tango foxtrot is coming to theaters march 4, 2016. Thats the nature of tina feys amazing performance in whisky tango foxtrot.
When reporter, kim bakers tina fey life needs something more, she decides to shake it all up by taking an assignment in a war zone. Paramount pictures releases whiskey tango foxtrot in theaters on march 4. Parents need to know that whiskey tango foxtrot is a dramedy based on journalist kim barkers memoir the taliban shuffle. That is, while it feels great initially, there always has to be. 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. While wtf is far from fubar, tina fey and martin freeman are just barely enough to overcome the pictures glib predictability and limited worldview. Tina fey dedicates whiskey tango foxtrot to her late. Courtesy paramount pictures this article is more than 4 years old. David shafers first book, whiskey tango foxtrot, is a paranoid, sarcastic and clattering pop thriller that reads as if it were torn from the damp pages of glenn greenwalds fever journal.
Journalist kim barker on what its like for your life to. Whiskey tango foxtrot trailer 2016 paramount pictures youtube. The drinking is a little bit of an issue, i let my kids see the rockys and those had a little bit of drinking. Wtf is comedy diva tina fey doing in whiskey tango foxtrot, a film based on kim barkers memoir about covering the. The last book that caused me to lose a night of sleep was dave eggers the circle. Directed by glenn ficarra and john requa, whiskey tango foxtrot suggests a serious extension of ms. And whiskey tango foxtrot doesnt make an easy case for itself off the top.
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