A version of this story about Caleb Landry Jones first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Rod Lurie’s harrowing and heartfelt combat film “The Outpost” is full of buff actors like Scott Eastwood and Orlando Bloom playing real-life members of the U.S. military – but it’s the slightest, most timid-looking actor of the bunch, Caleb Landry Jones, who gives us the immersive film’s everyman hero. As U.S. Army Specialist Ty Carter, makes us feel the terror of a harrowing Taliban attack but also the drive to save countless others while himself injured.
He took the role, he said, largely because of his brother, who is himself a wounded combat veteran. “My agent sent me the script and I was taking a long time to read it,” he told TheWrap. “Sometimes I’m not great at reading material. But my brother was in town,...
Rod Lurie’s harrowing and heartfelt combat film “The Outpost” is full of buff actors like Scott Eastwood and Orlando Bloom playing real-life members of the U.S. military – but it’s the slightest, most timid-looking actor of the bunch, Caleb Landry Jones, who gives us the immersive film’s everyman hero. As U.S. Army Specialist Ty Carter, makes us feel the terror of a harrowing Taliban attack but also the drive to save countless others while himself injured.
He took the role, he said, largely because of his brother, who is himself a wounded combat veteran. “My agent sent me the script and I was taking a long time to read it,” he told TheWrap. “Sometimes I’m not great at reading material. But my brother was in town,...
- 1/22/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Keep your eyes peeled for a potential awards ambush by under-the-radar war film “The Outpost” at the Golden Globes and Oscars. While the film is currently lingering outside the upper echelons of contenders according to our combined odds, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and motion picture academy love war movies, and if enough of those voters see the film, they might find it hard to resist this 2020 success story.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Lorenzo Senatore (‘The Outpost’ cinematographer)
In “The Outpost,” a unit of 53 U.S. Army soldiers are stationed deep in a dangerous and remote valley in the Hindu Kush mountains of Northern Afghanistan. Widely regarded as a death trap because of its location and exposure to the mountains surrounding it, the outpost is under constant fire by Taliban insurgents, culminating in the deadly Battle of Kamdesh on October 3, 2009, when hundreds of Taliban fighters vastly outnumbered and surrounded the soldiers...
See Exclusive Video Interview: Lorenzo Senatore (‘The Outpost’ cinematographer)
In “The Outpost,” a unit of 53 U.S. Army soldiers are stationed deep in a dangerous and remote valley in the Hindu Kush mountains of Northern Afghanistan. Widely regarded as a death trap because of its location and exposure to the mountains surrounding it, the outpost is under constant fire by Taliban insurgents, culminating in the deadly Battle of Kamdesh on October 3, 2009, when hundreds of Taliban fighters vastly outnumbered and surrounded the soldiers...
- 12/29/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Stars: Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Jack Kesy, Cory Hardrict, Milo Gibson, Jacob Scipio, Taylor John Smith, James Jagger, Jonathan Yunger | Written by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson | Directed by Rod Lurie
An isolated unit of American soldiers have to defend themselves against an overwhelming attack by Taliban forces in this gripping combat thriller that’s based on the real life Battle of Kamdesh. Directed by West Point graduate (and former film critic) Rod Lurie, it’s a supremely tense experience that places the audience right in the middle of the action.
Adapted from CNN journalist Jake Tapper’s best-selling book (The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor), the film takes place in Combat Outpost Keating, a virtually indefensible location in Afghanistan, situated in a valley at the base of three mountains. Already accustomed to regular surprise attacks, the 53 U.S. soldiers are forced to fight for their...
An isolated unit of American soldiers have to defend themselves against an overwhelming attack by Taliban forces in this gripping combat thriller that’s based on the real life Battle of Kamdesh. Directed by West Point graduate (and former film critic) Rod Lurie, it’s a supremely tense experience that places the audience right in the middle of the action.
Adapted from CNN journalist Jake Tapper’s best-selling book (The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor), the film takes place in Combat Outpost Keating, a virtually indefensible location in Afghanistan, situated in a valley at the base of three mountains. Already accustomed to regular surprise attacks, the 53 U.S. soldiers are forced to fight for their...
- 8/20/2020
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Rod Lurie (The Contender, The Last Castle) and adapted by Oscar-nominated screenwriters Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (The Fighter), comes one of the best military films The Outpost. The movie will be available on DVD and Blu-ray August 18.
Screen Media’s release of Millennium Media’s The Outpost has been one of the top movies in America since its release, hitting #1 on several VOD platforms since its debut on July 3rd, including on iTunes, GooglePlay, Spectrum and FandangoNOW. It is “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 92% rating. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_outpost_2020
In this military thriller, based on The New York Times best-selling non-fiction book, The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor from CNN’s Jake Tapper, a tiny unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles...
Screen Media’s release of Millennium Media’s The Outpost has been one of the top movies in America since its release, hitting #1 on several VOD platforms since its debut on July 3rd, including on iTunes, GooglePlay, Spectrum and FandangoNOW. It is “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 92% rating. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_outpost_2020
In this military thriller, based on The New York Times best-selling non-fiction book, The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor from CNN’s Jake Tapper, a tiny unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles...
- 8/11/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“The gates of Heaven and the gates of hell are claimed to be in the same spot. During the firefight, Cop Keating was like the gates of hell: violent, bloody, and full of sorrow. However, watching men sacrificing themselves to protect each other, I could see the true form of brotherhood and love, making the firefight at Cop Keating like the gates of heaven as well.”
Ty M. Carter, Medal of Honor Recipient
Looking for a great movie to rent during July? The Outpost is the must-see film of the summer.
In this military thriller, based on The New York Times best-selling non-fiction book, The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor from CNN’s Jake Tapper, a tiny unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack.
Ty M. Carter, Medal of Honor Recipient
Looking for a great movie to rent during July? The Outpost is the must-see film of the summer.
In this military thriller, based on The New York Times best-selling non-fiction book, The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor from CNN’s Jake Tapper, a tiny unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack.
- 7/8/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Updated with closing stock price. The stock of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment shot up 26% Monday following the company’s release of chart-topping film The Outpost over the weekend.
Shares closed at $9.01, their highest level since February.
Rod Lurie’s Afghanistan war thriller, based on the book by CNN host Jake Tapper and which Deadline’s Pete Hammond lauded as the equal of modern classics like Dunkirk or The Hurt Locker, was the No. 1 movie on iTunes on its opening day Friday. Its distributor is Screen Media, the longtime specialty outfit acquired by Csse in 2017.
Originally, Screen Media had planned to premiere The Outpost at South by Southwest and then give it a nationwide theatrical run via Fathom, but Covid-19 upended the strategy. In a press release, Csse called it “the largest opening day in company history,” though it did not reveal any financials or metrics. On Monday, it...
Shares closed at $9.01, their highest level since February.
Rod Lurie’s Afghanistan war thriller, based on the book by CNN host Jake Tapper and which Deadline’s Pete Hammond lauded as the equal of modern classics like Dunkirk or The Hurt Locker, was the No. 1 movie on iTunes on its opening day Friday. Its distributor is Screen Media, the longtime specialty outfit acquired by Csse in 2017.
Originally, Screen Media had planned to premiere The Outpost at South by Southwest and then give it a nationwide theatrical run via Fathom, but Covid-19 upended the strategy. In a press release, Csse called it “the largest opening day in company history,” though it did not reveal any financials or metrics. On Monday, it...
- 7/6/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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