Chris Kyle was nothing more than a Texan man who wanted to become a cowboy,
but in his thirties he found out that maybe his life needed something different, something where he could express his real talent,something that could help America in its fight against terrorism.
So he joined the SEALs in order to become a sniper. After marrying, Kyle and the other members of the team are called for their first tour of Iraq.Kyle's struggle isn't with his missions, but about his relationship with the reality of the war and, once returned at home, how he manages to handle it with his urban life, his wife and kids.
Category: Action | Biography | Drama
Running time: 132 minutes
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Produced by: Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, Peter Morgan
Written by: Jason Hall
Budget: $58.8 million
Release dates: 16 January 2015 (USA)
Short Story:
Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend.Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave behind.
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History is a memoir by American United States Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, written with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice.
With 255 kills, 160 of them officially confirmed by the Pentagon, Kyle is the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history.The book was published by William Morrow and Company on January 2, 2012, and appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for 37 weeks.The memoir has sold over 1.2 million copies across all formats (hardcover, paper and ebook), including 700,000 copies in 2015 alone, making it the best-selling book of 2015 so far.It landed atop all the major best-seller lists including the aforementioned The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today and is No. 2 on Amazon.Its film adaptation directed by Clint Eastwood was released in 2014.
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