War Machine

Release Date: Friday, May 26, 2017 VOD / Digital

Lakeith Stanfield, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, Ben Kingsley, Topher Grace, Will Poulter, Emory Cohen, Dede Gardner, Anthony Michael Hall, Jeremy Kleiner, David Michôd, David Michod, Meg Tilly

A rock star General bent on winning the "impossible" war in Afghanistan takes inside the complex machinery of modern war.

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A rock star General bent on winning the "impossible" war in Afghanistan takes inside the complex machinery of modern war.

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An absurdist war story for our times, writer-director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom) recreates a U.S. General's roller-coaster rise and fall as part reality, part savage parody - raising the specter of just where the line between them lies today. His is an exploration of a born leader's ultra-confident march right into the dark heart of folly. At the story's core is Brad Pitt's sly take on a successful, charismatic four-star general who leapt in like a rock star to command NATO forces in Afghanistan, only to be taken down by a journalist's no-holds-barred exposé.
Cited as official plot version from netflix.com
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The film's director David Michod last directed The King and The Rover. The film's writer David Michod last wrote The King and The Rover.

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Dede Gardner
Jeremy Kleiner
Brad Pitt
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Also known as
The Operators

Language
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  • inspired by the book The Operators: The Wild & Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan by the late journalist Michael Hastings.
  • The film will be released globally on Netflix on May 26, 2017 (3/4/17).
  • Based on the late Michael Hastings' incendiary best-seller.

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War Machine was released in VOD / Digital on Friday, May 26, 2017 . There were 7 other movies released on the same date, including Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation and Berlin Syndrome. Additional information: Netflix Only.



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Sat., Oct. 21, 2023

  • Added " The Operators" as an also known as title

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