Fresh
We may never know exactly who shot Pat Tillman on that ridge in Afghanistan or why, but we have a better idea of who he was.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
The Tillman Story
A mystery. A cover-up. A crime. One family will risk everything for the truth.
2010 · 1h 34m · R
Documentary
Directed by
Amir Bar-Lev
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The Tillman Story
Overview
Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military wasn't done for any reason other than he felt it was the right thing to do. The fact that the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool is unfathomable and thoroughly explored in Amir Bar-Lev's riveting and enraging documentary.
Director and cast
- Amir Bar-Lev Director
- Pat Tillman as Himself
- Josh Brolin as Narrator (voice)
- Richard Tillman as Himself
- Mary Tillman as Self - Pat's Mother
- Russell Baer as Self - 2/75 Ranger Battalion
- Pat Tillman Sr. as Self - Pat's Father
- Philip Kensinger as Self - U.S. Army Special Operations Command
- Stan Goff as Self - Retired Soldier
- Jason Parsons as Self - 2/75 Ranger Battalion
- Bryan O'Neal as Self - 2/75 Ranger Battalion
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Bar-Lev's documentary's greatest service isn't in recounting the Army's back-pedaling so much as underscoring how communal needs and family grief don't perfectly align. And that political usefulness may attempt to trump all other rites.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
The Tillman Story clearly lays out exactly what happened that caused Tillman to be blown to bits by fellow U.S.forces -- and the government's efforts to whitewash the story to avoid mounting criticism of the war.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
Watching the film, emotions range from sadness, of course, to frustration to outright anger. This, truly, is the best we can do? Throwing up roadblocks in front of the truth, not trusting the American people to understand the nature of war...
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh
Could you imagine how difficult it must have been to pore over records containing the brutal facts of your son's death?
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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