But neither does whiskey tango foxtrot fulfill its assigned duty to provide evidence of feys versatility. Parents need to know that whiskey tango foxtrot is a dramedy based on journalist kim barkers memoir the taliban shuffle. The film is based on the true stories of kim barker as described in her. Mar 03, 2016 tina feys new movie is funny but flawed. Whisky tango foxtrot movies based on true stories 2016. Tina fey quietly dedicates whiskey tango foxtrot to her late father. Tina feys new film, whiskey tango foxtrot, is inspired by not based on the true story of journalist kim barker, which is why the characters. Watch all the latest movie trailers from paramount pictures. The movie whiskey tango foxtrot is intheaters march 4, 2016. The true story behind the new motion picture whiskey tango foxtrot.
The true story of the women behind the bombshell movie duration. The new tina fey movie, whisky, tango, foxtrot, out this friday, is based on reporter kim barkers experiences in afghanistan. Based on blackly comic 2011 memoir the taliban shuffle, it tells the true story of kim. Mar 01, 2016 but lets not confuse a movies adherence to facts with the sidelong truths it reveals. War correspondent tells the true story behind whiskey. Part charlie wilsons war, part catch22 and part mash, whiskey tango foxtrot is a romantic comedy with zero sentimentality. Whiskey tango foxtrot, a 2007 memoir of photographer ashley gilbertson s time covering the war in iraq. The story is based on real events and does not shy away from showing the ugly sides of a war. Aug 06, 2014 embedded in whiskey tango foxtrot is, finally, a satisfying love story, one so tangled in numbers and suspicious of malware that when one character locks eyes with another and says, im.
Whiskeytangofoxtrot, a 2003 episode of the television series jake 2. The film is based on the book by kim barker, the taliban shuffle. This is a different kind of movie for strong women it shows women actually following their dreams. Whiskey tango foxtrot chronicles the adventures of barker as a correspondent in 2000sera. The movie is tailored to tina feys comic strengths but the book. Mar 04, 2016 whiskey tango foxtrots plot revolves around the thing most any movie about war correspondents including, yes, that one will. The movie balances between realistic approaches and the mainstream hollywood agendas. In the movie, fey portrays journalist kim barker, who is sent to the wartorn country in the early. 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 immediately the empty voids overseas. 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. Movie is based on kim barkers time in afghanistan as the south asia bureau chief for the chicago tribune. The serious story behind tina feys whiskey tango foxtrot.
Whiskey tango foxtrot is an interesting movie, funny enough and intriguing in its depiction of western journalists living in the kabubble of afghanistan. 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. Whiskey, tango, foxtrot tells the story of how journalists can get hooked on the adrenalineattention of covering events while embedded with a military unit. So much so that her story caught the attention of tina fey and saturday. Journalist kim barker on what its like for your life to. Mar 02, 2016 the new film whiskey tango foxtrot puts tina fey in a place shes never been before. Mar 03, 2016 only now its not comedy, its war, and while whiskey tango foxtrot does a good job to show how brazenly disinterested some of these people can be about the wider story in exchange for nabbing.
The film is based on the true stories of kim barker as described in her 2011 memoir, the taliban shuffle. Tina fey stars in this wickedly entertaining comedy about finding yourself in the most unlikely of places. Is whiskey tango foxtrot a horrible movie about a white outsider plopped in the middle of afghanistan. Amidst the chaos kim discovers her true strength as she risks it all to find the next big story. Ahead of the films uk release, barker talks about how she survived as a foreign. Directed by glenn ficarra and john requa the mixedtone masters of movies like crazy, stupid, love. Stuck in a rut reporter kim baker fey decides to shake things up by leaving her desk. Meet kim barker, the real reporter who inspired whiskey tango foxtrot 28 jun 2016 whiskey tango foxtrot out now on bluray, dvd and digital hd stars tina fey as kim baker, a tv. Its based on the true story of kim barker, an american female journalist, and her adventures in afghanistan during the afghan war. When kim barker first arrived in kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a. 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. Meet kim barker, the real reporter who inspired whiskey. With whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey tries to reclaim a. Whiskey tango foxtrot isnt a great movie, but it is something rare and important.
With whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey tries to reclaim a neglected genre. Tina fey, margot robbie go to war in whiskey tango foxtrot. Yes, just mercy is a true story, and itll definitely stir up some big emotions. Only now its not comedy, its war, and while whiskey tango foxtrot does a good job to show how brazenly disinterested some of these people can be about the wider story in. Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 is a warcomedy starring tina fey as kim baker, an american broadcast journalist who decides to take an assignment in wartorn afghanistan in an attempt to escape her unsatisfying american life and mundane desk job.
Mar 02, 2016 for the first year, youre like, i got a desk. With a wink, kim barker, author of the memoir the taliban shuffle inspiration for the new tina fey film whiskey tango foxtrot says of. Mar 08, 2016 whiskey tango author thinks movie got core story right. So much so that her story caught the attention of tina fey and. As crazy as it looks, whiskey tango foxtrot is indeed inspired by actual events. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by kim barker.
Aug 23, 2016 tina feys new comedy is based on a true story written by a journalist who complied her stories into a book about what her life was really like when she was reporting from afghanistan and pakistan. Tina fey makes out with stephen peacocke while martin freeman gets some shuteye in our deleted scene from whiskey tango foxtrot. 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. 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. Kim baker, the inspiration for whiskey tango foxtrot, joins us to discuss her story.
Mar 04, 2016 thats not to judge whiskey tango foxtrot the title is a play on a common profane phrase using the military phonetic alphabet by its stars previous successes. The story telling and events flow like nobodys business and the representation of afghan people in the movie is beyond great. Given her career to this point, i expected whisky tango foxtrot to be a straightforward comedy, and the trailer seemed to confirm my expectations. The movie opens in the year 2006 with kim baker tina fey. Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 the real kim featurette. Compelling but uneven dramedy has swearing, drinking, more. Feb 24, 2016 tina fey stars in this wickedly entertaining comedy about finding yourself in the most unlikely of places.
Whiskey tango foxtrot out now on bluray, dvd and digital hd stars tina. In whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey as a wisecracking war reporter. When kim barker first arrived in kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only english and had little idea how to do the taliban shuffle. Embedded in whiskey tango foxtrot is, finally, a satisfying love story, one so tangled in numbers and suspicious of malware that when one character locks eyes with another and says, im. The success has lent itself to even more reallife comedy for barker, now an. Based on letters of the military phonetic alphabet, whiskey tango foxtrot is a euphemistic substitution for what the fuck or wtf. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a comical as well as serious movie based on the true story of kim barker, an american female journalist, and her adventures in afghanistan during the. The reaction at the pentagon, said one official, was whiskey tango foxtrot military slang for an expression of shock. Mar 17, 2016 war correspondent tells the true story behind whiskey tango foxtrot march 17, 2016. Whiskey tango foxtrot, name adopted by cast members of the real world. When kim barker first arrived in kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only english and had little idea how to do the taliban shuffle between.
Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mar 04, 2016 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 idea how to tell the 30 rock star how. Whiskey tango author thinks movie got core story right. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a comical but serious movie starring tina fey. The film, starring tina fey as an intrepid, amusingly clumsy. Dr this is a film i should not like because it has many of the problems that usually frustrate me, but somehow it charmed me, and in the end i have to say i really liked whisky tango foxtrot. Real whiskey tango foxtrot journalist kim barker on the insane true story that inspired the tina fey film exclusive video. Your specop library will not be complete without it. The bodyguard speaks with an australian accent at first, but turns out to really be canadian. The movie opens in the year 2006 with kim baker tina fey partying at a house in kabul, afghanistan with mostly military men while bombs are heard going off in the distance.
Kim has hit middle age with no children and no marriage on the horizon. Despite starring tina fey, the movie is by no means all laughs. 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. Real whiskey tango foxtrot journalist kim barker on the. Whiskey tango foxtrot and hollywoods enduring problem. 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 story cuminternational thriller about our surveillance society thats so convincingly paranoid youll tape over your webcam. Whiskey tango foxtrot and hollywoods enduring problem with. In the films production notes, fey says, this is a movie based on her life, so we changed her name from barker to baker, and robert also made.
Mar 07, 2016 whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 is a warcomedy starring tina fey as kim baker, an american broadcast journalist who decides to take an assignment in wartorn afghanistan in an attempt to escape her unsatisfying american life and mundane desk job. But lets not confuse a movies adherence to facts with the sidelong truths it reveals. Whiskey tango foxtrot deleted scene gets awkward with tina. Meet kim barker, the real reporter who inspired whiskey tango. War correspondent tells the true story behind whiskey tango foxtrot march 17, 2016. Tina fey dedicates whiskey tango foxtrot to her late. Whiskey tango foxtrot may be the novel of the summer the.
Jun 17, 2016 tina fey makes out with stephen peacocke while martin freeman gets some shuteye in our deleted scene from whiskey tango foxtrot. Whether tina has grown to be great at many genres or the movie was simply destined for her real life character. Whiskey tango foxtrot may be the novel of the summer. Whiskey tango foxtrot feels like a missed opportunity to use humor to dig deeper into americas twisted relationship with militarism. This signals barkers capacity for delivering a oneliner which states a fact. Whisky tango foxtrot once highly classified information is now available as lived by, and seen through the eyes of a first hand reporter and special forces soldier lynne m. Much of the movie is quite funny, but people get killed onscreen. Wtf movie whiskey tango foxtrot based on book the taliban. Whiskey tango foxtrot captures the texture of one persons experience in a place where she knows she. War correspondent tells the true story behind whiskey tango. It is a solid film with great acting, and provokes a great deal of thought.