The Tillman Story

The Tillman Story
Directed byAmir Bar-Lev
Written byAmir Bar-Lev
Joe Bini
Mark Monroe
Produced byJohn Battsek
Narrated byJosh Brolin
CinematographySean Kirby
Igor Martinovic
Edited byJoshua Altman
Joe Bini
Gabriel Rhodes
Music byPhilip Sheppard
Production
companies
Distributed byThe Weinstein Company[1]
Release dates
  • January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23) (Sundance)
  • August 20, 2010 (2010-08-20) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$798,940[1]

The Tillman Story is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Amir Bar-Lev and narrated by Josh Brolin.[2] It is about the death of professional-football-player-turned-Army-Ranger Pat Tillman in the War in Afghanistan, the coverup of the circumstances of his death, and his family's struggle to unearth the truth. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and it was named the Best Documentary of 2010 by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle,[3] the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association, and the Florida Film Critics Circle,[4] as well as one of the Top Five Documentaries of the year by the National Board of Review.

  1. ^ a b "The Tillman Story (2010) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
  2. ^ "Josh Brolin Scores Touchdown with 'The Tillman Story' Narration on accessAtlanta". Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
  3. ^ SFFCC (13 December 2010). "2010 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards". The San Francisco Film Critics Circle. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ Maxwell, Erin (December 20, 2010). "Florida Film Critics laud 'Inception,' 'Social Network'".