If you don't STAND for something, you might FALL for anything.
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
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Character
Contemporary, grave, earnest and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Meryl StreepJanine Roth
- Tom CruiseSenator Jasper Irving
- Robert RedfordDr. Stephen Malley
- Andrew GarfieldTodd Hayes
- Michael PeñaErnest Rodriguez
- Derek LukeArian Finch
- Peter BergWirey Pink
- Kevin DunnANX Editor
- Christopher MaySoldier
- Larry BatesSoldier
Crew
- Robert RedfordDirector
- Matthew Michael CarnahanWriter
- Philippe RousselotDirector of Photography
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
- Joe HutshingEditor
- Andrew HauptmanProducer
- Matthew Michael CarnahanProducer
- Tracy FalcoProducer
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