Real life 'Lone Survivor' and Mark Wahlberg discuss the cost and depiction of war

Posted by · 10:12 pm · October 30th, 2013

“Lone Survivor” tells the harrowing story of SEAL Team 10 and Operation Red Wings, a tragic story of Afghanistan warfare captured with grit and realism by director Peter Berg. Berg, two of the film’s stars, Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitsch, and real life “lone survivor” Marcus Luttrell reflect on the event, the film, the cost of war and the responsibility of immortalizing it on film.

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Mark Wahlberg and friends go to Afghanistan in the trailer for Peter Berg's 'Lone Survivor'

Posted by · 1:14 pm · July 31st, 2013

Back in June it was announced that Universal would be slating Peter Berg’s Afghanistan drama “Lone Survivor” for an Oscar qualifying run. With only Ron Howard’s “Rush” to work with otherwise (a film I hear is a knock-out), the studio needed the extra firepower. Today a trailer for the film arrived.

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