The Outpost

Based on the best-selling nonfiction book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by CNN’s chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper, "The Outpost" chronicles the true story of the 53 U.S. soldiers who tried to repel an overwhelming attack by almost 400 Taliban insurgents at Combat Outpost Keating in northeastern Afghanistan.
It was easily the most heroic American battle in a generation – one in which two soldiers, Staff Sergeant Clint Romesha and Specialist Ty Carter received the Medal of Honor, the first time in fifty years that two living servicemen were recognized with the award for the same battle.
Starring Scott Eastwood ("Romesha"), Caleb Landry Jones ("Carter"), Orlando Bloom ("Ben Keating") and directed by Rod Lurie.

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Credits

Director:

Rod Lurie

Executive Producer:

Jake Tapper, Avi Lerner, John Kalafatis, Joanna Kalafatis, Andrey Georgiev, Trevor Short, Mark Rhino Smith, Robert Van Norden, Tommy Vlahopoulos, Eric Johnson, Boaz Davidson

Producer:

Jonathan Yunger, Jeffrey Greenstein, Paul Merryman, Marc Frydman, Paul Tamasy, Les Weldon

Screenwriter:

Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson

Cinematographer:

Lorenzo Senatore

Editor:

Michael Duthie

Production Designer:

P. Erik Carlson

Sound Designer:

Kris Casavant

Music:

Larry Groupe

Principal Cast:

Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Jack Kesy, Cory Hardrict, Milo Gibson, Jacob Scipio, Taylor John Smith

Additional Credits:

Writer (book "The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor"): Jake Tapper

Contact

Public Film Contact:

Sam Schulte
Millennium Media
sam@millennium-media.net

Publicity Contact:

Jim Dobson
jim@indie-pr.com
323-896-6006

Sales Agent:

Millennium Media

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2020
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123 mins