Journalist kim barker on what its like for your life to. Tina fey headlines this seriocomic look at a female reporter in afghanistan, directed by glenn ficarra and john requa focus and costarring margot robbie. A man wearing sergeant chevrons says he is a gunnery sergeant. Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 surprise interview paramount. Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Whiskey tango foxtrot christopher abbott behind the. Tina fey as afghanistanbased tv reporter kim baker in whiskey tango foxtrot. A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in afghanistan and pakistan.
The title of the movie is more clever than i gave it originally gave it credit for. Michaels, who turned her book into the film whiskey tango foxtrot. Nine things about the film whiskey tango foxtrot 1. Whiskey tango foxtrot finds tina fey at her wartime. Whiskey tango foxtrot and the onceagain forgotten war.
Whiskey tango foxtrot christopher abbott behind the scenes movie interv. Fourteen years ago, kim barker was astonished to find herself thrown into the wartorn countries of afghanistan and pakistan as a brand new foreign news correspondent. Tina fey talks to time about whiskey tango foxtrot, her new war. If you really dont know what it means, go look it up. Its based on the true story of kim barker, an american female journalist, and her adventures in afghanistan during the afghan war. Kim barkers bestselling memoir of life as a journalist in pakistan and afghanistan was an adventure written as the antieat pray love. In her new film whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey plays a tv reporter named. Repeated mentions of edward snowden on the back cover might lead a harried stockperson to shelve it in the postprivacy politics section. At the beginning of the rolling credits is a dedication to fey s father, donald henry fey, who died in 2015. For example they have tina fey doing interviews with marines with clearly visible rank insignia on their collars and the marines give their own ranks wrong. Margot robbie and tina fey interview for whiskey tango. Tina feys whiskey tango foxtrot is funny but troubling chicago. Tina fey talks the making of whiskey tango foxtrot abc news. Watch margot robbie, tina fey and the cast of whiskey.
Courtesy paramount pictures this article is more than 4 years old. Kim tina fey enters the foray during a firefight, much to the dismay of her escorts. Is whiskey tango foxtrot a horrible movie about a white outsider plopped in the middle of afghanistan. When reporter, kim bakers tina fey life needs something more, she decides to shake it all up by taking an assignment in a war zone. Now a major motion picture titled whiskey tango foxtrot starring tina fey, margot robbie, martin. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by kim barker. Despite the title and tina fey as the lead actor, this movie isnt a comedy at all. The film was originally titled the taliban shuffle and fun house, before settling on whiskey tango foxtrot. There are some movies that you come to understand not by figuring out what it is, but by what it isnt. Fey s followup to sisters is what youd call a real departure, the closest she has come to dramatic acting. In an interview with usa today which debuted the photos above, fey noted what an unusual experience whiskey tango foxtrot was for her. The movie, called whiskey tango foxtrot, comes out on march 4, and my book also now called whiskey tango foxtrot has been republished, with a photograph of a bemused fey. Insofar as barkers book limned both the thrill and the tedium of life in a neverending war zone, its hardly a knock that whiskey tango foxtrot often feels roughhewn and scattershot.
Whiskey tango foxtrot 2016 javelin scene 210 youtube. Now, fey plays a character based on barker in whiskey tango foxtrot, a movie adapted from the book by feys longtime writing collaborator. In whiskey tango foxtrot, a dark comedy that she produced and stars. She does have a few good oneliners, but the story keeps her character grounded in the middle of war and the carnage it continually provides. This signals barkers capacity for delivering a oneliner which states a fact. With whiskey tango foxtrot making its way into theaters on march 4th, i got the opportunity to sit down with fey, margot robbie, christopher abbott and stephen peacocke for. Whiskey tango foxtrot author bummed that tina fey claimed title first.
Recent editions of barkers book have since been renamed whiskey tango foxtrot wtf, in the militarys phonetic alphabetto reflect the name of its new film adaptation, starring tina fey. Feys bestknown comedic persona, on more treacherous terrain and with an afghan culture. An interview with former foreign correspondent kim barker, the inspiration for tina feys character in whiskey tango foxtrot. From tea with warlords in the countryside to parties with drunken foreign correspondents in the dry city of kabul, journalist kim barker captures the humor and heartbreak of life in post911 afghanistan and pakistan in this. If there was such a genre as slacker cyberpunk, whiskey tango foxtrot would firmly fit inside it. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, viagra the new film whiskey tango foxtrot explores a difficult subject. Frank masiap it takes a special kind of person to see a hotspot of war, corruption and desperation and say, with a. L ess than three months ago, tina fey was strutting across the screen in sisters fretting about whether her dress showed too much underteat. 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. Kim barkers bestselling memoir of life as a journalist in pakistan and afghanistan was an adventure written. It is a quasidocumentary where tina fey quite effectively plays a dramatic lead character.
After reading kim barkers book the taliban shuffle, actress tina fey was. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, a dark comedic take on her time in south asia, was published by doubleday. Barker interviewing a group of men near where a us bomb had. Tina fey explains how she cast her whiskey tango foxtrot love interest and why she dedicated the film to her dad. Whiskey tango foxtrot interview margot robbie, kim baker, billy bob thornton, martin freeman, and tina fey discuss whiskey tango. Mar 03, 2016 tina fey, margot robbie go to war in whiskey tango foxtrot in addition, theres an undercurrent of sexism that the film tackles head on, especially in regard to the plight of women in that part. Tina fey goes to kabul in sharp, savvy wartime comedy in february 2014, fey announced that barkers book would be adapted by robert carlock, feys. 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. Whiskey tango foxtrot is an uneven, but otherwise passable wartime comedydrama anchored by tina fey s performance tina fey stars in whiskey tango foxtrot as kim baker, a new yorkbased cable reporter who seeking an escape from her mundane existence agrees to head over to afghanistan to cover developments in the country, shortly after the u. Kim barker was the south asia bureau chief for the chicago tribune from 2004 to 2009, based in new delhi and islamabad. Whiskey tango foxtrot is loosely based on the book the taliban shuffle. Tina fey interview 2016 tina fey on movie whiskey tango foxtrot. May 11, 2016 tina fey as afghanistanbased tv reporter kim baker in whiskey tango foxtrot.
Tina fey plays kim baker, a fictionalized version of reallife war correspondent kim barker, whose memoir inspired the film. Whiskey tango foxtrot casting controversy addressed. But rather than say mission accomplished, tina fey is taking the. What starts out as a funny and corny fish out of water movie, slowly morphs into a more serious film about the addictive nature of constantly being in a warzone. An entertaining book that is also informative from a firsthand perspective about the systemic.
Fey plays a character based on barker in whiskey tango foxtrot, a movie adapted from the book by fey s longtime writing collaborator robert carlock. Interviews, movie red carpet premieres, broll and more from. Author and reporter kim barker in chicago last month doing publicity for the movie whiskey tango foxtrot, which is based on her book the. An entertaining book that is also informative from a firsthand perspective about the systemic failures within the war on terror, it was picked up by tina feys production company little stranger, with screenwriter robert carlock given adapting duties. Feb 28, 2016 the movie, called whiskey tango foxtrot, comes out on march 4, and my book also now called whiskey tango foxtrot has been republished, with a photograph of a bemused fey on the. Mar 04, 2016 directed by glenn ficarra and john requa, whiskey tango foxtrot suggests a serious extension of ms. Tina fey leads whiskey tango foxtrot as kim baker, a reporter whos doing pretty well for herself minus the fact thats shes stuck in a monotonous routine. Whiskey tango foxtrot was released on dvd and bluray on june 28, 2016. In a phone interview as she was returning to new york from the.
Tina fey s new movie whiskey tango foxtrot covers much of the same time period in afghanistan, and its title is no coincidence. The story is direct and a marginally varnished view of the world of imbedded journalism during the ongoing afghanistan war. Hit the jump to see the whiskey tango foxtrot trailer. It ended up being a far more thoughtprovoking film than i was expecting. Tina fey rejected hemsworth bros and ryan gosling for. Mar 08, 2016 wellmade and much more serious than its being marketed, whiskey tango foxtrot gives tina fey to flex some acting chops you may not know she possessed. Barker joins rachel martin to talk about the movie and war reporting. Whiskey tango foxtrot critics consensus while wtf is far from fubar, tina fey and martin freeman are just barely enough to overcome the pictures glib predictability and limited worldview. Such is my hope with tina fey s latest film whiskey tango foxtrot a satirical view of the conflict in afghanistan as seen through the eyes of a novice international reporter fey.
Feb 29, 2016 whiskey tango foxtrot, starring tina fey. An entertaining book that is also informative from a firsthand perspective about the systemic failures within the war on terror, it was picked up by tina fey s production company. Tina fey dedicates whiskey tango foxtrot to her late father. In whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey finds a character tailormade for her. In the book a character says to kim, you are in the blue prison. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a comical but serious movie starring tina fey. In whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey stars as reporter kim barker, on assignment in afghanistan. Tina fey whiskey tango foxtrot interview refinery29. From tea with warlords in the countryside to parties with drunken foreign correspondents in the dry city of kabul, journalist kim barker captures the humor and heartbreak of life in post911 afghanistan and pakistan in this profound and darkly. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, a memoir about her time working as a foreign correspondent for the chicago tribune in the midtolate 2000s. Whiskey tango foxtrot and millions of other books are available for instant access. Tina feys new film whiskey tango foxtrot has been criticized online for casting british actor alfred molina and american actor christopher abbott as afghans, but the actress and producer said in a recent interview she expected some backlash for that decision. Whiskey tango foxtrot takes a different look at female.
Paramount making baker a tv person has dramatic sense, because it forces her closer to the action. Whiskey tango foxtrot author says tina fey swiped his title. Tina fey takes her weekend update skills on the road in whiskey tango foxtrot, opening this weekend, in which fey plays kim baker, a television journalist dispatched to. In whiskey tango foxtrot, a dark comedy that she produced and stars in its her 12th. Kim barker on tina fey making her life into a movie. It shows both the horror and the heroism that every war entails. Tina fey interviews, books, shows, style, red carpet. Mar 09, 2016 tina fey talks the making of whiskey tango foxtrot fey appears on popcorn with peter travers to reveals why she decided to produce and star in the new movie whiskey tango foxtrot.
A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in afghanistan. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, it noted that she depicted herself as a. Kim has hit middle age with no children and no marriage on the horizon. Tina fey stars as the nominally namechanged kim baker, a fortysomething new yorker living a.
With a wink, kim barker, author of the memoir the taliban shuffle. The title of the movie is more clever than i gave it originally gave. But neither does whiskey tango foxtrot fulfill its assigned duty to provide evidence of feys versatility. War correspondent tells the true story behind whiskey. Mar 01, 2016 fey s followup to sisters is what youd call a real departure, the closest she has come to dramatic acting. The movie version, whiskey tango foxtrot, was released in 2016, starring tina fey, martin freeman, alfred. Whiskey tango foxtrot, icymi, is military alphabet for what the fuck. Frank masiap it takes a special kind of person to see a hotspot of war, corruption and desperation and say, with a cavalier smile. Now a major motion picture titled whiskey tango foxtrot starring tina fey, margot robbie, martin freeman, alfred molina, and billy bob thornton.
For dave, watching his war in afghanistan on the silver screen, through a reporters eyes, was alternatively improbable, jarring, and moving. Whiskey tango foxtrot opens this week from paramount pictures, featuring star tina fey in the rare role thats much more dramatic than it is comedic. In whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey finds a character tailormade for. Mar 04, 2016 recent editions of barkers book have since been renamed whiskey tango foxtrotwtf, in the militarys phonetic alphabetto reflect the name of its new film adaptation, starring tina fey. As for the inaccurate portrayal of the marines, it was minor stuff but really annoying. Tina fey interview 2016 tina fey on movie whiskey tango. Whiskey, tango, foxtrot tells the story of how journalists can get hooked on the adrenalineattention of covering events while embedded with a military unit. Tina fey s new film whiskey tango foxtrot has been criticized online for casting british actor alfred molina and american actor christopher abbott. Journalist kim barker just lived through that experience when her book, the taliban shuffle, was bought by tina fey s production company and adapted into whiskey tango foxtrot wtf, starring. Heres the official synopsis for whiskey tango foxtrot when reporter kim bakers tina fey life needs something more, she decides to shake it all up by taking an assignment in a war zone.
Feb 29, 2016 whiskey tango foxtrot interview margot robbie, kim baker, billy bob thornton, martin freeman, and tina fey discuss whiskey tango. It is a solid film with great acting, and provokes a great deal of thought. How journalist kim barkers memoir became the basis of. Margot robbie and tina fey play would you rather collider.
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