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e e e American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical War drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written and executive produced by Jason Hall based on the Memoir American Sniper the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in s military history 2012 by Chris Kyle with Scott mccuan and Jim defis the film follows the life of Kyle who became the deadliest mark in as military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense five while Kyle was celebrated for his military successes his tours of Duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family life it stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife tea with Luke Grimes Jake mcdorman Cory Hardrick Kevin LAX Navid nigan and car o' Donnell in supporting roles at the 87th Academy Award WS American Sniper received six nominations including best picture best adapted screenplay and best actor for Cooper ultimately winning one for best sound editing growing up in Texas Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer years later Chris has become a ranch hand and Rodeo Cowboy and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man after telling her to leave he is mulling it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 as Embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy he qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with US Navy Seals Chris meets T stutter Baker at an Irish pub in San Diego and the two soon marry he is sent to Iraq after the September 11th attacks his first kills are a woman and boy who attacked US Marines on patrol with a russian-made RK G3 anti-tank grenade Chris is visibly upset by the experience but later earns the nickname legend for his many kills assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu musab alaka Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the seals to the butcher Al zaka is second in command the plan goes arai when the butcher captures the father and his son killing them while Chris is pinned down by a sniper this sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria meanwhile the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris Chris returns home to his wife and the birth of his son he is distracted by memories of his War experiences and by T's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family Chris leaves for a second tour and is promoted to chief petty officer involved in a shootout with the butcher he helps in killing him when he returns home to a newborn daughter Chris becomes increasingly distant from his family on Chris's third tour Mustafa seriously injures a unit member Ryan bigles job and the unit is evacuated back to base when they decide to return to the field and continue the Mission another seal Mark Lee is killed by gunfire guilt compels Chris to undertake a fourth tour and TAA tells him she may not be there when he returns back in Iraq Chris is shocked to learn bigles died in surgery to repair the wounds he sustained assigned to kill Mustafa who has been sniping as army combat engineers building a barricade Chris's sniper team is placed on a rooftop inside enemy territory Chris spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky long distance shot at 2100 yd 920m but this exposes his teen's position to numerous armed insurgents in the midst of the gunfight and low on ammunition Chris tearfully calls T and tells her he is ready to come home a sandstorm provides concealment for a chaotic Escape in which he is injured and almost Left Behind after Chris gets back stateside on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life he is asked by a Veteran's Affairs psychiatrist if he is haunted by all the things he did in war when he replies it is all the guys he couldn't save that haunt him the psychiatrist encourages him to help severely wounded veterans in the VAR hospital after that Chris gradually begins to adjust to home life years later on February 2nd 2013 Chris says goodbye to his wife and family as he leaves in good spirits to spend time with Eddie Ray Ralph a veteran suffering from PTSD at a shooting range an on-screen subtitle reveals that Chris was killed that day by wrath followed by archive footage of crowds standing along the highway away for his funeral procession Mora shown attending his memorial service on May 24th 2012 it was announced that Warner broers had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation nine Cooper had thought of Chris Pratt to play Kyle but Warner Bros agreed to buy it only if Cooper with star 10 in September 2012 David O Russell said he was interested in directing the film 11 on February 2nd 2013 Chris Kyle was m murdered on May 2nd 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct 12 Spielberg had read Kyle's book though he desired to have a more psychological conflict present in the screenplay so an enemy sniper character could serve as the Insurgent Sharpshooter who was trying to track down and kill Kyle Spielberg's ideas contributed to the development of a lengthy screenplay approaching 160 Pages due to Warner Bros budget constraints Spielberg felt he could not bring his vision of the story to the screen 13 on August 5th 2013 Spielberg dropped out of directing 14 on August 21st 2013 it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film 15 casting on March 14th 2014 Sienna Miller joined the cast 16 on March 16 2014 Kyle gner was cast 17 as was Cory Hardrick on March 18th 2014 18 on March 20th 2014 naid Negan Eric Close Eric ladin Ray gigos and Jake mcdorman also joined the cast 1920 as did Luke Grimes and Sam Jagger on March 25th 2014 20 22 Kevin Lux a former Navy SEAL was also cast and served as a technical adviser 23 another former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert also joined the film portraying a Delta sniper 24 on June 3rd Max Charles was added to the cast to portray Kyle's son Colton Kyle 25 filming principal photography began on March 31st 2014 in Los Angeles 26 witty additional filming in Morocco 27 on April 23rd the Los Angeles Times reported that 10 days of filming set in an Afghan Village was set to begin at the blue cloud Movie Ranch in the Santa Clarita area 28 on May 7th shooting of the film was spotted around El Centro a milk factory was used as the abandoned date Factory which insurgents Clos in on from all directions at the climax of the film 2930 the here and bar scenes were filmed in Seal Beach California 31 cinematographer Tom Stern shot the film with a real Alexa XT digital cameras and Panavision c e and G Series anamorphic lenses 32 the film is Eastwood second to be shot digitally after Jersey Boys 33 music there is no music by credit on this film Clint Eastwood who has composed the scores for most of his films since Mystic River 23 is credited as the composer composer of T's theme Joseph s debc is credited as composer of additional music and as music editor 3435 the film also features the song Someone Like You by Van Morrison which plays during the wedding scene and the funeral by a Neo [ __ ] American Sniper grossed $ 350.12 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $547.00 against a budget of around $58 million for calculating in all expenses and revenues deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of $243 million making it the second most profitable film of 2014 only behind paramounts Transformers age of Extinction 37 worldwide it is the highest grossing War film of all time breaking Saving Private Ryan's record 38 and Eastwood's highest grossing film to date it is the seventh R-rated film to gross over $500 million 39 North America in North America it was the highest grossing film of 2014 40 the highest grossing War film unadjusted for inflation and on an adjusted basis second to Saving Private Ryan with 379 million 41 the fourth highest grossing IR rated film of all time Behind The Passion of the Christ Deadpool and Deadpool 2 42 Warner bro's fourth highest grossing film Behind The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises in Harry Potter and and the Deathly Hallows part two 43 and the eighth highest grossing best picture nominee film behind Avatar Titanic Star Wars at the Extraterrestrial Toy Story 3 the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King and the Lord of the Rings The Two Towers 44 became the seventh Warner Bros film to earn over $300 million in the US and Canada and the 50th film to reach the mark 45 it earned as much as the combined earnings of all of the other 2014 Best Picture nominees 46 on March 8th 2015 it's a pass the Hunger Games Mocking Jay part one to become the highest grossing film of 2014 44 making it the first R-rated film since Saving Private Ryan 1998 and the first non-franchise film since Avatar 2009 to top the year end rankings 44 American Sniper premiered at the FY Fest on November 11th 2014 just after a screening of Selma at Gran's Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles 47 in North America the film open to a limited release on December 25th 2014 playing at four theaters 2 in New York one in Los Angeles and one in Dallas and earned $610,000 in its opening weekend $850,000 including Christmas Day at an average of $150 2500 per venue debuting at hh22 48 and 49 the following week the film earned 67699 playing at the same number of locations at an average of $169 and $277 per Theater which is the second biggest weekend average ever for a liveaction movie previously held by 2001's Mullen Rouge 50 American Sniper holds the record for the most entries in the top 20 top weekend theater averages with three entries at hash 12 hash4 and hash 17 it earned a total of $3.4 million from limited release in three weekends 51 the film began its wide debut across North American theaters on January 16th 2015 Thursday night showings began at 700 p.m. 52 it set an all-time highest Thursday night opening record for an R-rated drama with 5.3 million previously held by Lone Survivor 535 e455 the film topped the box office on its opening day grossing $30.5 million including Thursday previews from 3555 theaters setting January records for both biggest debut opening previously held by Cloverfield and single day gross previously held by Avatar its traditional 3-day opening the film earned 89.2 million which was double than expected and broke the record for the largest January opening previously held by Ride Along 59 and the largest winter opening 60 which is also Eastwood's top opening as a director breaking Grand Torino's opening 61 the 3-day opening is also the biggest opening weekend for a drama film previously held by The Passion of the Christ 62 the second biggest debut for a Best Picture Oscar nominee behind Toy Story 3 63 the second biggest debut for an R-rated film behind the Matrix Reloaded and the third biggest for a non-comic book non-fantasy slfi film behind Furious 7 and Fast and Furious 6 63 and 64 it also set an IMX January opening and single weekend record with $10.6 million previously held by Avatar in its fourth weekend and an R-rated IMX debut record previously held by Prometheus 65 had earned $17.2 million during its 4 days Martin Luther King weekend setting a record for the biggest R-rated 4-day gross 66 in its second weekend the film expanded to 3,75 theaters making it the second widest launch for an R-rated movie Behind the film itself 6768 it grossed an estimated $ 64.6 million in its second weekend declining only by 28% and set the record for the second best hold ever for a movie opening to more than $85 million and also set the record for the eighth largest second weekend gross 69 and 70 in just 10 days of release the film surpassed Pearl Harbor 1998.5 million to become the second highest grossing War film in North America 71 by its second weekend box office mojo had already reported that the film was on Poise to become the highest grossing film of 2014 in North America a record that was at the time held by the hunger gains mocking J part won $334 million judging from its gradual decline and strong holdovers 72 it became the highest grossing IM Max film of January grossing $18.8 million from 333 IMX theaters 73 on Thursday January 29th 2015 35 days after its initial release the film surpassed Saving Private Ryan $26.5 Million to become the highest grossing War film in North America unadjusted for inflation 74 by its third weekend of wide release the film expand Ed to 3 885 theaters 180 additional theaters added breaking its own record of being the widest R-rated film ever released 75 and 76 the film topped the box office through its third weekend earning $3.66 million which is the second highest Super Bowl weekend gross behind Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus best of both world's concert 77 after topping the box office for three consecutive weekends the film was overtaken by the SpongeBob movie sponge out of water in its fourth weekend 46 outside North America the film had the biggest debut weekend for a Clint Eastwood film and went on to become the director's top grossing film of all time in each of the countries in which it was released 78 in Italy the film opened at number two with $7.1 million Eastwood's best opening of all time and Warner bro's second biggest opening for a non-f franchises film there 79 it went on to top the box office the following weekend as as well 80 its other largest openings occurred in France $6.3 million 81 were at top the Box offers for four consecutive weekends 82 Australia $4.3 million $4.6 million including previews 83 the UK Ireland and Malta $3.8 million 84 Spain $3.2 million Japan $2.8 million Mexico $2.6 million Brazil $1.8 million and South Korea $1.2 million 81 in total earnings its largest market outside of the US are Italy $23 million and France $22.8 million 85 critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 72% based on 294 reviews with an average rating of six 9010 the website's critical consensus States powered by Clint Eastwood short-handed Direction and a gripping Central performance from Bradley Cooper American Sniper delivers a tense Vivid tribute to its real life subject 86 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 48 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 87 in cinemascore polls conducted during the opening weekend audiences gave American Sniper a rare grade of a Plus on an A plus to f scale 88 Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a taught Vivid and sad account of the Bri brief life of the most accomplished Marksman in American Military annals 89 Justin Chang of variety gave the film a positive review saying an excellent performance from a bulked up Bradley Cooper this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insights into the physical and psychological toll exacted on the front lines 90 David Denby of the New Yorker gave the film a positive review saying both a devastating war movie and a devastating anti-war movie A subdued celebration of A Warrior's skill and sorrowful lament over his alienation and misery 91 Kei fips of the dissolve wrote that the film while wellmade missed a chance to explore the toll that such service exacts on soldiers 92 Chris Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+ saying the film's just a repetition of context free combat missions and one-dimensional targets 93 Elizabeth whitesman of New York Daily News gave the film four out of five stars saying the best movies are ever shifting intelligent and open Ed enough to expand alongside an audience American Sniper is built on this Foundation of uncommon compassion 94 Peter Travis of Rolling Stone gave the film three and a half stars out of four saying Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and director eastw salute Kyle's patriotism best by not denying its toll their targets are clearly in sight and their aim is true 95 ignit vishki of the AF Club gave the film a b saying American sniper is imperfect and at times a little corny but also ambivalent and complicated in ways that are uniquely East woodan 96 James barad nelli of Real views gave the film three and a half stars out of four saying American Sniper lifts director Clint Eastwood out of the doldrums that have played his last few films 97 Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars saying Cooper Nails the role of an American killing machine in Clint Eastwood's cleare eyed look at the Iraq War 9 Kenneth Tran of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review saying eastwoods impeccably crafted action sequences so catch us up in the chaos of combat we are almost not aware that we're watching a film at all 99 Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars saying it's clearly Cooper's show substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas draw Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence intensity and vulnerability 100 Joshua Roth cop of timeout New York gave the film four out of five stars saying only Clint Eastwood could make a movie about an Iraq war veteran and Infuse it with doubts Mission anxiety and ruination 1001 Dean abadala praised the film saying his Focus was not on whom we were fighting but the unbearably high price Americans pay for Waging War regardless of its Target the film is a cautionary tale for Americans about why we must avoid war it is not a celebration of waging it 102 the film drew some negative negative reviews Matt tab in Rolling Stein wrote that the movie turned the complicated moral questions and mass Bloodshed of the Iraq War into a black and white fairy tale without presenting the historical context 103 Alex Von tunlan of the Guardian argued that the film presented a simplified black and white portrayal of the Iraq War and that it features the Distortion of facts into unreliable myths based upon previous Legends 104 David masiat of Salon criticized the movie's focus on physical rather than moral courage as the ultimate manly virtue 105 Cavalry Scout sniper Garrett reppenhagen stated that he did not view Iraqi civilians as Savages but as part of a friendly culture for which the movie has furthered ignorance fear and bigotry 106 in C Kang of thup gave the film a negative review saying director Clint Eastwood's focus on Kyle is so tight that no other character including wife tea sien Miller comes through as a person and the scope so narrow that the film engages only superficially with the moral issues surrounding the Iraq War 107 several other articles have also been critical of the movie 108 billion 109 mil 110 111 responding to critics Eastwood said that American Sniper shows what war does to the people left behind 112 and that presenting the fact of what war does to the family and the people who have to go back into civilian life like Chris Kyle did is the biggest anti-war statement any film can make 113 he stated one of my favorite war movies that I've been involved with is Letters From EO gima and that was about family about being taken away from life being sent someplace in World War II everybody just sort of went home and got over it now there is some effort to help people through it 113 he also said I was a child growing up during World War II That was supposed to be the one to end all wars and four years later I was standing at the draft board being drafted during the Korean conflict and then after that there was Vietnam and it goes on and on forever I just wonder does this ever stop and no it doesn't so each time we get in these conflicts it deserves a lot of thought before we go waiting in or waiting out going in or coming out it needs a better thought process I think 114 Bradley Cooper stated that much of the criticism ignores that the film was about widespread neglect of returning veterans and that people who take issue with Kyle should redirect their attention to the Le leaders who put the troops there in the first place he said we looked at hopefully igniting attention about the lack of care that goes to vets any discussion that has nothing to do with vets or what we did or did not do for them every conversation in those terms is moving farther and farther from what our soldiers go through and the fact that 22 veterans commit suicide each day Cooper said that an increasing number of soldiers are returning from conflict psychologically damaged only to be more or less discarded 115 former First Lady Michelle Obama and former Republican party Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin also spoke out in support of the movie 116 mil 11718 historical accuracy several major news sources commented on the accuracy of the film and how it differs from Chris Kyle's written accounts the enemy sniper Mustafa is a major character in the film but receives only a small mention in the Memoir Kyle noted I never saw him but other snipers lat killed an Iraqi sniper we think was him 1191 120 according to the Memoir Kyle's 2100 yard shot was taken against an Insurgent holding a rocket launcher not Mustafa 1201 21 time notes that according to screenwriter Jason Hall Kyle said of Mustafa he shot my friend I'm not going to put his name in my book 122 the first combat scene in the film as Kyle killing a boy and mother who tried to attack his troops with a grenade the boy was added for the film The film's Narrative has Navy SEAL Ryan bigle job dying from surgical complications from an operation on his face relatively soon after being shot in Iraq but in reality it was several years later 1201 21 the character the butcher was created for the film 119 and 22 although this character may have been based on the real life Abu Dera or Ahmad Hashim ABD alawi 119 the visual blog information is beautiful stated that while taking creative license into account the film was 56.9% accurate when compared to real life events summarizing a lot of the events in the movie did happen although Kyle's involvement in them was repeatedly exaggerated 123 in the film Kyle decides to join the Navy after watching the 1998 United States Embassy bombings on TV in reality this did not contribute to his decision 124 prop baby one aspect of the film that received negative comment was its use of a fake baby doll in one scene which was said to look obviously artificial and that it was a distraction to critics and viewers 125 in at least one media screening of the film The Audience laughed out loud at how artificial the doll appeared 126 when discussing the film's prospects for winning an Academy Award Fandango critic Dave kajer said the reason why American Sniper is not going to win is because of the plastic baby 127 in the telegraph journalist Mark Harris said that plastic baby is going to be rationalized by Eastwood orou cultists until the end of days one out 28 in response screenwriter Jason Hall replied hate to ruin the fun but real baby hash one showed up with a fever real baby hash 2 was no show Clint voice gimme the doll kid Bradley Charles Cooper born January 5th 1975 is an American actor and filmmaker he is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy film award and two Grammy Awards Awards in addition he has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards six Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award Cooper appeared on the Forbes celebrity 100 list three times and on times list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 his films have gross $13 billion worldwide and he has been placed in annual rankings of the world's highest paid actors four times Cooper began his television and film career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series Sex and the City in 2000 he enrolled in the master of Fine Arts MFA program at the actor Studio shortly after he made his film debut in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer 2001 and gained some recognition as will tippen in the television series Alias 20012 2006 after his role in the show was demoted he began to have career doubts however he quickly gained additional recognition with a supporting part in the comedy film wedding crashes 2005 Cooper had his breakthrough in The Hangover 2009 a critically and commercially successful comedy that spawned sequels in 2011 and 2013 his career progressed with starring roles in Limitless 2011 and The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Cooper found greater success with the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook 2012 the black comedy American Hustle 2013 and the war Bier pick American Sniper 2014 which he also produced in 2014 he portrayed Joseph Merrick in a Broadway Revival of the Elephant Man and began voicing rocket in the the Marvel Cinematic Universe Cooper produced wrote directed and starred in the musical romance A Star is Born 2018 he won a baa award and two Grammys for his contributions to the films as billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its chart topping lead singles shallow he has since produced The Thrillers Joker 2019 and Nightmare alley 2021 and co-wrote and directed The biographical drama Maestro 20123 in which he also starred as Leonard Bernstein Cooper was named People magazine sexiest man alive in 2011 he supports several Charities that help fight cancer Cooper was briefly married to actress Jennifer espito and has a daughter from his relationship with model arena shake American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical War drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written and executive produced by Jason Hall based on the Memoir American Sniper the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in s military history 2012 by Chris Kyle with Scott mchu and Jim defis the film follows the life of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in US military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense five while Kyle was celebrated for his military successes his tours of Duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family life it stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife tea with Luke Grimes Jake mcdorman Cory Hardrick Kevin LAX naid nigan and car o' Donnell in supporting roles at the 87th Academy Awards American Sniper received six nominations including best picture best adapted screenplay and best actor for Cooper ultimately winning one for best sound editing growing up in Texas Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer years later Chris has become a ranch hand and rodo cowboy and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man after telling her to leave he is mulling it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 as Embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy he qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with US Navy Seals Chris meets TAA stbaker at an Irish pub in San Diego and the two soon marry he is sent to Iraq after the September 11th attacks his first kills are a woman and boy who attacked US Marines on patrol with a russian-made RK G3 anti-tank grenade Chris is visibly upset by the experience but later earns the nickname legend for his many kills assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu musab Al zaka Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the seals to the butcher Al Zara is second in command the plan goes arai when the butcher captures the father and his son killing them while Chris is pinned down by a sniper this sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria meanwhile the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris Chris returns home to his wife and the birth of his son he is distracted by memories of his War experiences and by te's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family Chris leaves for a second tour and is promoted to chief petty officer involved in a shootout with the butcher he helps in killing him when he returns home to a newborn daughter Chris becomes increasingly distant from his family on Chris's third tour Mustafa seriously injures a unit member Ryan bigle job and the unit is evacuated back to base when they decide to return to the field and continue the mission another seal Mark Lee is killed by gunfire guilt compels Chris to undertake a fourth tour and TAA tells him she may not be there when he returns back in Iraq Chris is shocked to learn bigles died in surgery to repair the wounds he sustained assigned to kill Mustafa who has been sniping as army combat engineer is building a barricade Chris's sniper team is placed on a rooftop inside enemy territory Chris spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky long distance shot at 2100 yd Wy 920m but this exposes his teens position to numerous armed insurgents in the midst of the gunfight and low on ammunition Chris tearfully calls T and tells her he is ready to come home a sandstorm provides concealment for a chaotic Escape in which he is injured and almost Left Behind after Chris gets back State Side on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life he is asked by a veteran's affairs psychiatrist if he is haunted by all the things he did in war when he replies it is all the guys he couldn't save that haunt him the psychiatrist encourages him to help severely wounded veterans in the VAR hospital after that Chris gradually begins to adjust to home life years later on February 2nd 2013 Chris says goodbye to his wife and family as he leaves in good spirits to spend time with Eddie Ray Ralph a veteran suffering from PTSD at a shooting range an on-screen subtitle reveals that Chris was killed that day by wrath followed by archive footage of crowds standing along the highway for his funeral procession Mora shown attending his memorial service on May 24th 2012 it was announced that Warner Bros had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation Nan Cooper had thought of Chris Pratt to play Kyle but Warner Bros agreed to buy it only if Cooper with star 10 in September 2012 David O Russell said he was interested in directing the film 11 on February 2nd 2013 Chris Kyle was murdered on May 2nd 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct 12 Spielberg had read Kyle's book though he desired to have a more psychological conflict present in the screenplay so an enemy sniper character could serve as the Insurgent Sharpshooter who was trying to track down and kill Kyle Spielberg's ideas contributed to the development of a lengthy screenplay approaching 160 Pages due to Warner bro's budget constraints Spielberg felt he could not bring his vision of the story to the screen 13 on August 5th 2013 Spielberg dropped out of directing 14 on August 21st 2013 it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film 15 casting on March 14 2014 Sienna Miller joined the cast 16 on March 16 2014 Kyle gner was cast 17 as was Cory Hardrick on March 18 2014 18 on March 20th 2014 naid Negan Eric Close Eric Laden Ray gigos and Jake mcdorman also joined the cast 1920 as did Luke Grimes and Sam Jagger on March 25th 2014 2022 Kevin LX a former Navy SEAL was also cast and served as a technical adviser 23 another former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert also joined the film portraying a Delta sniper 24 on June 3rd Max Charles was added to the cast to portray Kyle son Colton Kyle 25 filming principal photography began on March 31st 2014 in Los Angeles 26 witty editional filming in Morocco 27 on April 23rd the Los Angeles Times reported that 10 days of filming set in an Afghan Village was set to begin at the blue cloud Movie Ranch in the Santa Clarita area 28 on May 7th shooting of the film was spotted around El Centro a milk factory was used as the abandoned date Factory which in insurgence closing on from all directions at the climax of the film 2930 the pier and bar scenes were filmed in Seal Beach California 31 cinematographer Tom Stern shot the film with a real Alexa XT digital cameras and Panavision c e and G Series anamorphic lenses 32 the film is Eastwood second to be shot digitally after Jersey Boys 33 music there is no music by credit on this film Clint Eastwood who is osed the scores for most of his films since Mystic River 23 is credited as the composer of T's theme Joseph s debiec is credited as composer of additional music and as music editor 3T 435 the film also features the song Someone Like You by Van Morrison which plays during the wedding scene and the funeral by an Neo [ __ ] American Sniper gross $ 350.12 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $ 547.3215 million making it the second most profitable film of 2014 only behind paramounts Transformers age of Extinction 37 worldwide it is the highest grossing War film of all time breaking Saving Private Ryan record 38 and eastwoods highest grossing film to date it is the seventh irrated film to gross over $500 million 39 North America in North America it was the highest grossing film of 2014 40 the highest grossing War film unadjusted for inflation and on an adjusted basis second to Saving Private Ryan with $379 million 41 the fourth highest grossing irrated film of all time Behind The Passion of the Christ Deadpool and Deadpool 2 42 Warner Bros fourth highest grossing film Behind The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two 43 and the eighth highest grossing best picture nominee film behind Avatar Titanic Star Wars at the Extraterrestrial Toy Story 3 the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King and the Lord of the Rings The Two Towers 44 became the seventh Warner Bros film to earn over $300 million in the US and Canada and the 50th film to reach the mark 45 it earned as much as the combined earnings of all of the other 2014 Best Picture nominees 46 on March 8th 2015 it's a pass the Hunger Games Mocking Jay part one to become the highest grossing film of 2014 44 making it the first R-rated film since Saving Private Ryan 1998 and the first non-franchise film since Avatar 2009 to top the year end rankings 44 American Sniper premiered at the FY Fest on November 11th 2014 just after a screening of Selma at Gran's Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles 47 in North America the film opened to a limited release on December 25th 2014 playing at four theaters 2 in New York one in Los Angeles and one in Dallas and earned $610,000 in its opening weekend $850,000 including Christmas Day at an average of $150 $2500 per venue debuting at hh22 48 and 49 the following week the film earned $676 9009 playing at the same number of locations at an average of $169 or $277 per Theater which is the second biggest weekend average ever for a liveaction movie previously held by 2001's Mullan Rouge 50 American Sniper holds the record for the most entries in the top 20 top weekend theater averages with three entries at hash1 12 hash4 and hash 17 it earned a total of $3.4 million from limited release in three weekends 51 the film began its wide debut across North American theaters on January 16th 2015 Thursday night showings began at 700 p.m. 52 it said an alltime highest Thursday night opening record for an R-rated drama with $5.3 million previously held by Lone Survivor 535 e455 the film topped the box office on its opening day grossing $30.5 million including Thursday previews from 3555 theaters setting January records for both biggest debut opening previous ly held by Cloverfield and single day gross previously held by Avatar in its traditional 3-day opening the film earned 89.2 million which was double than expected and broke the record for the largest January opening previously held by Ride Along 59 and the largest winter opening 60 which is also Eastwood's top opening as a director breaking Grand Torino's opening 61 the 3-day opening is also the biggest opening weekend for a drama film previously held by The Passion of the Christ 62 the second biggest debut for a Best Picture Oscar nominee behind Toy Story 3 63 the second biggest debut for an R-rated film behind the Matrix Reloaded and the third biggest for a non-comic book non-fantasy SL SciFi film behind Furious 7 and Fast and Furious 6 63 and 64 had also set an IMX January opening and single weekend record with $10.6 million previously held by Avatar in its fourth weekend and an R-rated IM Max debut record previously held by Prometheus 65 had earned $17.2 million during its 4-day Martin Luther King weekend setting a record for the biggest R-rated 4-day gross 66 in its second weekend the film expanded to 3,75 theaters making it the second widest launch for an R-rated movie Behind the film itself 6768 it gross an estimated 64.6 million in its second weekend declining only by 28% and set the record for the second best hold ever for a movie opening to more than $85 million and also set the record for the eighth largest second weekend gross 69 and 70 in just 10 days of release the film surpassed Pearl Harbor 98.5 million to become the second highest grossing War film in North America 71 by its second weekend box office mojo had already reported that the film was on Poise to become the highest grossing film of 2014 in North America a record that was at the time held by the hunger gang mocking J part won $334 million judging from its gradual decline and strong holdovers 72 it became the highest grossing IMX film of January grossing $18.8 million from 333 IMX theaters 73 on Thursday January 29th 2015 35 days after its initial release the film surpassed Saving Private Ryan 26.5 million to become the highest grossing War film in North America unadjusted for inflation 74 by its third weekend of wide release the film expanded to 3 885 theaters 180 additional theaters added breaking its own record of being the widest R-rated film ever released 75 and 76 the film topped the box office through its third weekend earning $3.66 million which is the second highest Super Bowl weekend gross behind Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus best of both world's concert 77 after topping the box office for three consecutive weekends the film was overtaken by The SpongeBob Movie sponge Out of Water in its fourth weekend 46 outside North America the film had the biggest debut weekend for a Clint Eastwood film and went on to become the director's top grossing film of all time in each of the countries in which it was released 78 in Italy the film opened at number two with 7.1 million Eastwood's best opening of all time and Warner Bros second biggest opening for a non-fr franchises film there 79 it went on to top the box office the following weekend as well 80 its other largest openings occurred in France $ 6.3 million 81 were at top the Box offers for four consecutive weekends 82 Australia $4.3 million $4.6 million including previews 83 the UK Ireland and Malta $3.8 million 84 Spain $3.2 million Japan $2.8 million Mexico $2.6 million Brazil $1.8 million and South Korea $1.2 million 81 in total earnings its largest market outside of the US at Italy $23 million and France $22.8 million 85 critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 72% based on 294 reviews with an average rating of six 9010 the website's critical consensus States powered by Clint Eastwood short-handed Direction and a gripping Central performance from Bradley Cooper American Sniper delivers a tense Vivid tribute to its real life subject 86 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 48 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 87 in cinemascore polls conducted during the opening weekend audiences gave American Sniper a rare grade of a Plus on an A plus to f scale 88 Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a taught Vivid and sad account of the brief life of the most accomplished Marksman in American Military annals 89 Justin Chang of variety gave the film a positive review saying an excellent performance from a bulked up Bradley Cooper this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insights into the physical and psychological toll exacted on the front lines 90 David Denby of the New Yorker gave the film a positive review saying both a devastating warm movie and a devastating anti-war movie A subdued celebration of A Warrior's skill and a sorrowful lament over his alienation and misery 91 Keith fips of the dissolve wrote that the film while well made missed a chance to explore the toll that such service exacts on soldiers 92 Chris Nashwood of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+ saying the film's just a repetition of context free combat missions and one-dimensional targets 93 Elizabeth whitesman of New York Daily News gave the film four out of five stars saying the best movies are ever shifting intelligent and openhearted enough to expand alongside an audience American Sniper is built on this Foundation of uncommon compassion 94 Peter Travis of Rolling Stone gave the film three and a half stars out of four saying Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and director Eastwood salute Kyle's Patriot is EMB bested by not denying its toll their targets are clearly in sight and their aim is true 95 igniter vishnesky of the a club gave the film a bee saying American Sniper is imperfect and at times a little corny but also ambivalent and complicated in ways that are uniquely East woodan 96 James barad nelli of Real views gave the film three and a half stars out of four saying American Sniper lifts director Clint Eastwood out of the doldrums that have plagued his last few films 97 Rafa Guzman of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars saying Cooper Nails the role of an American killing machine in Clint Eastwood's cleare eyed look at the Iraq War 98 Kenneth Tran of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review saying Eastwood's impeccably crafted action sequences so catch us up in the chaos of combat we are almost not aware that we're watching a film at all 99 Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars saying it's clearly Cooper show substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas droll Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence in intensity and vulnerability 100 Joshua Roth cop of timeout New York gave the film four out of five stars saying only Clint Eastwood could make a movie about an Iraq war veteran and Infuse it with doubts Mission anxiety and ruination one1 Dean obala praised the film saying his Focus was not on whom we were fighting but the unbearably high price Americans pay for Waging War regardless of its Target the film is a cautionary tale for Americans about why we must avoid war it is not a celebration of waging it 102 the film drew some negative reviews Matt Tabby and rolling Stein wrote that the movie turned the complicated moral questions and mass Bloodshed of the Iraq War into a black and white fairy tale without presenting the historical context 103 Alex Von tunlan of the Guardian argued that the film presented a simplified black and white portrayal of the Iraq War and that it features the Distortion of facts into unreliable myths based upon previous Legends 104 David masiat of Salon criticized the movie's focus on physical rather than moral courage as the ultimate manly virtue 105 Cavalry Scout sniper Garrett reppenhagen stated that he did not view Iraqi civilians as Savages but as part of a friendly culture for which the movie has furthered ignorance fear and bigotry 106 in C Kang of thup gave the film a negative review saying director Clint Eastwood's focus on Kyle is so tight that no other character including wife TAA Sienna Miller comes through as a person and the scope so narrow that the film engages only superficially with the many moral issues surrounding the Iraq War 107 several other articles have also been critical of the movie 108 billion 109 milon 110 111 responding to critics Eastwood said that American Sniper shows what war does to the people left behind 112 and that presenting the fact of what war does to the family and the people who have to go back into civilian life like Chris Kyle did is the biggest anti-war statement any film can make 113 he stated one of my favorite war movies that I've been involved with is Letters From EO gima and that was about family about being taken away from life being sent someplace in World War I everybody just sort of went home and got over it now there is some effort to help people through it 113 he also said I was a child growing up during World War II That was supposed to be the one to end all wars and 4 years later I was standing at the draft board being drafted during the Korean conflict and then after that there was Vietnam and it goes on and on forever I just wonder does this ever stop and no it doesn't so each time we get in these conflicts it deserves a lot of thought before we go waiting in or waiting out going in or coming out it needs a better thought process I think 14 Bradley Cooper stated that much of the criticism ignores that the film was about widespread neglect of of returning veterans and that people who take issue with Kyle should redirect their attention to the leaders who put the troops there in the first place he said we looked at hopefully igniting attention about the lack of care that goes to vets any discussion that has nothing to do with vets or what we did or did not do for them every conversation in those terms is moving farther and farther from what our soldiers go through and the fact that 22 veterans commit suicide each day Cooper said that an increasing number of soldiers are returning from conflict psychologically damaged only to be more or less discarded 115 former First Lady Michelle Obama and former Republican party Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin also spoke out in support of the movie 116,117 E18 historical accuracy several major news sources commented on the accuracy of the film and how it differs from Chris Kyle's written accounts the enemy sniper Mustafa is a major character in the film but receives only a small mention in the Memoir Kyle noted I never saw him but other snipers later killed an Iraqi sniper we think was him 1191 12 according to the Memoir Kyle's 21100 yard shot was taken against an Insurgent holding a rocket launcher not Mustafa 121 21 time notes that according to screenwriter Jason Hall Kyle said of Mustafa he shot my friend I'm not going to put his name in my book 122 the first combat scene in the film has Kyle killing a boy and mother who tried to attack his troops with a grenade the boy was added for the film The film's Narrative has Navy SEAL Ryan bigle job dying from surgical complications from an operation on his face relatively soon after being shot in Iraq but in reality it was several years later 1201 21 the character the butcher was created for the film 119 and 22 although this character may have been based on the real life Abu Dera or Ahmad Hashim ABD alawi one under 19 the visual blog information is beautiful stated that while taking creative license into account the film was 56.9% accurate when compared to real life events summarizing a lot of the events in the movie did happen although Kyle's involvement in them was repeatedly exaggerated 123 in the film Kyle decides to join the Navy after watching the 1998 United States Embassy bombings on TV in reality this did not contribute to his decision 12 4 prop baby one aspect of the film that received negative comment was its use of a fake baby doll in one scene which was said to look obviously artificial and that it was a distraction to critics and viewers 125 in at least one media screening of the film The Audience laughed out loud at how artificial the doll appeared 126 when discussing the film's prospects for winning an Academy Award Fandango critic Dave kaer said the reason why American Sniper is not going to win is because of the plastic baby 127 in the telegraph journalist Mark Harris said that plastic baby is going to be rationalized by Eastwood or two cultists until the end of days one out of 28 in response screenwriter Jason Hall replied hate to ruin the fun but real baby hash one showed up with a fever real baby hash 2 was no show Clint voice gim me the doll kid Bradley Charles Cooper born January 5th 1975 is an American actor and filmmaker he is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy film award and two Grammy Awards in addition he has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards six Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award Cooper appeared on the forb celebrity 100 list three times and on times list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 his films have gross $13 billion worldwide and he has been placed in annual rankings of the world's highest paid actors four times Cooper began his television and film career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series Sex and the City in 2000 he enrolled in the master of Fine Arts MFA program at the actor Studio shortly after he made his film debut in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer 2001 and gained some recognition as will tippen in the television series Alias 20012 2006 after his role in the show was demoted he began to have career doubts however he quickly gained additional recognition with a supporting part in the comedy film wedding crash 2005 Cooper had his breakthrough in The Hangover 2009 a critically and commercially successful comedy that spawned sequels in 2011 and 2013 his career progressed with starring roles in Limitless 2011 and The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Cooper found greater success with the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook 2012 the black comedy American Hustle 2013 and the war Bier piic American Sniper 2014 which he also produced in 2014 he portrayed Joseph Merrick in a Broadway Revival of the Elephant Man and began voicing rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Cooper produced wrote directed and starred in the musical romance A Star is Born 2018 he won a baa award and two Grammys for his contributions to the films as billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its chart topping lead singles shallow he has since produced The Thrillers Joker 2019 and Nightmare alley 2021 and co-wrote and directed The biographical drama Maestro 2023 in which he also starred as Leonard Bernstein Cooper was named people Magazine's sexiest man alive in 2011 he supports several Charities that helped fight cancer Cooper was briefly married to actress Jennifer Esposito and has a daughter from his relationship with model arena shake American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical War drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written and executive produced by Jason Hall based on the Memoir American Sniper the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in s military history 2012 by Chris Kyle with Scott McKuen and Jim defis the film follows the life of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in as military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense five while Kyle was celebrated for his military successes his tours of Duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family life it stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife te with Luke Grimes Jake mcdorman Cory Hardrick Kevin LAX naid nigeran and Carro Donnell in supporting roles at the 87th Academy Awards American Sniper received six nominations including best picture best adapted screenplay and best actor for Cooper ultimately winning one for best sound editing growing up in Texas Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer years later Chris has become a ranch hand and Rodeo Cowboy and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man after telling her to leave he is mulling it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 as Embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy he qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with US Navy Seals Chris meets T studabaker at an Irish pub in San Diego and the two soon marry he is sent to Iraq after the September 11th attacks his first kills are a woman and boy who attacked US Marines on patrol with a Russian made arcade kg3 anti-tank grenade Chris is visibly upset by the experience but later earns the nickname legend for his many kills assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu musab Al zaka Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the seals to the butcher Al Zara is second in command the plan goes Ary when the butcher captures the father and his son killing them while Chris is pinned down by a sniper this sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria meanwhile the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris Chris returns home to his wife and the birth of his son he is distracted by memories of his War experiences and by ta's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family Chris leaves for a second tour and is promoted to chief petty officer involved in a shootout with the butcher he helps in killing him when he returns home to a newborn daughter Chris becomes increasingly distant from his family on Chris's third tour Mustafa seriously injures a unit member Ryan bigle job and the unit is evacuated back to base when they decide to return to the field and continue the mission another seal Mark Lee is killed by gunfire guilt compels Chris to undertake a fourth tour and TAA tells him she may not be there when he returns back in Iraq Chris is shocked to learn bigles died in surgery to repair the wounds he sustained assigned to kill Mustafa who has been sniping as army combat engineers building a barricade Chris's sniper team is placed on a rooftop inside enemy territory Chris spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky long distance shot at 2100 yd Wy 920m but this exposes his teen's position to numerous armed insurgents in the midst of the gunfight and low on ammunition Chris tearfully calls T and tells her he is ready to come home a sandstorm provides concealment for a chaotic Escape in which he is injured and almost Left Behind after Chris gets back stat side on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life he is asked by a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist if he is haunted by all the things he did in war when he replies it is all the guys he couldn't save that haunt him the psychiatrist encourages him to help severely wounded veterans in the VAR hospital after that Chris gradually begins to adjust to home life years later on February 2nd 2013 Chris says goodbye to his wife and family as he leaves in good spirits to spend time with Eddie Ray Ralph a veteran uffing from PTSD at a shooting range an on-screen subtitle reveals that Chris was killed that day by wrath followed by archive footage of crowds standing along the highway for his funeral procession Mora shown attending his memorial service on May 24th 2012 it was announced that Warner Bros had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation nine Cooper had thought of Chris Pratt to play Kyle but Warner Bros agreed to buy it only if Cooper would star 10 in September 2012 David O Russell said he was interested in directing the film 11 on February 2nd 2013 Chris Kyle was murdered on May 2nd 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct 12 Spielberg had read Kyle's book though he desired to have a more psychological conflict present in the screenplay so an enemy sniper character could serve as the Insurgent Sharpshooter who was trying to track down and kill Kyle Spielberg's ideas contributed to the development of a lengthy screenplay approaching 160 Pages due to Warner bro's budget constraints Spielberg felt he could not bring his vision of the story to the screen 13 on August 5th 2013 Spielberg dropped out of directing 14 on August 21st 2013 it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film 15 casting on March 14 2014 Sienna Miller joined the cast 16 on March 16 2014 Kyle gner was cast 17 as was Cory Hardrick on March 18th 2014 18 on March 20th 2014 Navid Negan Eric Close Eric Laden Ray gigos and Jake mcdorman also joined the cast 1920 as did Luke Grimes and Sam Jagger on March 25th 2014 2022 Kevin LX a former Navy SEAL was also cast and served as a technical adviser 23 another former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert also joined the film portraying a Delta sniper 24 on June 3rd Max Charles was added to the cast to portray Kyle's son Colton Kyle 25 filming principal photography began on March 31st 2014 in Los Angeles 26 witty additional filming in Morocco 27 on April 23rd the Los Angeles Times reported that 10 days of filming set in an Afghan Village was set to begin at the blue cloud Movie Ranch in the Santa Clarita area 28 on May 7th shooting of the film was spoted around El Centro a milk factory was used as the abandoned date Factory which insurgents Clos in on from all directions at the climax of the film 2930 the pier and bar scenes were filmed in Seal Beach California 31 cinematographer Tom Stern shot the film with aexa XT digital cameras and Panavision c e and G Series anamorphic lenses 32 the film is Eastwood second to be shot digitally after Jersey Boys 33 music there is no music by credit on this film Clint Eastwood who has composed the scores for most of his films since Mystic River 23 is credited as the composer of T's theme Joseph s debiec is credited as composer of additional music and as music editor 3435 the film also features the song Someone Like You by Van Morrison which plays during the wedding scene and the funeral by a Neo [ __ ] American Sniper gross 350 50.1 million in North America and $197 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $547.00 million against a budget of around $58 million for calculating in all expenses and revenues deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of $243 million making it the second most profitable film of 2014 only behind paramounts Transformers age of Extinction 37 worldwide it is the highest grossing War film of all time breaking Saving Private Ryan's record 38 and Eastwood's highest grossing film to date it is the seventh irrated film to gross over $500 million 39 North America in North America it was the highest grossing film of 2014 40 the highest grossing War film unadjusted for inflation and on an adjusted basis second to Saving Private Ryan with $379 million 41 the fourth highest grossing IR rated film of all time Behind The Passion of the Christ Deadpool and Deadpool 2 42 Warner Bros fourth highest grossing film Behind The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two 43 and the eighth highest grossing best picture nominee film behind Avatar Titanic Star Wars at the Extraterrestrial Toy Story three the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King and the Lord of the Rings The Two Towers 44 became the seventh Warner Bros film to earn over $300 million in the US and Canada and the 50th film to reach the mark 45 it earned as much as the combined earnings of all of the other 2014 Best Picture nominees 46 on March 8th 2015 it's a pass the Hunger Games Mocking Jay part one to become the highest grossing film of 2014 44 making it the first R-rated film since Saving Private Ryan 1998 and the first non-franchise film since Avatar 2009 to top the year- end rankings 44 American Sniper premiered at the FY Fest on November 11th 2014 just after a screening of Selma at Gran's Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles 47 in North America the film opened to a limited release on December 25th 2014 playing at four theaters 2 in New York one in Los Angeles and won in Dallas and earned $610,000 in its opening weekend $850,000 including Christmas Day at an average of $150 2500 per venue debuting at hh22 48 and 49 the following week the film earned $676 9009 playing at the same number of locations at an average of $69 $277 per Theater which is the second biggest weekend average ever for a liveaction movie previously held by 2001's Mullen Rouge 50 American Sniper holds the record for the most entries in the top 20 top weekend theater averages with three entries at hash2 as14 and # 17 it earned a total of $3.4 million from from limited release in three weekends 51 the film began its wide debut across North American theaters on January 16th 2015 Thursday night showings began at 700 p.m. 52 it set an all-time highest Thursday night opening record for an R-rated drama with $5.3 million previously held by Lone Survivor 535 e455 the film top the box office on its opening day grossing $30.5 million including Thursday previews from 3500 155 theaters setting January records for both biggest debut opening previously held by Cloverfield and single day gross previously held by Avatar in its traditional 3-day opening the film earned $ 9.2 million which was double than expected and broke the record for the largest January opening previously held by Ride Along 59 and the largest winter opening 60 which is also Eastwood's top opening as a director breaking Grand Torino's opening 61 the 3-day opening is also the biggest open ing weekend for a drama film previously held by The Passion of the Christ 62 the second biggest debut for a Best Picture Oscar nominee behind Toy Story 3 63 the second biggest debut for an R-rated film behind the Matrix Reloaded and the third biggest for a non-comic book non-fantasy SciFi film behind Furious 7 and Fast and Furious 6 63 and and 64 it also said in a Max January opening and single weekend record with $10.6 million previously held by Avatar in its fourth weekend and an R-rated IM Max debut record previously held by Prometheus 65 had earned 107.2 million during its 4-day Martin Luther King weekend setting a record for the biggest R-rated 4-day gross 66 in its second weekend the film expanded to 3,75 theaters making it the second widest launch for an R-rated movie Behind the film itself 6768 it grossed an estimated $ 64.6 million in its second weekend declining only by 28% and set the record for the second best hold ever for a movie opening to more than 85 million and also set the record for the eighth largest second weekend gross 69 and 70 in just 10 days of release the film surpassed Pearl Harbor $18.5 million to become the second highest grossing War film in North America 71 by its second weekend box office mojo had already reported that the film was on Poise to become the highest grossing film of 2014 in North America a record that was at the time held by the hunger gains mocking J part won 334 million judging from its gradual decline and strong holdovers 72 it became the highest grossing IM Max film of January grossing $8.8 million from 333 IMX theaters 73 on Thursday January 29th 2015 35 days after its initial release the film surpassed Saving Private Ryan 26.5 million ion to become the highest grossing War film in North America unadjusted for inflation 74 by its third weekend of wide release the film expanded to three 885 theaters 180 additional theaters added breaking its own record of being the widest R-rated film ever released 75 and 76 the film topped the box office through its third weekend earning $366 million which is the second highest Super Bowl weekend gross behind Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus best of both world's concert 77 after topping the box office for three consecutive weekends the film was overtaken by The SpongeBob Movie sponge Out of Water in its fourth weekend 46 outside North America the film had the biggest debut weekend for a Clint Eastwood film and went on to become the director's top grossing film of all time in each of the countries in which it was released 78 in Italy the film opened at number two with $7.1 million Eastwood's best opening of all time and Warner Bros second biggest opening for a non-f franchises film there 79 it went on to top the box office the following weekend as well 80 its other largest openings occurred in France $6.3 million 81 were at top the Box offers for four consecutive weekends 82 Australia $4.3 million $4.6 million including previews 83 the UK Ireland and Malta $3.8 million 84 Spain $3.2 million Japan $2.8 million Mexico $2.6 million Brazil $1.8 million and South Korea $1.2 million 81 in total earnings its largest market outside of the US at Italy $23 million and France $22.8 million 85 critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 72% based on 294 reviews with an average rating of six 9010 the website's critical consensus States powered by Clint Eastwood short-handed Direction and a gripping Central performance from Bradley Cooper American Sniper delivers a tense Vivid tribute to its real life subject 86 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 48 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 87 in cinemascore polls conducted during the opening weekend audiences gave American Sniper a rare grade of a Plus on an A plus to f scale 88 Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a Tor Vivid and sad account of the brief life of the most accomplished Marksman in American Military annals 89 Justin Chang of variety gave the film a positive review saying an excellent performance from a bulked up Bradley Cooper this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insights into the physical and psychological toll exacted on the front lines 90 David Denby of the New Yorker gave the film a positive review saying both a devastating war movie and a devastating anti-war movie A subdued celebration of A Warrior's skill and a sorrowful lament over his alienation and misery 91 Kei fips of the dissolve wrote that the film while wellmade missed a chance to explore the toll that such service exacts on soldiers 92 Chris Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave the filmer C+ saying the film's just a repetition of context free combat missions and one-dimensional targets 93 Elizabeth whitesman of New York Daily News gave the film four out of five stars saying the best movies are ever shifting intelligent and openhearted enough to expand alongside an audience American Sniper is built on this Foundation of uncommon compassion 94 Peter Travis of Rolling Stone gave the film three and a half stars out of four saying bradle Cooper as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and director Eastwood salute Kyle's patriotism best by not denying its toll their targets are clearly in sight and their aim is true 95 igniter vishnesky of the AF Club gave the film a be saying American Sniper is imperfect and at times a little corny but also ambivalent and complicated in ways that are uniquely East woodan 96 James barad nelli of Real views gave the film three and a half stars out of four saying American Sniper lifts director Clint Eastwood out of the doldrums that have plagued his last few films 97 rifer guz of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars saying Cooper Nails the role of an American killing machine in Clint Eastwood's cleare eyed look at the Iraq War 98 Kenneth Tran of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review saying eastwoods impeccably crafted action sequences so catch us up in the chaos of combat we are almost not aware that we're watching a film at all 99 Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars saying it's clearly Cooper show substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas draw Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence intensity and vulnerability 100 Joshua Roth cul of timeout New York gave the film four out of five stars saying only Clint Eastwood could make a movie about an Iraq war veteran and Infuse it with doubts Mission anxiety and ruination one1 Dean abadala praised the film saying his Focus was not on whom we were fighting but the unbearably high price Americans pay for Waging War regardless of its Target the film is a cautionary tale for Americans about why we must avoid war it is not a celebration of waging it 102 the film drew some negative reviews Matt Tabby and rolling stone wrote that the movie turned the complicated moral questions and mass Bloodshed of the Iraq War into a black and white fairy tale without presenting the historical context 103 Alex Von tunlan of the Guardian argued that the film presented a simplified black and white portrayal of the Iraq War and that it Fe features the Distortion of facts into unreliable myths based upon previous Legends 104 David masiat of Salon criticized the movie's focus on physical rather than moral courage as the ultimate manly virtue 105 Cavalry Scout sniper Garrett reppenhagen stated that he did not view Iraqi civilians as Savages but as part of a friendly culture for which the movie has furthered ignorance fear and bigotry 106 in C Kang of thup gave the film a negative review saying director Clint eastwoods Focus on Kyle is so tight that no other character including wife TAA Sienna Miller comes through as a person and the scope so narrow that the film engages only superficially with the many moral issues surrounding the Iraq War 107 several other articles have also been critical of the movie 108 billion 109 milon 110 111 responding to critics Eastwood said that American Sniper shows what war does to the people left behind 112 and that presenting the fact of what War does to the family and the people who have to go back into civilian life like Chris Kyle did is the biggest anti-war statement any film can make 113 he stated one of my favorite war movies that I've been involved with is Letters From EO gima and that was about family about being taken away from life being sent someplace in World War II everybody just sort of went home and got over it now there is some effort to help people through it 113 he also said I was a child growing up up during World War II That was supposed to be the one to end all wars and four years later I was standing at the draft board being drafted during the Korean conflict and then after that there was Vietnam and it goes on and on forever I just wonder does this ever stop and no it doesn't so each time we get in these conflicts it deserves a lot of thought before we go waiting in or waiting out going in or coming out it needs a better thought process I think 114 Bradley Cooper stated that much of the criticism ignores that the film was about widespread neglect of returning veterans and that people who take issue with Kyle should redirect their attention to the leaders who put the troops there in the first place he said we looked at hopefully igniting attention about the lack of care that goes to vets any discussion that has nothing to do with vets or what we did or did not do for them every conversation in those terms is moving farther and farther from what our soldiers go through and the fact that 22 veterans commit suicide each day Cooper said that an increasing number of soldiers are returning from conflict psychologically damaged only to be more or less discarded 115 former First Lady Michelle Obama and former Republican party Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin also spoke out in support of the movie 116,117 e118 historical accuracy several major news sources commented on the accuracy of the film and how it differs from Chris Kyle's written accounts the enemy sniper Mustafa is a major character in the film but receives only a small mention in the Memoir Kyle noted I never saw him but other snipers later killed an Iraqi sniper we think was him 1191 20 according to the Memoir Kyle's 2100 yard shot was taken against an Insurgent holding a rocket launcher not Mustafa 1201 21 time notes that according to screenwriter Jason Hall Kyle said of Mustafa he shot my friend I'm not going to put his name in my book 122 the first combat scene in the film has Kyle killing a boy and mother who tried to attack his troops with a grenade the boy was added for the film The film's Narrative has Navy SEAL Ryan bigle job dying from surgical complications from an operation on his face relatively soon after being shot in Iraq but in reality it was several years later 1201 21 the character the butcher was created for the film 119 22 although this character may have been based on the real life Abu Dera or Ahmad Hashim ABD alawi 119 the visual blog information is beautiful stated that while taking creative license into account the film was 56.9% accurate when compared to real life events summarizing a lot of the events in the movie did happen although Kyle's involvement in them was repeatedly exaggerated 123 in the film Kyle decides to join the Navy after watching the 1998 United States Embassy bombing on TV in reality this did not contribute to his decision 124 prop baby one aspect of the film that received negative comment was its use of a fake baby doll in one scene which was said to look obviously artificial and that it was a distraction to critics and viewers 125 in at least one media screening of the film The Audience laughed out loud at how artificial the doll appeared 126 when discussing the film's prospects for winning an Academy Award Fandango critic save CER said the reason why American Sniper is not going to win is because of the plastic baby 127 in the telegraph journalist Mark Harris said that plastic baby is going to be rationalized by Eastwood orur cultists until the end of days one out of 28 in response screenwriter Jason Hall replied hate to ruin the fun but real baby hash one showed up with a fever real baby hash too was no show Clint voice gim me the doll kid Bradley Charles Cooper born January 5th 1975 is an American actor and filmmaker he is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy film award and two Grammy Awards in addition he has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards six Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award Cooper appeared on the forb celebrity 100 list three times and on times list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 his films have gross $13 billion worldwide and he has been placed in annual ranking ings of the world's highest paid actors four times Cooper began his television and film career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series Sex and the City in 2000 he enrolled in the master of Fine Arts MFA program at the actor Studio shortly after he made his film debut in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer 2001 and gained some recognition as will tippen in the television series Alias 20012 2006 after his role in the show was demoted he began to have career doubts how however he quickly gained additional recognition with a supporting part in the comedy film wedding crashes 2005 Cooper had his breakthrough in the hang over 2009 a critically and commercially successful comedy that spawned sequels in 2011 and 2013 his career progressed with starring roles in Limitless 2011 and The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Cooper found greater success with the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook 2012 the black comedy American Hustle 2013 and the war by pick American Sniper 2014 which he also produced in 2014 he portrayed Joseph Merrick in a Broadway Revival of the Elephant Man and began voicing rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Cooper produced wrote directed and starred in the musical romance A Star is Born 2018 he won a baa award and two Grammys for his contributions to the films as billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its chart topping lead singles shallow he has since produced The Thrillers Joker 2019 and Nightmare alley 201 21 and co-wrote and directed The biographical drama Maestro 2023 in which he also starred as Leonard Bernstein kooper was named people Magazine's sexiest man alive in 2011 he supports several Charities that helped fight cancer Cooper was briefly married to actress Jennifer Esposito and has a daughter from his relationship with model arena shake American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical War drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written an executive producer uced by Jason Hall based on the Memoir American Sniper the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in s military history 2012 by Chris Kyle with Scott mccuan and Jim defis the film follows the life of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in US military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense five while Kyle was celebrated for his military successes his tours of Duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family life it stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife TAA with Luke Grimes Jake mcdorman Cory Hardrick Kevin LAX naid nigeran and car o' Donnell in supporting roles at the 87th Academy Awards American Sniper received six nominations including best picture best adapted screenplay and best actor for Cooper ultimately winning one for best sound editing growing up in Texas Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer years later Chris has become a ranch hand and Rodeo Cowboy and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man after telling her to leave he is mulling it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998's Embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy he qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with US Navy Seals Chris meets TAA stbaker at an Irish pub in San Diego and the two soon marry he is sent to Iraq after the September 11th attacks his first kills are a woman and boy who attacked US Marines on patrol with a Russian made RK G3 anti-tank grenade Chris is visibly upset by the experience but later earns the nickname legend for his many kills assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu musab Al zaka Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the seals to the butcher Al zaka is second in command the plan goes Ary when the butcher captures the father and his son killing them while Chris is pinned down by a sniper this sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria meanwhile the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris Chris returns home to his wife and the birth of his son he is distracted by memories of his War experiences and by T's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family Chris leaves for a second tour and is promoted to chief petty officer involved in a shootout with the butcher he helps in killing him when he returns home to a newborn daughter Chris becomes increasingly distant from his family on Chris's third tour Mustafa seriously injures a unit member Ryan bigle job and the unit is evacuated back to base when they decide to return to the field and continue the mission another seal Mark Lee is killed by gunfire guilt compels Chris to undertake a fourth tour and TAA tells him she may not be there when he returns back in Iraq Chris is shocked to learn bigles died in surgery to repair the wounds he sustained assigned to kill Mustafa who has been sniping as army combat engineers building a barricade Chris's sniper team is placed on a rooftop inside enemy territory Chris spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky long distance shot at 2100 yd Wy 920m but this exposes his team's position to numerous armed insurgents in the midst of the gunfight and low on ammunition Chris tearfully calls T and tells her he is ready to come home a sandstorm provides concealment for a chaotic Escape in which he is injured and almost Left Behind after Chris gets back stateside on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life he is asked by a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist if he is haunted by all the things he did in war when he replies it is all the guys he couldn't save that haunt him the psychiatrist encourages him to help severely wounded veterans in the VAR hospital after that Chris gradually begins to adjust her home life years later on February 2nd 2013 Chris says goodbye to his wife wife and family as he leaves in good spirits to spend time with Eddie Ray Ralph a veteran suffering from PTSD at a shooting range an onscreen subtitle reveals that Chris was killed that day by wrath followed by archive footage of crowds standing along the highway for his funeral procession Mora shown attending his memorial service on May 24th 2012 it was announced that Warner Bros had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation Nan Cooper had thought of Chris Pratt to play Kyle but Warner Bros agreed to buy it only if Cooper with star 10 in September 2012 David O Russell said he was interested in directing the film 11 on February 2nd 2013 Chris Kyle was murdered on May 2nd 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct 12 Spielberg had read Kyle's book though he desired to have a more psychological conflict present in the screenplay so an enemy sniper character could serve as the Insurgent Sharpshooter who was trying to track down and kill Kyle Spielberg's ideas contributed to the development of a lengthy screenplay approaching 160 Pages due to Warner bro's budget constraints Spielberg felt he could not bring his vision of the story to the screen 13 on August 5th 2013 Spielberg dropped out of directing 14 on August 21st 2013 it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film 15 casting on March 14th 2014 Sienna Miller joined the cast 16 on March 16 2014 Kyle gner was cast 17 as was Cory Hardrick on March 18 2014 18 on March 20th 2014 naid Negan Eric Close Eric Laden Ray gigos and Jake mcdorman also joined the cast 1920 as did Luke Grimes and Sam Jagger on March 25th 2014 20 22 Kevin LX a former Navy SEAL was also cast and served as a technical adviser 23 another former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert also joined the film portraying a Delta sniper 24 on June 3rd Max Charles was added to the cast to portray Kyle's son Colton Kyle 25 filming principal photography began on March 31st 2014 in Los Angeles 26 witty additional filming in Morocco 27 on April 23rd the Los Angeles Times reported that 10 days of filming set in an Afghan Village was set to begin at the blue cloud Movie Ranch in the Santa Clarita area 28 on May 7th shooting of the film was spotted around El Centro a milk factory was used as the abandoned date Factory which insurgents closing on from all directions at the climax of the film 2930 the pier and bar scenes were filmed in Seal Beach California 31 cinematographer Tom Stern shot the film with aexa XT digital cameras and Panavision c e and G Series anamorphic lenses 32 the film is Eastward second to to be shot digitally after Jersey Boys 33 music there is no music by credit on this film Clint Eastwood who has composed the scores for most of his films since Mystic River 23 is credited as the composer of T's theme Joseph s debiec is credited as composer of additional music and as music editor 3435 the film also features the song Someone Like You by Van Morrison which plays during the wedding scene and the funeral by an Neo [ __ ] American Sniper gross $350. million in North America and $197 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $547.00 million against a budget of around $58 million for calculating in all expenses and revenues deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of $243 million making it the second most profitable film of 2014 only behind paramounts trans Transformers age of Extinction 37 worldwide it is the highest grossing War film of all time breaking Saving Private Ryan record 38 and Eastwood's highest grossing film to date it is the seventh irrated film to gross over $500 million 39 North America in North America it was the highest grossing film of 2014 40 the highest grossing War film unadjusted for inflation and on an adjusted basis second to Saving Private Ryan with 3 $79 million 41 the fourth highest grossing irrated film of all time Behind The Passion of the Christ Deadpool and Deadpool 2 42 Warner Bros fourth highest grossing film Behind The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two 43 and the eighth highest grossing best picture nominee film behind Avatar Titanic Star Wars at the Extraterrestrial Toy Story three the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King and the Lord of the Rings The Two Towers 44 became the seventh Warner Bros film to earn over $300 million in the US and Canada and the 50th film to reach the mark 45 it earned as much as the combined earnings of all of the other 2014 Best Picture nominees 46 on March 8th 2015 it's aass the Hunger Games Mocking Jay part one to become the highest grossing film of 2014 44 making it the first R-rated film since Saving Private Ryan 1998 and the first non-franchise film since Avatar 20 9 to top the year end rankings 44 American Sniper premiered at the FY Fest on November 11 2014 just after a screening of Selma at Gran's Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles 47 in North America the film opened to a limited release on December 25th 2014 playing at four theaters 2 in New York one in Los Angeles and one in Dallas and earned $610,000 in its opening weekend $850,000 including Christmas Day at an average of1 152 $2,500 per venue debuting at hh22 48 and 49 the following week the film earned 67699 playing at the same number of locations at an average of $169 or $277 per Theater which is the second biggest weekend average ever for a liveaction movie previously held by 2001's Mullen Rouge 50 American Sniper holds the record for the most entries in the top 20 top weekend theater averages with three entries at hash1 12 hash 14 and # 177 it earned a total of $3.4 million from limited release in three weekends 51 the film began its wide debut across North American theaters on January 16th 2015 Thursday night showings began at 700 p.m. 52 it set an all-time highest Thursday night opening record for an R-rated drama with $5.3 million previously held by Lone Survivor 535 e455 the film topped the box office on its opening day grossing $30.5 million including Thursday previews from 3555 theaters setting January records for both biggest debut opening previously held by Cloverfield and single day gross previously held by Avatar in its traditional 3-day opening the film earned $ 89.2 million which was double than expected and broke the record for the largest January opening previously held by Ride Along 59 and the largest winter opening 60 which is also Eastwood's top opening as a direct breaking Grand Torino's opening 61 the 3-day opening is also the biggest opening weekend for a drama film previously held by The Passion of the Christ 62 the second biggest debut for a Best Picture Oscar nominee behind Toy Story 3 63 the second biggest debut for an R-rated film behind the Matrix Reloaded and the third biggest for a non-comic book non-fantasy SL SciFi film behind Furious 7 and Fast and Furious 6 6364 it also said an IM Max January opening and single weekend record with $10.6 million previously held by Avatar in its fourth weekend and an R-rated IMAX debut record previously held by Prometheus 65 had earned $17.2 million during its 4-day Martin Luther King weekend setting a record for the biggest R-rated 4-day gross 66 in its second weekend the film expanded to 3,75 theaters making it the second widest launch for an R-rated movie Behind the film itself 6768 it grossed an estimated $ 64.6 million in its second weekend declining only by 28% and set the record for the second best hold ever for a movie opening to more than $85 million and also set the record for the eighth largest second weekend gross 69 and 70 in just 10 days of release the film surpassed Pearl Harbor 98.5 million to become the second highest grossing War film in North America 71 by its second weekend Box Office Mojo had already reported that the film was on Poise to become the highest grossing film of 2014 in North America a record that was at the time held by the hunger gains mocking J part won $334 million judging from its gradual decline and strong holdovers 72 it became the highest grossing IMX film of January grossing $18.8 million from 333 ax theaters 73 on Thursday January 29th 2015 35 days after its initial ual release the film surpassed Saving Private Ryan $26.5 Million to become the highest grossing War film in North America unadjusted for inflation 74 by its third weekend of wide release the film expanded to 3885 theaters 180 additional theaters added breaking its own record of being the widest R-rated film ever released 75 and 76 the film topped the box office through its third weekend earning $3.66 million which is the second highest Super Bowl weekend gross behind Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus best of both world's concert 77 after topping the box office for three consecutive weekends the film was overtaken by The SpongeBob Movie sponge Out of Water in its fourth weekend 46 outside North America the film had the biggest debut weekend for a Clint Eastwood film and went on to become the director's top grossing film of all time in each of the countries in which it was released 78 in Italy the film opened at number two with $7.1 million Eastwood's best opening of all time and Warner Bros second biggest opening for a non-f franchises film there 79 it went on to top the box office the following weekend as well 80 it's other largest openings occurred in France $6.3 million 81 where at top the Box offers for four consecutive weekends 82 Australia $4.3 million $4.6 million including previews 83 the UK Ireland and Malta $3.8 million $84 Spain $3.2 million Japan $2.8 million Mexico $2.6 million Brazil $1.8 million and South Korea $1.2 million 81 in total earnings its largest market outside of the US are Italy $23 million and France $22.8 million 85 critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 7 2% based on 294 reviews with an average rating of six 9010 the website's critical consensus States powered by Clint Eastwood short-handed Direction and a gripping Central performance from Bradley Cooper American Sniper delivers a tth vivid tribute to its real life subject 86 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 48 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 87 in cinema score polls conducted during the opening weekend audiences gave American Sniper a rare grade of a Plus on an A plus to f scale 88 Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a taught Vivid and sad account of the brief life of the most accomplished Marksman in American Military annals 89 Justin Chang of variety gave the film a positive review saying an excellent performance from a bulked up Bradley Cooper this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insight into the physical and psychological toll exacted on the front lines 90 David Denby of the New Yorker gave the film a positive review saying both a devastating war movie and a devastating anti-war movie A subdued celebration of A Warrior's skill and a sorrowful lament over his alienation and misery 91 Kei fips of the dissolve wrote that the film while wellmade missed a chance to explore the toll that such service exacts on soldiers 92 Chris Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+ saying the film's just a repetition of context free combat missions and one-dimensional targets 93 Elizabeth whitesman of New York Daily News gave the film four out of five stars saying the best movies are ever shifting intelligent and openhearted enough to expand alongside an audience American Sniper is built on this Foundation of uncommon compassion 94 Peter Travis of Rolling Stone gave the film three and a half stars out of four saying Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and director eastw salute Kyle's patriotism best by not denying its toll their targets are clearly in sight and their aim is true 95 ignell vishnevetsky of the a club gave the film a b saying American Sniper is imperfect and at times a little corny but also ambivalent and complicated in ways that are uniquely East woodan 96 James barad nelli of real viws gave the film three and a half stars out of four saying American Sniper lifts director Clint East out of the doldrums that have plagued his last few films 97 Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars saying Cooper Nails the role of an American killing machine in Clint Eastwood's cleare eyed look at the Iraq War 98 Kenneth Tran of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review saying eastwoods impeccably crafted action sequences so catch us up in the chaos of combat we are almost not aware that we're watching a film at all 99 Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the filmed three out of four stars saying it's clearly Cooper show substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas troll Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence intensity and vulnerability 100 Joshua Roth cop of timeout New York gave the film four out of five stars saying only Clint Eastwood could make a movie about an Iraq war veteran and Infuse it with doubts Mission anxiety and ruination 1001 Dean abadala praised the film saying his Focus was not on whom we were fighting but the unbearably high price Americans pay for Waging War regardless of its Target the film is a cautionary tale for Americans about why we must avoid war it is not a celebration of waging it 102 the film drew some negative reviews Matt Tabby in Rolling Stein wrote that the movie turned the complicated moral questions and mass Bloodshed of the Iraq War into a black and white fairy tale without presenting the historical context 103 Alex Von tunlan of the Guardian argued that the film presented a simplified black and white portrayal of the Iraq War and that it features the Distortion of facts into unreliable myths based upon previous Legends 104 David masiat of Salon criticized the movie's focus on physical rather than moral courage as the ultimate manly virtue 105 Cavalry Scout sniper Garrett reppenhagen stated that he did not view Iraqi civilians as Savages but as part of a friendly culture for which the movie has furthered ignorance fear and bigotry 106 in Kang of thur gave the film a negative review saying director Clint Eastwood's focus on Kyle is so tight that no other character including wife TAA sien Miller comes through as a person and the scope so narrow that the film engages only superficially with the many moral issues surrounding the Iraq War 107 several other articles have also been critical of the movie 108 billion 109 million 1010 111 responding to critics Eastwood said that American Sniper shows what what war does to the people left behind 112 and that presenting the fact of what war does to the family and the people who have to go back into civilian life like Chris Kyle did is the biggest anti-war statement any film can make 113 he stated one of my favorite war movies that I've been involved with is Letters From IO gima and that was about family about being taken away from life being sent someplace in World War II everybody just sort of went home and got over it now there is some effort to help people through it 113 he also said I was a child growing up during World War II That was supposed to be the one to end all wars and four years later I was standing at the draft board being drafted during the Korean conflict and then after that there was Vietnam and it goes on and on forever I just wonder does this ever stop and no it doesn't so each time we get in these conflicts it deserves a lot of thought before we go waiting in or waiting out going in or coming out it needs a better thought process I think 114 Bradley Cooper stated that much of the criticism ignores that the film was about widespread neglect of returning veterans and that people who take issue with Kyle should redirect their attention to the leaders who put the troops there in the first place he said we looked at hopefully igniting attention about the lack of care that goes to vets any discussion that has nothing to do with vets or what we did or did not do for them every conversation in those terms is moving farther and farther farther from what our soldiers go through and the fact that 22 veterans commit suicide each day Cooper said that an increasing number of soldiers are returning from conflict psychologically damaged only to be more or less discarded 115 former First Lady Michelle Obama and former Republican party Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin also spoke out in support of the movie 116 mil 11718 historical accuracy several major news sources has commented on the accuracy of the film and how it differs from Chris Kyle's written accounts the enemy sniper Mustafa is a major character in the film but receives only a small mention in the Memoir Kyle noted I never saw him but other snipers later killed an Iraqi sniper we think was him 1191 120 according to the Memoir Kyle's 2100 yard shot was taken against an Insurgent holding a rocket launcher not Mustafa 1201 21 time notes that according to screenwriter Jason Hall Kyle said of Mustafa he shot my friend I'm not going to put his name in my book 122 the first combat scene in the film has Kyle killing a boy and mother who tried to attack his troops with a grenade the boy was added for the film The film's Narrative has Navy SEAL Ryan Big's job dying from surgical complications from an operation on his face relatively soon after being shot in Iraq but in reality it was several years later 12021 the character the butcher was created for the film 119 and 22 although this character may have been based on the real life Abu Dera or Ahmad Hashim AB alawi 119 the visual blog information is beautiful stated that while taking creative license into account the film was 56.9% accurate when compared to real life events summarizing a lot of the events in the movie did happen although Kyle's involvement in them was repeatedly exaggerated 123 in the film Kyle decides to join the Navy after watching the 1998 United States Embassy bombings on TV in reality this did not contribute to his decision 124 prop baby one aspect of the film that received negative comment was its use of a fake baby doll in one scene which was said to look obviously artificial and that it was a distraction to critics and viewers 125 in at least one media screening of the film The Audience laughed out loud at how artificial the doll appeared 100 of 26 when discussing the film's prospects for winning an Academy Award Fandango critic Dave kajer said the reason why American Sniper is not going to win is because of the plastic baby 127 in the telegraph journalist Mark Harris said that plastic baby is going to be rationalized by Eastwood or two cultists until the end of days one out 28 in response screenwriter Jason Hall replied hate to ruin the fun but real baby hash one showed up with a fever real baby hash 2 was no show Clint voice gimme the doll kid Bradley Charles Cooper born January 5th 1975 is an American actor and filmmaker he is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy film award and two Grammy Awards in addition he has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards six Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award Cooper appeared on the forb celebrity 100 list three times and on times list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 his films have gross $13 billion worldwide and he has been placed in annual rankings of the world's highest paid actors four times Cooper began his television and film career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series Sex and the City in 2000 he enrolled in the master of Fine Arts MFA program at the actor Studio shortly after he made his film debut in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer 2001 and gained some recognition as will tippen in the television series alias 20012 6 after his role in the show was demoted he began to have career doubts however he quickly gained additional recognition with a supporting part in the comedy film wedding crashes 2005 Cooper had his breakthrough in The Hangover 2009 a critically and commercially successful comedy that spawned sequels in 2011 and 2013 his career progressed with starring roles in Limitless 2011 and The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Cooper found greater success with the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook 2012 the black comedy American Hustle 2013 and the war Bier pick American Sniper 2014 which he also produced in 2014 he portrayed Joseph Merrick in a Broadway Revival of the Elephant Man and began voicing rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Cooper produced wrote directed and starred in the musical romance A Star is Born 2018 he won a baa award and two grammies for his contributions to the films as billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its chart topping lead single shallow he has since produced The Thrillers Joker 2019 and Nightmare alley 2021 and co-wrote and directed The biographical drama mro 2023 in which he also starred as Leonard Bernstein Cooper was named people Magazine's sexiest man alive in 2011 he supports several Charities that help fight cancer Cooper was briefly married to actress Jennifer Esposito and has a daughter from his relationship with model arena shake American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical War drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written and executive produced by Jason Hall based on the Memoir American Sniper the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in as military history 2012 by Chris Kyle with Scott mccuan and Jim defis the film follows the life of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in his military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense five while Kyle was celebrated for his military successes his tours of Duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family life it stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife tea with Luke Grimes Jake mcdorman Corey Hardrick Kevin LAX naid nigan and car O'Donnell in supporting roles at the 87th Academy Awards American Sniper received six nominations including best picture best adapted screenplay and best actor for Cooper ultimately winning one for best sound editing growing up in Texas Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer years later Chris has become a ranch hand and Rodeo Cowboy and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man after telling her to leave he is mulling it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 as Embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy he qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with US Navy Seals Chris meets tea stud Baker at an Irish pub in San Diego and the two soon marry he is sent to Iraq after the September 11th attacks his first kills are a woman and boy who attacked US Marines on patrol with a Russian made RK G3 anti-tank grenade Chris is visibly upset by the experience but later earns the nickname legend for his many kills assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu musab Al zahawi Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the seals to the butcher Al Zara is second in command the plan goes around when the butcher captures the father and his son killing them while Chris is pinned down by a sniper this sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria meanwhile the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris Chris returns home to his wife and the birth of his son he is distracted by memories of his War experiences and by T's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family Chris leaves for a second tour and is promoted to chief petty officer in involved in a shootout with the butcher he helps in killing him when he returns home to a newborn daughter Chris becomes increasingly distant from his family on Chris's third tour Mustafa seriously injures a unit member Ryan bigle job and the unit is evacuated back to base when they decide to return to the field and continue the mission another seal