THE OUTPOST - Behind The Scenes Featurette
Based on the best-selling nonfiction book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by CNN’s chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper, THE OUTPOST chronicles the true story of the 53 U.S. soldiers who tried to repel an overwhelming attack by almost 400 Taliban insurgents at Combat Outpost Keating in northeastern Afghanistan.
It was easily the most heroic American battle in a generation – one in which two soldiers, Staff Sergeant Clint Romesha and Specialist Ty Carter received the Medal of Honor, the first time in fifty years that two living servicemen were recognized with the award for the same battle.
Starring Scott Eastwood (Clint Romesha), Caleb Landry Jones (Ty Carter), Orlando Bloom (Ben Keating), THE OUTPOST is directed by Rod Lurie (The Contender, The Last Castle) and written by Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (The Fighter). The film is produced by Paul Merryman, Paul Tamasy, Marc Frydman, Rod Lurie, Jeffrey Greenstein, and Jonathan Yunger.
The film will have its world premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
