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Best Political Comedy Film | 2018
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | 2018 | Lakeith
Best Motion Picture Made for Television | 2018
Budget 60,000,000 USD
Despite being an anti-Afghanistan war movie, Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper spoke with The New York Times podcast "The Daily" that "everybody at the Pentagon is talking about (War Machine). It's a very anti-Afghanistan war movie, but the guys who you think would be offended by it, love it", Cooper added. "It's amazing to me. So many of them have lost colleagues, they've lost fellow soldiers and are constantly asking, 'What are we still doing there? What are we fighting for?' But at the same time, we have these officers who say, 'We've lost all these people in Afghanistan, we've spent so much blood and treasure on the ground in that country, and then you just turn around and pull out. What was that for?' It's a contradiction at the same time."
The statue visited by General Glen McMahon (Brad Pitt) after his press conference is located at the Neue Wache (New Guardhouse) in Berlin, Germany. It is a enlarged version of Käthe Kollwitz "Pietà". Though the original was not sculpted for this purpose, it was placed as a memorial to all Victims of War and Dictatorship.
The scene in the war room where General Glen McMahon (Brad Pitt) briefs his team about launching the operation on Kandahar/Helmand, before approaching Karzai for permission to execute, Foxy can be seen around the map table. Foxy is a television adviser for production in high risk situations. Featured in "SAS: Who Dares Wins", a military reality competition on ITV. He is a real special forces veteran with experience in Afghanistan while serving with the Royal Marines and the Special Boat Service.
Alan Ruck plays United States Ambassador to Afghanistan Patrick McKinnon which loosely based on Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, who was the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan from April 29, 2009 - July 25, 2011. Similar with Gen. McMahon and Lt. Gen. McKinnon relationship the movie, in the real-life Gen. Stanley McChrystal which the character Gen. Glen McMahon was based on also often got into conflict with Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry. At some point Gen. McChrystal also felt "betrayed" by Lt. Gen. Eikenberry. The hostility between Gen. McChrystal and Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry was also mentioned in the 2010 Rolling Stones magazine article "The Runaway General" which led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
Near the end of the movie, Glen McMahon says "you wanna make an omelet, you gotta break some eggs". This is the same line Tyler Durden, also played by Brad Pitt, says in the movie Fight Club (1999).
"President Karzai: Your predecessor, General Whelan! I liked him! I'm not entirely certain he liked *me*; he didn't visit very often. Why was he dismissed? It seems- uhh, one minute he was here- uh, next minute, not here. Gen. Glen McMahon: Ah. Well, Mr. President, I think our government simply felt it was time our effort took a new direction. President Karzai: And uh, what is this new direction? Gen. Glen McMahon: Ah! It's most important to me that we *build* Afghanistan. Together, we build Afghanistan into a free and prosperous nation, free from fear and conflict. President Karzai: I see. Gen. Glen McMahon: Yeah. President Karzai: I see. Sounds a lot like the *old* direction."
"Gen. Glen McMahon: We hope to launch Operation Moshtarak *tonight*. I need your official consent before doing so. President Karzai: [surprised] Really? Gen. Glen McMahon: Yes, sir. President Karzai: Why? Gen. Glen McMahon: Because it's your mission. President Karzai: It is? Gen. Glen McMahon: Yes, sir! President Karzai: Ah. No one has ever asked me to approve a mission before. Gen. Glen McMahon: Well that needs to change! This mission *needs* your consent. If we're to win the trust of Helmand Province, it demands that this mission be seen to be of your design. I- [the President sneezes loudly and one of his nose tampons fly off] Gen. Glen McMahon: I don't mean to be rude, Mr. President, uhm, but it is *imperative* that you begin to take a leadership role here. We cannot win this thing alone. [the President shakes his head adamantly, captured by Glen's pep talk] Gen. Glen McMahon: Without your active involvement, our presence here will never be anything more than a foreign occupation! This is *your war*. [the President nods] Gen. Glen McMahon: For your country! [the President nods again] Gen. Glen McMahon: Your people! [the President nods once more] Gen. Glen McMahon: Again, I'm sorry sir, but you need to- behave like a leader. President Karzai: But I am behaving like a leader! I'm unavailable. I am as unavailable to you as is your own president. Hm? [Glen clears his throat uncomfortably] President Karzai: You have my approval, General. We both know it was never really mine to give, but... I thank you for inviting me to participate in the *theater* of it all. And good luck. I wish you much success. [the President turns the TV back on]"
![War Machine | Teaser [HD] | Netflix](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eygQI6k3vq0/mqdefault.jpg)
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