Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
- future
- journalist
- propaganda
- war on terror
- externally controlled action
- manipulation
- manipulation of the media
- afghanistan
- political negotiations
- past
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Meryl Streep
Janine Roth
Tom Cruise
Senator Jasper Irving
Robert Redford
Dr. Stephen Malley
Andrew Garfield
Todd Hayes
- Michael Peña — Ernest Rodriguez
- Derek Luke — Arian Finch
- Peter Berg — Wirey Pink
- Kevin Dunn — ANX Editor
- Christopher May — Soldier
- Larry Bates — Soldier
- David Pease — Soldier
- Heidi Janson — Soldier
- Christopher Carley — Sniper
- George Back — Student
- Kristy Wu — Student
- Directed
- Robert Redford
- Written
- Matthew Michael Carnahan
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 845 ratings
- Studio
- Wildwood Enterprises, Andell Entertainment, Brat Na Pont Productions, United Artists
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
