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The Tillman Story

20107.1 / 1094 min

Documentary

Overview

A mystery. A cover-up. A crime. One family will risk everything for the truth.

Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military wasn't done for any reason other than he felt it was the right thing to do. The fact that the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool is unfathomable and thoroughly explored in Amir Bar-Lev's riveting and enraging documentary.

Cast

Pat Tillman

Self (archive footage)

Josh Brolin

Narrator (voice)

Mary Tillman

Self - Pat's Mother

Russell Baer

Self - 2/75 Ranger Battalion

Pat Tillman Sr.

Self - Pat's Father

Philip Kensinger

Self - U.S. Army Special Operations Command

Stan Goff

Self - Retired Soldier

Jason Parsons

Self - 2/75 Ranger Battalion

Bryan O'Neal

Self - 2/75 Ranger Battalion

Marie Tillman

Self - Pat's Wife

Richard Tillman

Self - Pat's Youngest Brother

Syd Melbourne

Self - Neighbor (uncredited)

Peggy Melbourne

Self - Neighbor (uncredited)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Ann Coulter

Self (archive footage)

John McCain

Self (archive footage)

Maria Shriver

Self (archive footage)

Donald Rumsfeld

Self (archive footage)

Overview