Lone Survivor is a 2013 American biographical war film based on the eponymous 2007 nonfiction book by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. Set during the war in Afghanistan, it dramatizes the unsuccessful United States Navy SEALs counter-insurgent mission Operation Red Wings, during which a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team was given the task of tracking down the Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. The film was written and directed by Peter Berg and stars Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana. Upon first learning of the book in 2007, Berg arranged several meetings with Luttrell to discuss adapting the book to film. Universal Pictures acquired the film rights in August 2007, after bidding against other major studios. In re-enacting events, Berg drew much of his screenplay from Luttrell's eyewitness accounts in the book, as well as autopsy and incident reports related to the mission.
| Director | Peter Berg |
| Produced by | Peter Berg, Sarah Aubrey, Randall Emmett, Norton Herrick, Barry Spikings, Akiva Goldsman, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Vitaly Grigoriants |
| Writer(s) | Peter Berg |
| Starring | Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Eric Bana |
| Music | Explosions in the Sky, Steve Jablonsky |
| Cinematography | Tobias Schliessler |
| Edited by | Colby Parker Jr. |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures (United States/United Kingdom/Italy), Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (International) |
| Released | November 12, 2013 (AFI Film Festival), December 25, 2013 (United States), January 10, 2014 (North America) |
| Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $154.8 million |
About Lone Survivor
Peter Berg directed film based on the true story of a group of Navy Seals who are ambushed while trying to take down a Taliban leader.
Achievement of Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrell, who the film is based off of and who is portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in the film, wrote a book titled Lone Survivor which was published in 2007 and helped inspire the feature film.
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Latest information about Lone Survivor updated on July 28 2021.
