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Aug 20, 2018 · Chris Roessner, a former soldier and writer, reflects on his experience of making Sand Castle, a film based on his own war story in Iraq. He shares his pride, regrets, and hopes for more veteran-led stories in Hollywood.
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Sand Castle is a 2017 American war drama film directed by Fernando Coimbra and written by Chris Roessner. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Henry Cavill, Logan Marshall-Green, Tommy Flanagan, Glen Powell, Beau Knapp, and Neil Brown Jr.
Apr 24, 2017 · Chris Roessner, an Iraq war veteran and screenwriter, shares his military and personal experiences that inspired his film Sand Castle, a Netflix drama about U.S. troops in Iraq. He talks about his service, his father, his adventure in Nepal, and his passion for honest storytelling.
Apr 14, 2017 · Chris Roessner is a war veteran and writer of Sand Castle, a Netflix film set in Iraq in 2003. He talks about the film's authenticity, characters, actors and his experience in the war.
Apr 19, 2017 · Chris Roessner is a former U.S. Army soldier who wrote Sand Castle, a film inspired by his deployment in Iraq. The movie stars Nicholas Hoult and Henry Cavill as soldiers trying to rebuild a water pumping station for Iraqi civilians.
Apr 20, 2017 · In a way, yes. The film is the debut script from screenwriter Chris Roessner, who based it on his own experiences as a machine gunner for the army in Iraq's Sunni Triangle in 2003.
