Summaries

A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

DreamWorks Pictures' Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield. Starring an ensemble cast led by Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Amy Schumer, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey and Jayson Warner Smith, the drama is based on the bestselling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Finkel. Jason Hall, who wrote the screenplay of American Sniper, makes his directorial debut with Thank You for Your Service and also serves as its screenwriter. Jon Kilik (The Hunger Games series, Babel) produces the film, while Ann Ruark (Biutiful) and Jane Evans (Sin City) executive produces.

After a harrowing 15-month combat experience in Iraq, the much-decorated Adam Schumann (Miles Teller) returns home to Kansas and a loving wife, Saskia (Haley Bennett). Adam and Saskia have two young children, a daughter and an infant son born while Adam was still overseas. Adam suffers from PTSD as manifest by nightmares and frequent flashbacks for which his wife convinces him to seek help from an overburdened Department of Veterans Affairs. He also receives solace from two Iraq buddies living nearby, an American Samoan, Solo Aeiti (Beulah Koale), and Billy Waller (Joe Cole), who commits suicide in front of his fiancee (Erin Darke) after discovering she has taken all his money and their child and left him..

Details

Keywords
  • soldier
  • sex scene
  • military
  • dog fight
  • u.s. invasion of iraq
Genres
  • Drama
  • War
  • Biography
Release date Oct 26, 2017
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States India
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Production companies Dreamworks Pictures Dune Films Reliance Entertainment

Box office

Budget $20000000
Gross US & Canada $9536300
Opening weekend US & Canada $3817700
Gross worldwide $9995692

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 49m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

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