Best Film in Decades: American Sniper Breaks All-Time Record for Limited Release
Sarasota, Florida has a special connection with the film “American Sniper“, set for nationwide release on January 16, 2015. Two Sarasotans made it their mission to create a life size image of American hero, and the author of “American Sniper“, Chris Kyle. These two men are Gene Sweeney and Greg Marra. Gene and Greg collaborated to create the statue and then they took it to Texas as a gift to the wife and widow of Chris Kyle.
Additionally, the names of all Navy SEALs killed since 9/11, including Chris Kyle’s, are carved into the granite of the 9/11 Victims and Fallen Heroes Memorial, which stands proudly at Patriot’s Park in Venice, FL. This monument is also the work of Gene Sweeney, a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Pamela Geller writes:
Longtime readers of Atlas Shrugs know how much I love movies — not the dreck that’s served up today, but the great golden age of Hollywood, when America was a proud force for good. Every Saturday night, I run a movie from that era that reminds my readers who and what we are and could be.
Tonight I saw a film that all Americans should see. Finally, a modern film that made me proud to be an American: American Sniper. It tells the truth about the war we are in and the savages we are fighting (a word used repeatedly, I might add).
Watch the trailer of Clint Eastwood’s epic film “American Sniper”:
Geller notes, “Every film about war and since Vietnam, with few exceptions, has been a left-wing hate-filled attack on America. Proud, patriotic films about American heroism and goodness have gone the way of all great American institutions, such as individualism, liberty, and capitalism under the decades-long siege by the left. Clint Eastwood can join the pantheon of great American directors such as Frank Capra and John Ford, proud Americans who loved their country and made films that reflected the culture of the good. We owe Clint Eastwood a huge debt.”
