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The Outpost

The Outpost

The mission was survival.

20206.92h 3m

Overview

A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

Directed by Rod Lurie
Written by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Jake Tapper
Produced by Les Weldon, Paul Michael Merryman, Paul Tamasy
Box OfficeBudget: $18.0MRevenue: $2.1M

Top Cast

Scott Eastwood

Scott Eastwood

Staff Sergeant Clint Romesha

Caleb Landry Jones

Caleb Landry Jones

Specialist Ty Michael Carter

Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom

CPT. Benjamin D. Keating

Ernest Cavazos

Ernest Cavazos

Sgt. Armando Avalos

Taylor John Smith

Taylor John Smith

Lt. Andrew Bundermann

Cory Hardrict

Cory Hardrict

Sergeant Vernon Martin

Milo Gibson

Milo Gibson

CPT. Robert Yllescas

Bobby Lockwood

Bobby Lockwood

Kevin Thomson

Jacob Scipio

Jacob Scipio

Staff Sgt. Justin T. Gallegos

Jack Kesy

Jack Kesy

Sgt. Josh Kirk

Themes & Keywords

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About The Outpost

The Outpost is a war, drama, history, action film released in 2020 exploring themes of based on novel or book, afghanistan, based on true story, afghanistan war (2001-2021), soldier, aggressive. Directed by Rod Lurie, it stars Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom. A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

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