GRP 99-Jason Hall: Screen Writer for "American Sniper" Director for "Thank You For Your Service"

Global Recon

John Hendricks

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🗓️ 9 November 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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GRP 99-Our guest for this weeks episode is Jason Hall. Jason wrote the screen play for "American Sniper" and is the director for "Thank You For Your Service". His latest film is based on the book of the same title written by David Finkel. It's centered around Adam Schumann a U.S. Army Combat veteran and some of the final moments of this last deployment into Iraq with a focus on his return home. This movie highlights the struggle that some combat veterans face upon returning from war not only with the physical and mental damage , but in getting help from Veterans Affairs. Jason shared a funny story about how he met Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle. We talked about what it was like working behind the scenes for this film, and some of the issues that are faced by combat veterans. Enjoy. 0:00-Episode overview 3:06-Jason Hall's career in Hollywood 5:47-How Jason met Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle 17:57-Entering the window of a human brain that has undergone traumatic brain injury but doing so on a massive scale. Helping turn the corner on these issues. Follow my co-host and my pages on social media. Links below. Global Recon: www.Globalrecon.net https://www.instagram.com/igrecon https://www.instagram.com/blackopsmatter www.twitter.com/igrecon https://www.facebook.com/GlobalReconPodcast/ HP Lefler: https://www.instagram.com/4runner.freyja Chantel Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/mission_critical https://www.instagram.com/altern8rv Music provided by Caspian: www.caspianmusic.net

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0:00.0	Thank you for your service.
0:02.2	A movie directed by Jason Hall.
0:06.6	Now, Jason also wrote the screenplay for the movie American Sniper.
0:11.8	He is our guest for this week's podcast.
0:14.5	Jason says a funny story about how he met Chris Collin,
0:18.2	hooked up with him to get some of that screenplay done.
0:21.9	And we talked about the movie itself, what it was like for Jason, and several different
0:28.2	topics that affect veterans to include PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and how they were
0:35.2	using this movie to help educate people who work for the VA and people
0:41.8	who are involved in the mental health when dealing with veterans and several other topics.
0:48.5	Now, if you enjoy this podcast, I'd like to encourage you guys to leave us a review and a rating
0:53.5	on iTunes or
0:54.4	Apple Podcasts if you're listening on your mobile devices. That way, we know that you guys
0:59.7	appreciate what we're doing and we'll continue to bring you good content and interesting guests
1:04.7	week after week. Thank you. I'm I'm I'm
1:28.3	I'm
1:29.3	I'm
1:30.3	I'm going to be. I'm going to
1:45.0	I'm going to
1:47.0	I'm going to We have a special guest on with us for this podcast.
2:10.7	On with me as my co-host, Shantel Taylor.
2:13.1	I'm the host of the podcast, John Hendricks.
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