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This Is Not a War Story

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A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.
Director
Talia Lugacy
Year
2021
Genre
drama, war
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Awards
9 wins & 3 nominations total

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Abel Baker Charlie, - This Is Not a War Story 00:10
Abel Baker Charlie,
I dunno how long, looking out the glass door at this car, - This Is Not a War Story 00:14
I dunno how long, looking out the glass door at this car,
I'm crouched in my kitchen at two a.m. holding a handgun, - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
I'm crouched in my kitchen at two a.m. holding a handgu...
In 1969 and '70, in Okinawa, - This Is Not a War Story 00:12
In 1969 and '70, in Okinawa,
Yeah I mean you could get it, but it was real expensive 'cause it was not home grown... - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Yeah I mean you could get it, but it was real expensive ...
This really wild beach, where you had to wade across this lagoon, to get to it... - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
This really wild beach, where you had to wade across this la...
...climb around on these hills, and there were these caves... - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
...climb around on these hills, and there were these caves.....
...find these like porcelain boxes... - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
...find these like porcelain boxes...
On what look like dragon-claw feet - This Is Not a War Story 00:09
On what look like dragon-claw feet
- MP. - All right, that's cool, - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
- MP. - All right, that's cool,
The idea is that we make handmade paper - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
The idea is that we make handmade paper
We want vets to tell their own story - This Is Not a War Story 00:08
We want vets to tell their own story
If you want to do a book, maybe, out of your old journals. - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
If you want to do a book, maybe, out of your old journals.
It's a memorial for a buddy of ours. - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
It's a memorial for a buddy of ours.
These guys are binding a book right now, - This Is Not a War Story 00:08
These guys are binding a book right now,
Walt, he's a Vietnam vet - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Walt, he's a Vietnam vet
These guys over here, this is Will over there, - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
These guys over here, this is Will over there,
Nate was in Iraq back during the invasion, - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
Nate was in Iraq back during the invasion,
That's cool, that's what these are here donated for, - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
That's cool, that's what these are here donated fo...
We cut this stuff up and it goes in the machine in there, - This Is Not a War Story 00:09
We cut this stuff up and it goes in the machine in there,
So yeah, we give you the toolbox, - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
So yeah, we give you the toolbox,
You know, just to kind of get yourself going, - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
You know, just to kind of get yourself going,
I been hooked on paper making - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
I been hooked on paper making
Like impossible things, - This Is Not a War Story 00:07
Like impossible things,
So sometimes what we'll do - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
So sometimes what we'll do
So like the first guy who did it, - This Is Not a War Story 00:09
So like the first guy who did it,
So I remember going, in high school, - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
So I remember going, in high school,
"What do you want to do after you graduate?" - This Is Not a War Story 00:15
"What do you want to do after you graduate?"
I'm better now, but - This Is Not a War Story 00:09
I'm better now, but
He grabs the US Army with the Apache helicopter - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
He grabs the US Army with the Apache helicopter
I'm here for the party because I genuinely thought - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
I'm here for the party because I genuinely thought
I thought I was there for, for a party - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
I thought I was there for, for a party
They cuffed me, stuffed me, took me to the county jail. - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
They cuffed me, stuffed me, took me to the county jail.
Wrong fucking house. Felony criminal trespass, - This Is Not a War Story 00:14
Wrong fucking house. Felony criminal trespass,
My life was going this direction and very suddenly, - This Is Not a War Story 00:11
My life was going this direction and very suddenly,
Yeah man, I uh, called his mom. - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
Yeah man, I uh, called his mom.
I'm here, you know, need anything, blah, blah, blah. - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
I'm here, you know, need anything, blah, blah, blah.
When I was at WestPoint, they were talking about, - This Is Not a War Story 00:07
When I was at WestPoint, they were talking about,
We didn't even have helmets that much - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
We didn't even have helmets that much
You know, I never saved any of my uniforms, - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
You know, I never saved any of my uniforms,
Yeah, I just wanted to get out of the military, - This Is Not a War Story 00:08
Yeah, I just wanted to get out of the military,
Somebody had provided a banner - This Is Not a War Story 00:07
Somebody had provided a banner
And we'd been told - This Is Not a War Story 00:14
And we'd been told
Timothy or Tim - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Timothy or Tim
Know how the little smileys, - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
Know how the little smileys,
Thousands of people, veterans, staff members, - This Is Not a War Story 00:09
Thousands of people, veterans, staff members,
Alright, Bud, I'll see ya next week. - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
Alright, Bud, I'll see ya next week.
I'm sorry to hear that. - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
I'm sorry to hear that.
Then I started seeing you guys coming home, burned, - This Is Not a War Story 00:13
Then I started seeing you guys coming home, burned,
Did you speak to his regular doctor or his VA shrink? - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
Did you speak to his regular doctor or his VA shrink?
The department's looking into this kid's case, - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
The department's looking into this kid's case,
I know the system's fucked in a lot of ways, - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
I know the system's fucked in a lot of ways,
Either he had a provider from outside the system - This Is Not a War Story 00:07
Either he had a provider from outside the system
I mean, shit, if he was lying about what he was taking, - This Is Not a War Story 00:08
I mean, shit, if he was lying about what he was taking,
I hate to say it, but if a kid wants to die, - This Is Not a War Story 00:08
I hate to say it, but if a kid wants to die,
I mean, you can feel it, people, Arkansas, California. - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
I mean, you can feel it, people, Arkansas, California.
'Cause they were telling us, - This Is Not a War Story 00:12
'Cause they were telling us,
They were saying, "No, we don't want this pipeline." - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
They were saying, "No, we don't want this pipeline...
"We don't trust no court. We don't trust the President. - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
"We don't trust no court. We don't trust the ...
"We're gonna physically block this thing." - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
"We're gonna physically block this thing."
Belgium. They rebuilt it, actually... - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Belgium. They rebuilt it, actually...
When you rebuild a building like that, though - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
When you rebuild a building like that, though
Feel like they should have to give it a different name - This Is Not a War Story 00:20
Feel like they should have to give it a different name
Of a ressurrection, I would think.... - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Of a ressurrection, I would think....
Nah, I was uh... I deployed three times. - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
Nah, I was uh... I deployed three times.
Once in Afghanistan, twice in Iraq. - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Once in Afghanistan, twice in Iraq.
He's a guy... everybody should know Smedley Butler - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
He's a guy... everybody should know Smedley Butler
Even Leatherneck magazine acknowledges what he did, - This Is Not a War Story 00:14
Even Leatherneck magazine acknowledges what he did,
Fucked up - This Is Not a War Story 00:10
Fucked up
Can kind of control how much of that... - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Can kind of control how much of that...
I'm not saying people shouldn't rebuild shit - This Is Not a War Story 00:10
I'm not saying people shouldn't rebuild shit
That it came to the end of one life, - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
That it came to the end of one life,
See, one thing that I love about this process is, - This Is Not a War Story 00:08
See, one thing that I love about this process is,
Like if you fuck up, you can always fix it - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Like if you fuck up, you can always fix it
Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Carolina. - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Carolina.
Uranium, sweat... Panama... - This Is Not a War Story 00:06
Uranium, sweat... Panama...
I had this uh... "incident" happen. - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
I had this uh... "incident" happen.
It wasn't an incident. - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
It wasn't an incident.
It'd be good to be around people more. - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
It'd be good to be around people more.
I only feel comfortable - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
I only feel comfortable
Yeah, sometimes Marines can... - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Yeah, sometimes Marines can...
Can do something that's a halfways intelligent. - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
Can do something that's a halfways intelligent.
It's a Reggae punk band from the Eighties, - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
It's a Reggae punk band from the Eighties,
♪ Ain't no cure for the summertime blues ♪ - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
♪ Ain't no cure for the summertime blues ♪
Well, Motorcycle Irene? Stark naked, - This Is Not a War Story 00:07
Well, Motorcycle Irene? Stark naked,
I'm just gonna use a book-binding knot - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
I'm just gonna use a book-binding knot
It doesn't necessarily matter - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
It doesn't necessarily matter
How I learned to do it in medicine, so, it works for this. - This Is Not a War Story 00:07
How I learned to do it in medicine, so, it works for this.
Oh, you didn't snip your thread, that's why. - This Is Not a War Story 00:04
Oh, you didn't snip your thread, that's why.
They teach you how to use a gun as an MP - This Is Not a War Story 00:05
They teach you how to use a gun as an MP
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A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.

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Director: Talia Lugacy
Writer: Jan Barry, Kevin Basl, Nathan Lewis
Production: N/A
Genre: drama, war
Year: 2021
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 5.6
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 28 Oct 2021
Awards: 9 wins & 3 nominations total
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