After being on the front lines of documentary filmmaking with his U.S.-Mexico border expose Cartel Land, followed by his dive into ISIS with City of Ghosts, director Matthew Heineman is shifting gears with his first narrative drama.
The remarkable real-life story of journalist Marie Colvin will be coming to the big screen in this year’s A Private War. Directed by Heineman, the film stars Rosamund Pike as Colvin as it follows her brave journeys through war-torn countries as well as her relationships, tragedies, and professional triumphs.
The film co-stars Jamie Dornan and Stanley Tucci, and will be released on November 2nd after a premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 4th. See the trailer and poster below.
In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless, while constantly testing the limits between bravery and bravado. After being hit by a grenade in Sri Lanka, she wears a distinctive eye patch and is still as comfortable sipping martinis with London’s elite as she is confronting dictators. Colvin sacrifices loving relationships, and over time, her personal life starts to unravel as the trauma she’s witnessed takes its toll. Yet, her mission to show the true cost of war leads her — along with renowned war photographer Paul Conroy (Jamie Dornan) — to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives in the besieged Syrian city of Homs. Based on the extraordinary life of Marie Colvin, A PRIVATE WAR is brought to the screen by Academy Award nominee and critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker Matthew Heineman in his pulse-pounding narrative feature debut.
A Private War opens on November 2.