Brad Pitt said he hoped his new film Fury recognised the trauma suffered by soldiers in World War Two as it closed this year's BFI London Film Festival. "War is hell," said Pitt, who plays a Sherman tank commander on a mission behind enemy lines in 1945.
Fury is the World World II version of Apocalypse Now, only without Kurtz, and the nuance. While writer/director David Ayer elicits strong performances from his cast and delivers intense (but sensationally gory) set pieces,
The director and cast shared some secrets about the hellish military training required of them while shooting "Fury."
The tale of a World War II tank crew led by Brad Pitt also includes Shia LaBeouf, Michael Pena, Logan Lerman and Jon Bernthal. The brutal combat film deals with themes familiar from Ayer's last movie, “End of Watch,” or his script for “Training Day
In comps for Fury, Monuments Men took in $550,000 in late night Thursdays this year when it began at 7 PM and went on to gross $22M, and Captain Phillips sailed in with $600K last October at this time (at 8 PM). Fury rolls into 3,155 theaters today.