Thank You for Your Service (2017 film)

Thank You for Your Service is a 2017 American biographical war drama film written and directed by Jason Hall, in his directorial debut, and based on the 2013 non-fiction book of the same name by David Finkel. Finkel, a Washington Post reporter, wrote about veterans of the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment returning to the vicinity of Fort Riley, Kansas, following a 15-month deployment in Iraq in 2007. The film is about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depicting U.S. soldiers who try to adjust to civilian life, and stars Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Beulah Koale, Amy Schumer, and Scott Haze. Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "Freedom Cadence" specifically for the closing credits.[5]

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Thank You for Your Service
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jason Hall
Screenplay by	Jason Hall
Based on	Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel
Produced by	Jon Kilik
Starring	Miles Teller Haley Bennett Joe Cole Amy Schumer Beulah Koale Scott Haze
Cinematography	Roman Vasyanov
Edited by	Jay Cassidy Dino Jonsäter
Music by	Thomas Newman
Production companies	DreamWorks Pictures[1] Reliance Entertainment Rahway Road Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures[2] (Worldwide) Mister Smith Entertainment[2] (EMEA)
Release dates	October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15) (Heartland) October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27) (United States)
Running time	108 minutes[3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[4]
Box office	$10 million[4]

The film had its world premiere at the Heartland Film Festival on October 15, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 27, 2017, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews, with praise for the performances (particularly that of Teller, Bennett, and Koale),[6] but grossed just $9 million against its $20 million budget.[7]