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May 23, 2023 · Mitchell LaFortune is a former 82nd Airborne soldier and CIA operative who wrote 'Kandahar', a movie starring Gerard Butler as a CIA agent in Afghanistan. The film is based on his personal experiences and his love letter to the Afghan people and allies.
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Kandahar, titled Mission Kandahar in Canada, is a 2023 American spy action thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Mitchell LaFortune. The film stars Gerard Butler (who is also a producer) and features a supporting cast that includes Ali Fazal , Navid Negahban , Bahador Foladi, Nina Toussaint-White , Tom Rhys Harries , Vassilis ...
Jun 20, 2023 · Tom Harris is partially based on a real person. Written by former army man Mitchell LaFortune, ‘Kandahar’ is based on LaFortune’s experiences during his deployment to Afghanistan. As such, LaFortune’s life experiences, personality traits, and quirks make up the foundation for Tom Harris’s character.
LaFortune, who wrote Gerard Butler's Kandahar and other action films, is a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer with multiple deployments to Afghanistan. He has signed with APA, one of the few agencies able to represent writers during the WGA strike.
For screenwriter Mitchell LaFortune, the genesis of the story for Kandahar began as he pulled stories from his time as a Defense Intelligence Agency officer who had served multiple deployments in Afghanistan, telling the story of a CIA Black Ops agent and his Afghan interpreter who must evade deadly forces as they escape Iran after a ...
May 26, 2023 · Kandahar: Directed by Ric Roman Waugh. With Tom Rhys Harries, Farhad Bagheri, Gerard Butler, Mitchell LaFortune. A CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.
Aug 17, 2023 · Inspired by the real-life experiences of screenwriter, Mitchell LaFortune, during his deployments near the Iran border, Kandahar — an adrenaline-fuelled flick, starring Gerard Butler — is a...
