THE TILLMAN STORY

I already knew the story of Patrick Daniel Tillman - sort of. He was the 27-year-old dude who tossed aside a multi-million dollar NFL contract and chose to enlist in the US Army. He had every intentiion of serving three years, doing his duty for America, and then returning to a lucrative football career. But that didn't happen. On April 22, 2004, Tillman was killed while on a mission in Afghanistan - by his won fellow soldiers (his own brother Kevin was on that same mission).
This documentary is the story of how the Army first tried to make the death of their most famous enlisted soldier since Elvis look like an act of heroism. The first report told of Tillman fearlessly leading a charge on foot up a steep hill and met with enemy Taliban fire, sacrificing his own life, while saving those of his men. What follows is a trail of deceit, lies, and fabrictions that lead all the way to Congressional hearings, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and President G. W. Bush. It's all shocking, but not entirely surprising given the Bush administration's track record. Even with all that, the truth never comes out (but, ah, yes it does).
The human element of the story tells of two Pat Tillmans: one that the public perceived and another whose mother, father, and brothers try to tell the real story of. Poingnant and sometimes outlandish and funny stories of the Pat Tillman that America thought they knew, but really had no idea. At it's basest, this movie is about a family who just wanted to stay out of th public eye (including Pat), to get closure, and to just know what really happened.