Movieline Premieres the New Poster for the Buzzed-About Documentary The Tillman Story

As we head into the latter half of 2010, there are two documentaries from Sundance that are guaranteed to make a splash, including one that I still think is one of the best films of the year. One the one hand, you have Catfish, the pseudo-doc coming out September 17 that was the talk of the festival (though not always for the right reasons). The month before, on August 20, The Weinstein Company will roll out Amir Bar-Lev's gripping The Tillman Story. For my money, that's the must-see of the season, and Movieline is pleased to premiere the film's new theatrical poster.

Here's the official synopsis:

When Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002, he became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately far more heroic, then the caricature. And when the government tried to turn his death into propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in Northern California, Pat's mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family's crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son's life and death. THE TILLMAN STORY resounds with emotion and insight, and goes beyond an indictment of the government to touch on themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.

And before we get to the full-sized poster, here's my provocative interview with Bar-Lev from January.