glen mcmahon was the general brad pitt played in war machine.
glen mcmahon was the general brad pitt played in war machine.
who is the general brad pitt plays in war machine?
glen mcmahon
in the aftermath, cullen ponders the consequences of his article, noting that he wished mcmahon's fall would finally convince the government to stop invading foreign countries and end the war in afghanistan. instead, however, the government simply assigns a new general to replace mcmahon.









































section::::cast.









































mcmahon's entourage









































bullet::::- brad pitt as general glen mcmahon, a character based on general stanley mcchrystal; he is portrayed as an accomplished general with degrees from west point and yale brought in to bring a resolution to the conflict in afghanistan
war machine (film)
mcchrystal married annie corcoran, also from a military family, in 1977. the couple have one son. mcchrystal is reported to run daily, eat one meal per day, and sleep four hours a night.









































section::::portrayal.









































in may 2017, netflix released the film "war machine" in which brad pitt plays a thinly veiled version of mcchrystal named mcmahon. it was directed by animal kingdom's david michôd and is an adaptation of michael hastings' book "the operators". hastings wrote the "rolling stone" article that revealed the friction between mcchrystal's staff and then president barack obama's, which ultimately led to mcchrystal losing his job.
stanley a. mcchrystal