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Director: |
Kathryn Bigelow |
Writer: |
Mark Boal |
Starring: |
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Finnes, Guy Pearce |
Released: |
February 4, 2010 |
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Runtime: |
131 minutes
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Story: |
"The Hurt Locker," winner of the 2008 Venice Film Festival SIGNIS Grand Prize, is a
riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire
of the military's unrecognized heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer
to challenge the odds and save lives in one of the world's most dangerous places.
Three members of the Army's elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle
insurgents and each other as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on
the streets of Baghdad - in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and
Americans alike. Their mission is clear - protect and save - but it's anything but easy,
as the margin of error when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero. This thrilling and
heart-pounding look at the effects of combat and danger on the human psyche is
based on the first-hand observations of journalist and screenwriter
Mark Boal, who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq. These men spoke of
explosions as putting you in "the hurt locker".
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Cast: |
Jeremy Renner
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SSgt. William James |
Anthony Mackie
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Sgt. JT Sanborn |
Brian Geraghty
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Spc. Owen Eldridge |
Guy Pearce
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Sgt. Matt Thompson |
Ralph Fiennes
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Contractor Team Leader |
David Morse
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Colonel Reed |
Evangeline Lilly
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Connie James |
Christian Camargo
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Col. John Cambridge |
Suhail Al-Dabbach
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Black Suit Man |
Christopher Sayegh
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Beckham |
Nabil Koni
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Professor Nabil |
Sam Spruell
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Contractor Charlie |
Sam Redford
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Contractor Jimmy |
Feisal Sadoun
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Contractor Feisal |
Barrie Rice
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Contractor Chris |
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