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In the Valley of Elah (2007) 7.2
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Metascore: 65/100
Reviews: 215 user | 230 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq. Director:Paul Haggis |
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Cast
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| Jason Patric | ... | ||
| Susan Sarandon | ... | ||
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Arnold Bickman
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| Frances Fisher | ... |
Evie
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Corporal Steve Penning
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| Jake McLaughlin | ... |
Spc. Gordon Bonner
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| Mehcad Brooks | ... |
Spc. Ennis Long
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| Jonathan Tucker | ... |
Mike Deerfield
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| Wayne Duvall | ... |
Detective Nugent
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Private Robert Ortiez
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Detective Hodge
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In Monroe, Tennessee, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfield pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank seems to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
28 September 2007 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dans la vallée d'Elah See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
£345,185 (UK) (25 January 2008)Gross:
$6,777,589 (USA) (15 February 2008)Company Credits
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Spc. Gordon Bonner: What are you doing? Get back in the fucking vehicle man! Mike, get back in the fucking vehicle. Let's go, Mike, now!
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Written by Anthony Urbano and Ray Urbano
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Courtesy of Nuthin 2 Lose Records
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When Sanders is looking at the murder scene in the daylight, the shadows are diffuse when looking towards her from the car and there is a large shadow between her and the car. The next shot from behind her shows brighter sunlight with sharp distinct shadows, and the shadow between her and the car has disappeared. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Spc. Gordon Bonner: What are you doing? Get back in the fucking vehicle man! Mike, get back in the fucking vehicle. Let's go, Mike, now!
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Rock Like ThisWritten by Anthony Urbano and Ray Urbano
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This movie is just about perfect. I love how it starts as a genre movie and then transcends into something deeper and soul-searching. Some people just don't like Paul Haggis, but I'm not one of them. I think he's very smart here; he has no political point of view, he handles Charlize Theron perfectly, and the movie forces everybody to think about the troops in a way that isn't simply political rhetoric. I love that Tommy Lee Jones feels the way so many dads do. He's never been better. Watching the police work happen is interesting on it's own, but I like that Charlize Theron is just out to do the job correctly and just shrugs off the chauvinism coming at her from her department. The movie could've gone somewhere with that, but instead just quietly lets us in on it and moves on.
There have been many very good movies the last few years about Iraq-related themes, but I don't think there is a film that captures the feeling of the national mood as good as this one. It's drained of melodrama and just sort of moves forward on really good performances of the whole cast, who all act according to their natures instead of because of stupid plot requirements.