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In the Valley of Elah (2007) More at IMDbPro »

• Originally a potential starring vehicle for Clint Eastwood.
  
  
• Takes its title from the Bible - Elah was the valley where David met Goliath.
  
  
• Josh Brolin replaced Tim McGraw in the role of Chief Buchwald.
  
  
• According to Paul Haggis, Clint Eastwood helped get this film greenlight.
  
  
• Paul Haggis wrote the part of Sanders with Charlize Theron in mind.
  
  
• Several of the actors who played soldiers, including Wes Chatham (Corporal Steve Penning), Jake McLaughlin (Spc. Gordon Bonner) and Sean Huze (Captain Jim Osher) had actually served in the Iraq War themselves.
  
  
• Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Barry Corbin and Kathy Lamkin also starred in No Country for Old Men (2007) the same year. The two movies both have Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA as shooting location and Roger Deakins as director of photography.
  
  

• SPOILER: Based on a true story of a soldier, Richard Davis, who, after returning from a tour in Iraq, disappeared. His father, who spent 20 years in the army, began an investigation. It turned out that Davis was murdered by four other soldiers who served with him on the tour. The four men have been sentenced to prison, two for life, another for 20 years, and another for 5 years.
  
  

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