Home of the Brave (2006)

Director:

Irwin Winkler

Writers (WGA):

Mark Friedman (screenplay)
Mark Friedman (story) ...
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Release Date:

1 March 2007 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Action | Drama | War

Tagline:

Coming home is the real battle.

Plot:

Three soldiers struggle to readjust to life at home after returning home from a lengthy tour in Iraq.

Plot Keywords:

Flashback | Voice Over Narration | Family Dinner | M A S H | Comradery

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson	...	Will Marsh
Jessica Biel	...	Vanessa Price
Brian Presley	...	Tommy Yates
50 Cent	...	Jamal Aiken (as Curtis Jackson)
Christina Ricci	...	Sarah Schivino
Chad Michael Murray	...	Jordan Owens
Victoria Rowell	...	Penelope Marsh
Jeffrey Nordling	...	Cary (as Jeff Nordling)
Vyto Ruginis	...	Hank Yates
Sam Jones III	...	Billy Marsh
James MacDonald	...	Ray
Sandra Nelson	...	V.A. Hospital Doctor
Jack Serino	...	Pvt. Shar
Brendan Wayne	...	Spc. Pendilla
Mohamed Zinathlah	...	Amad Kamal
Richard De Mayo	...	Sgt. Larkin
Kiara Johnson	...	Dede Marsh
H.W. Tony Anthony	...	Carl Marsh
Kelly B. Eviston	...	Jane Pooks (as Kelly Eviston)
James M. Tilley	...	Rick Pooks (as James Tilley)
Jenna Williams	...	Jeannie Winstead
Darrick Wilkens	...	David Winstead
Joyce M. Cameron	...	Grace Owens
Suzanne Niles	...	Betsy Yates
Venus Delcambrie	...	Rehabilitation Nurse
Jordan Santiago	...	Oliver Price
Anne Selcoe	...	Alice Price
Cecil Ellsworth	...	Vice Principal Thompson
Kirisha Marshall	...	Lena
Ron Ford	...	Zander
Ginger Ewing	...	Keisha
Dennis Patchin	...	Male News Anchor
Jennah Anderson	...	Scared Driver
Jennifer Stott Madsen	...	Jeanette
Jessy James Todd	...	Young Vet
Jerry Sciarrio	...	Joe Peters
Juventino Aranda	...	Hispanic Vet
Wes Deitrick	...	Vietnam Vet
Kate Vander Wende	...	Nurse #1 (as Kate Vita)
Margo Winkler	...	Waiting Room Mother
Maya Winkler	...	Waiting Room Girl
Miranda Cowan	...	Fight Girl
Jhon Goodwin	...	Police Officer (as John Goodwin)
Nike Imoru	...	Dr. Barbara Jaric
Tannis Benedict	...	Army Nurse
Thad Luckinbill	...	Soldier #1
Mark Parrish	...	Soldier #2
Mort Zuckerman	...	Wounded Soldier
Kathleen Friery	...	Wounded Soldier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryan Sanson	...	Student (uncredited)
Lonny W. Waddle	...	Corporal Campbell (uncredited)

Directed by
Irwin Winkler

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Friedman		(screenplay)
Mark Friedman		(story) &
Irwin Winkler		(story)

Produced by
Zakaria Alaoui	....	service producer: Morocco
Rob Cowan	....	producer
Boaz Davidson	....	executive producer
Danny Dimbort	....	executive producer
Randall Emmett	....	producer
Michael P. Flannigan	....	executive producer
Brian E. Frankish	....	line producer (as Brian Frankish)
George Furla	....	producer
Avi Lerner	....	producer
Julie Milstead	....	associate producer
Trevor Short	....	executive producer
John Thompson	....	executive producer
Charles Winkler	....	associate producer
Irwin Winkler	....	producer

Original Music by
Stephen Endelman

Cinematography by
Tony Pierce-Roberts		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Clayton Halsey

Casting by
Sarah Finn
Randi Hiller
Gretchen Oyster

Production Design by
Warren Alan Young

Art Direction by
Vincent DeFelice

Set Decoration by
Julieann Getman
Stuart Rose

Costume Design by
Karyn Wagner

Makeup Department
Khalid Alami	....	makeup artist
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup artist: Mr. Jackson, Spokane (as Alan Apone)
Zineb Bendoula	....	hair stylist
Zhor Bennani	....	assistant makeup artist
Janet Carpenter	....	additional key hair stylist: Spokane
Dean Jones	....	key makeup artist (as Dean Carl Jones)
Trista Jordan	....	key makeup artist: Spokane
Mike Meyers	....	key hair stylist: Spokane
Michael Moore	....	key hair stylist
Nancy Morrison	....	hair stylist: Ms. Rowell, Spokane
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair stylist: Mr. Jackson, Spokane (as Robert Louis Stevenson)
Taci Van Leuven	....	assistant hair stylist: Spokane
Taci Van Leuven	....	assistant makeup artist: Spokane
Andrea Whitten	....	makeup assistant: Spokane
Egle Zakareviciute	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Khadija Alami	....	production manager
Brian E. Frankish	....	unit production manager
Ian Kennedy	....	post-production supervisor
Jordan Kessler	....	post-production supervisor
Susannah Lowber	....	production supervisor
Oren Senderman	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	....	second second assistant director
William M. Elvin	....	first assistant director
Yann Mari Faget	....	second assistant director
Jeani Harris	....	second assistant director
Ahmed Hatimi	....	first assistant director
Joe May	....	second second assistant director
Toby Roberts	....	second assistant director
Shea Varge	....	second second assistant director
Charles Winkler	....	second unit director

Art Department
Abdellah Baadil	....	assistant art director
Dan Beyer	....	assistant property master
Craig Binkley	....	property master: USA
Jennifer Chien	....	art department assistant
Brady J. Condit	....	set dresser
John McElroy	....	props
Aziz Mhand	....	props
Pete Moroz	....	art department assistant
Dennis J. Parrish	....	property master: Morocco
Jamie Powell	....	construction manager
Rachid Quiat	....	assistant art director
Amin Rharda	....	props buyer
Joseph Yuss Simon	....	storyboard artist
Amanda Steen	....	on-set dresser
Pete Stroud	....	set painter
Jana Treadwell	....	leadwoman
Alexander Vinnitski	....	product placement
Matt Wahl	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Jocelyn Caron	....	adr foley recordist
Chris Clifford	....	sound utility
Guy Francoeur	....	foley artist
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
George Haddad	....	adr supervisor
Richard Lightstone	....	sound mixer
John Matter	....	assistant sound editor
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Ross	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Taylor	....	boom operator
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Pierre Tucat	....	boom operator: Morocco Unit
Mathew Waters	....	sound editor
Mathew Waters	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Woolley	....	foley editor
Nourdine Zaoui	....	assistant sound

Special Effects by
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects supervisor
Jennifer M. Sheppard	....	special effects project coordinator

Visual Effects by
Angelina Borisowa	....	visual effect assistant editor
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer
Barbara Domuschieva	....	digital tracking
Dobromir Hristov	....	digital compositor
Peter Keranov	....	lead visual effects artist
Dimitar Kovachev	....	technical support staff
Jordan Markov	....	visual effects editor
Milena Peneva	....	visual effects coordinator
Shero Rauf	....	digital effects artist
Nikola Simeonov	....	digital lead artist
Stefan Tchakarov	....	visual effects production supervisor
Alexander Valev	....	visual effects supervisor
Vladimir Zdravkov	....	visual effects technical support

Stunts
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunt double
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunts
Jerry L. Buxbaum	....	stunt driver
Philippe Losson	....	stunts
Cedric Proust	....	stunt coordinator
Florian Robin	....	stunt performer
Rob Filson	....	precision driving (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Doug Bundy	....	rigging key grip
Mark Catania	....	dolly grip
Brianne Cronkhite	....	additional second assistant camera
Tim Cunningham	....	rigging best boy
Joe di Gennaro	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Morocco
Adil Doukkali	....	assistant camera: Morocco
Tim Eberly	....	still photographer
Marc Ehrenbold	....	first assistant camera
Peter N. Green	....	key first assistant camera
Brad Heiner	....	key grip
Nate Heyer	....	rigging electrician
Mounir Houda	....	assistant camera: Morocco
Stephen MacDougall	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Vincent Mata	....	assistant camera
Matthew May	....	best boy electric
Dan Ming	....	assistant camera
Dan Misner	....	best boy grip
Michelle Opseth	....	assistant camera
Justin O'Shaughnessy	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Noah Peter	....	grip
Darren Quinn	....	key grip
George Richmond	....	camera operator: "a" camera, Morocco
Andy Rowse	....	grip
Khalil Said	....	assistant camera: Morocco
S. Douglas Smith	....	camera operator: "c" camera, Morocco
S. Douglas Smith	....	director of photography: second unit
David Stump	....	collaborating director of photography
Mike Vukas	....	gaffer
Ben Watkins	....	grip and electrical equipment supplier
James WilderHancock	....	dolly grip (as James 'Junior' WilderHancock)
Joe Zovko	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Tamara Hunter	....	casting associate
Taylor Jenkins	....	casting assistant
Gretchen Oyster	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carrie Arington	....	set costumer
Luwanna Arington	....	wardrobe assistant
Lori Ayala-Read	....	assistant costume designer
Alayna Caryl	....	set costumer
Lisa Caryl	....	wardrobe supervisor
Rebecca Cook	....	set costumer
Askia Won-Ling Jacob	....	dresser: Mr. Jackson, Spokane (as Askia Jacob)
Otmane Khammari	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Jason Barnoski	....	assistant editor
Jon Dudkowski	....	assistant editor
Joshua Gollish	....	digital image technician
Candice Levy	....	post-production assistant
Jason Mckee	....	assistant editor
Gene Mendoza	....	color timer
Jack Paulson	....	assistant editor
Jason A. Payne	....	assistant editor
Christian Prejza	....	digital intermediate producer
Jeff Smithwick	....	digital film colorist

Music Department
Selena Arizanovic	....	music coordinator
Stephen Endelman	....	conductor
Stephen Endelman	....	orchestrator
Christopher Kennedy	....	music editor
Ashley Miller	....	executive soundtrack producer
Ashley Miller	....	music supervisor
Chris Tedesco	....	music engineer
Chris Tedesco	....	music mixer

Transportation Department
Khalid Ameskane	....	transportation captain
Ali Bakkioui	....	transportation coordinator
Steve Evans	....	driver
Carla Klein	....	driver
Philip Krysl	....	driver
John Petty	....	transportation
Eric Solmonson	....	transportation captain
Rick Wiley	....	driver: camera car

Other crew
Youssef Abagourram	....	assistant location manager
Nese Akin	....	script supervisor: Morocco
Craig Antioco	....	epk director
Elhoussaine Baouzine	....	assistant location manager
Mohamed Benhmamane	....	location manager
Christopher Michael Casey	....	assistant: Mr. Emmett (as Chris Casey)
Rachel Cates	....	assistant production coordinator
Bob Clifford	....	assistant: image control engineer/ camera pa
Rich Cowan	....	production executive
Carla DiBello	....	assistant: Mr. Lerner
Thomas Dineen	....	production assistant
Reed Dinero	....	assistant: Mr. Jackson
Mehdi Elkhaoudy	....	production assistant
Claude Forest	....	insurance broker
Joshua Gollish	....	image control engineer
Selina Gomeau	....	assistant: Mr. Winkler
Mustapha Grumij	....	assistant accountant
Amber Grunte	....	location manager
Kris Hafso	....	production intern
Yasmine Hanani	....	adr loop group
Travis Huntington	....	production assistant
Alex Klaue	....	production secretary
Ashley Kravitz	....	script clearance
Alan J. Lam	....	production controller
Lisa McNeil	....	script supervisor
Maya Morgan	....	production intern
Ridouane Nassreddine	....	assistant: Mr. Jackson, Morocco
Ben Nedivi	....	assistant: Mr. Davidson
Patrick O'Driscoll	....	military advisor
Dina Oxenberg	....	assistant: Mr. Furla
George Palmer	....	digital imaging engineer: Morocco
George Palmer	....	image control engineer: Morocco
Wilson Peery	....	production assistant
Frederic Perrin	....	caterer
Travis Rehwaldt	....	production assistant
Mary C. Rolfes	....	production coordinator
Cyrus Ruiz	....	development assistant
Widad Taha	....	production coordinator
Didi Tokova	....	first assistant accountant
Emet Ward	....	assistant location manager
Jody Alex Zellman	....	production intern
Warner Loughlin	....	acting coach (uncredited)
Travis Pell	....	production intern (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Emmett/Furla Films
• Millennium Films
• North by Northwest Entertainment
• Severe Entertainment
• Winkler Films
• Zak Productions

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Filmax (2007) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 3L Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• DNC Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (HD-DVD)
• Eagle Films (2006) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Mondo Home Entertainment (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Worldwide FX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• 424  sound re-recording
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Filmtools  expendables
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Widget Post Production  sound post-production
• Wildfire Studios  ADR Recording Facility
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility

MPAA:

Rated R for war violence and language.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA | Morocco

Language:

English | Spanish | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Goofs:

Continuity: When Vanessa is shutting her car door, her soccer ball keychain appears and disappears within the scene.

Quotes:

Penelope Marsh: Will, what happened over there?
Will Marsh: I don't really remember. You know. It's like a dream. Hazy dream.
Penelope Marsh: Then tell me. I wanna know.
Will Marsh: Do you? Wanna know what a blast wound looks like? What an OR in the desert smells like? What really happens to them? How they die? You really wanna know? You want us to come back like nothing ever happened. You don't want to get your hands dirty with the details.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Try Not to Remember

Brave film about journeys to Iraq and back

Irwin Winkler's "Home of the Brave" is much more than "just a movie," even if, as such, it's a partially flawed one. It is, without question, an important, thought- and emotion-provoking film, certain to be controversial.

Regardless of its merits, "Home" is brave, worthwhile, even admirable in its pioneering coverage of 150,000 soldiers "over there," and roughly the same number of returnees, who are trying to return in fact, not only in name.

This story of a group of National Guard soldiers from Spokane serving in Iraq and returning home is a schizophrenic experience: you are watching scenes straight out of last night's TV news, and yet feel as if you were back in the 1940s, in the era of "The Best Years of Our Lives" war movies, and the 1970s "Born on the Fourth of July" type Vietnam veteran sagas.

Given the subject, it's to Winkler's credit that "Home of the Brave" (a confusing title choice, considering the many movies with that name) remains firmly neutral about the current debate central to all politics. The film portrays both the support for and the opposition to the war, but favors neither. Winkler (producer for 40 years, including "Rocky" II-VI) sticks with characters in the context of the war, not making mouthpieces of them for or against a cause.

Mouthpieces, no; cardboard figures, some. Writing (by Mark Friedman) and acting are fair-to-problematic. The overemotional writing and excessively melodramatic acting combine to present a drama of extremes, denying the existence of true majority response to trauma: simple coping. Murder, suicide, insanity do occur in postwar situations, but most people, in my own experience, deal with such problems - more or less successfully - and go on with their lives.

In "Home of the Brave," you find no such "middle of the road," only extremes. After suspenseful (and depressing) Iraqi war scenes, shot in Morocco by Tony Pierce-Roberts, in a remarkably focused way that allows rare visual clarity in the midst of combat confusion, the film shifts to Spokane.

There, we follow - among many others - the lives of a combat surgeon (Samuel L. Jackson), a driver who loses an arm (Jessica Biel), three high-school buddies with intertwining stories (Chad Michael Murray, Brian Presley, and rap star 50 Cent). There are some quiet moments and reality-based situations, but the constant high-voltage !DRAMA! reveals and partially invalidates a manipulative hand pulling the (heart) strings.