And in this way, the full impact of the Iraq war—at least as it was fought in 2004—becomes clear: American soldiers shot at Iraqi civilians even when, for example, they just happened to be holding a cell phone and standing near an IED." [70], Author Brandon Friedman, also a combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, shared a similar view at VetVoice: "The Hurt Locker is a high-tension, well-made, action movie that will certainly keep most viewers on the edges of their seats. James and Sanborn's unit is called to another mission in their last two days of their rotation. The low-budget film follows an elite squad of bomb detonators working in Iraq. The war completely obliterated the fabric of the society. The Hurt Locker is a movie written by Mark Boal and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Impressed with cinematographer Barry Ackroyd's work on United 93 and The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Bigelow invited him to work on her film. [79] Sarver claimed he originated the title of the film; however, according to the film's website, the title is a decades-old colloquialism for being injured, as in "they sent him to the hurt locker. Actors: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce. [40] As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever. It lost the award for Best Actor to Crazy Heart, Best Original Score to Up, and Best Cinematography to Avatar. Army Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), Staff Sergeant … [13] Renner said that great care was taken to ensure the film's authenticity. During the evacuation, Lieutenant Colonel John Cambridge, the camp's psychiatrist and a friend of Eldridge, is killed in an explosion; Eldridge blames himself for his death. When they are assigned to destroy explosives, James returns to the detonation site to pick up his gloves. The movie is a viscerally exciting, adrenaline-soaked tour de force of suspense and surprise, full of explosions and hectic scenes of combat, but it blows a hole in the condescending assumption that such effects are just empty spectacle or mindless noise. "[80] It dates back to the Vietnam War where it was one of several phrases meaning "in trouble or at a disadvantage; in bad shape. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of The Hurt Locker; Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, 'The Hurt Locker' won the 82nd best picture award in 2008. The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Director was given to Kathryn Bigelow, the first time the honor has gone to a woman. As Iraq dominated discourse in America and across the world, Bigelow believed that filmmakers would continue to explore the conflict, making Jordan the natural place to film.[12]. For the film, Bigelow sought to immerse audiences "into something that was raw, immediate and visceral". [34] Other 2009 festivals included the Human Rights Nights International Film Festival,[35] the Seattle International Film Festival,[36] and the Philadelphia Film Festival.[37]. James and Sanborn rescue him, but one of James' rounds hits Eldridge in the leg. A provocative character drama, The Hurt Locker asks some hard questions about the effects that war has on the soldiers who fight it. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Thompson, decides that they can detonate the IED using plastic explosives that they'll activate from a safe distance. Thompson also says that the explosion won't cause very much property damage and should result in no loss of life. The Hurt Locker. He said of the film's goal, "The idea is that it's the first movie about the Iraq War that purports to show the experience of the soldiers. When SFC William James joins Bravo Company in Iraq, they have a month or so left in their tour of duty. "[49] He eventually ranked it the second-best film of the decade, behind only Synecdoche, New York.[50]. Read full review. ", On the embedded side, former correspondent for The Politico and Military Times Christian Lowe (who embedded with U.S. military units each year from 2002 to 2005) explained at DefenseTech: "Some of the scenes are so disconnected with reality to be almost parody. Plot Keywords [91], Kathryn Bigelow was awarded the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film for the film, the first and, to date, only time a female director has ever won. However, he is bored by routine civilian life at home. "We were working with grainy Super 16mm film, editing in standard definition. It is also one of the only two Best Picture winners on record never to have entered the weekend box office top 10 (The Artist being the other). It’s immensely disrespectful to the many officers who have lost their lives. A team leader's first priority is getting his team home in one piece. During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work. Given the popularity of some of the films that are "hard to come by", this strategy may be leaving box office money on the table.[44][45]. Hurt locker comes from US military slang. The ISPs were given two weeks to comply with the order. [20], Innis spent the first eight weeks editing the film on location in Jordan, before returning to Los Angeles, where she was joined by Murawski. Another bomb disposal team member said that the lead character's "swagger would put a whole team at risk. During a raid on a warehouse, James discovers a body he believes is Beckham, in which a bomb has been surgically implanted. The film swept most critics groups awards for Best Director and Best Picture, including Chicago, Boston, and Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York' film critics group associations. Nothing left here but the hurt. At that point, "people wanted to quit. Then I got food poisoning: lost 15 lbs in three days". Believe it when a twelve-year-old rolls a grenade into the room. The small-budget film was independently produced and directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a U.S. Army EOD team in Iraq. Storyline. The Hurt Locker premiered at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival before it was released in the United States on June 26, 2009, by Summit Entertainment. The Hurt Locker was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards.[93]. It made me believe in film. Enemy snipers kill three of the mercenaries, including their leader. We tried doing FTP downloads, but at the time the facilities in Jordan simply couldn't handle it. The story was not especially original. At any rate, The Hurt Locker is such an important film whose director, Kathryn Bigelow, explosively plays with the optical illusion so effectively that a viewer can’t help but stay on the edge of one’s seat. Although the film had not recovered its budget by the time of the ceremony,[3] it won six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Bigelow (the first woman to win this award), and Best Original Screenplay for Boal. "Mackie's back in town", List of accolades received by The Hurt Locker, Washington D.C. 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