Hurt Locker
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| Directed by | Kathryn Bigelow |
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| Written by | Mark Boal |
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Marco Beltrami Buck Sanders |
| Cinematography | Barry Ackroyd |
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| Distributed by | Summit Entertainment |
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131 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $49.2 million |
The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal . It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce.
The film follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents, and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat, which is intolerable to some and addictive to others. Boal drew on his experience during embedded access to write the screenplay.
The Hurt Locker received widespread acclaim and won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Bigelow won the award for Best Director, making it the only film by a female director to win in either category.
Sergeant First Class William James, a former U.S. Army Ranger, arrives as the new team leader of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit in the Iraq War. He replaces Staff Sergeant Matthew Thompson, who was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baghdad. His team includes Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge.
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