The Hurt Locker Setting. It was the second highest-rated film of 2009, behind Pixar's Up. Sanborn openly contemplates killing him by "accidentally" triggering the explosives, making Eldridge uncomfortable. YMMV/The Hurt Locker. The film grossed $49.2 million worldwide. "When you see it, you're gonna feel like you've been in war. [10] She had wanted to film in Iraq, but the production security team could not guarantee their safety from snipers. SSgt. It’s immensely disrespectful to the many officers who have lost their lives. [23] At the festival, the film won the SIGNIS award,[24] the Arca Cinemagiovani Award (Arca Young Cinema Award) for "Best Film Venezia 65" (chosen by an international youth jury); the Human Rights Film Network Award; and the Venezia Cinema Award known as the "Navicella". Max George as Clint 4. Stewart, Sara (August 24, 2009). Sarver's lawsuit claimed he used the term "hurt locker" and the phrase "war is a drug" around Boal, that his likeness was used to create the character William James, and that the portrayal of James defames Sarver. U.S. sales of the DVD topped $30 million by mid-August 2010. "[13], Renner remembered, "I got food bugs. James breaks into an Iraqi professor's house, seeking revenge for Beckham, but his search reveals nothing. Opens Friday, July 17, at the Cinemark Tinseltown. [6][7][8] Often four or more camera crews filmed simultaneously, which resulted in nearly 200 hours of footage. [64], The Hurt Locker was listed on many critics' top ten lists. The Hurt Locker is one of only five films that have won all three major U.S. critics group prizes (LA, NY, NSFC), together with Goodfellas, Schindler's List, L.A. Filming & Production [27], In the rest of 2008, The Hurt Locker screened at the 3rd Zurich Film Festival,[28] the 37th Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, the 21st Mar del Plata Film Festival,[29] the 5th Dubai International Film Festival, and the 12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Release Dates 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. "[21], The raw footage was described as a "hodge-podge of disconnected, nausea-inducing motion that was constantly crossing the 180-degree line". This ain't no war videogame. The UK DVD and Blu-ray have no commentary. [63], The Hurt Locker was named the tenth "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" in 2017 by The New York Times chief film critics A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis. At any rate, The Hurt Locker is such an important film whose director, Kathryn Bigelow, explosively plays with the optical illusion so effectively that … He plays the innocent man used as a suicide bomber at the film's end. But it's too late. "[54], Amy Taubin of Film Comment described The Hurt Locker as "a structuralist war movie" and "a totally immersive, off-the-charts high-anxiety experience from beginning to end." The Hurt Locker is a solid war film with a great story, wonderful cast (Ralph Fiennes!) 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. The plot is around a three. For this character, I think he best fits the character type of the hero as though he doesn't necessarily fit the idea of a 'good guy', he definitely isn't he 'bad guy'. The Hurt Locker received widespread acclaim, with Renner's performance receiving praise from critics. The film outperformed all other Iraq-war-themed films such as In the Valley of Elah (2007), Stop-Loss (2008) and Afghanistan-themed Lions for Lambs (2007).[38]. Sgt. Nothing is done, and tensions continue to increase. "[18], In staging the film's action sequences, Bigelow did not want to lose a sense of the geography and used multiple cameras to allow her to "look at any particular set-piece from every possible perspective. ... Staff Sergeant William James. Enemy snipers kill three of the mercenaries, including their leader. [8] To prepare for the film, Renner spent a week living and training at Fort Irwin, a U.S. military reservation in the Mojave Desert in California. Joe in overall grosses. [44][45] It is also thought that independent film distributors are trying to cut their losses on prints by recycling them. He also applauded the convergence of the characters in the film, saying that it "focuses on three men whose contrasting temperaments knit this episodic exploration of peril and bravery into a coherent and satisfying story. "[54] He concluded, "This unapologetic celebration of a testosterone-fuelled lust for war may gall. It was just like the onscreen story of three guys who fight with each other, but when the time comes to do the work, they come together to get the job done. These filmmaking disciplines merge in the film’s numerous bomb disposal sequences. Confidential, and The Social Network. [19][20] The two editors worked with almost 200 hours of footage from the multiple hand-held cameras in use during the shoot. Returning to Camp Victory in their Humvee, the team encounters five armed men in traditional Arab garb and casual attire standing near a Ford Excursion, which has a flat tire. We wanted to show the kinds of things that soldiers go through that you can't see on CNN, and I don't mean that in a censorship-conspiracy way. 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. James is often approached by an Iraqi youth nicknamed "Beckham", attempting to sell DVDs. Boal spent seven weeks with a bomb unit in Iraq as an embedded reporter for Playboy, and his experiences there informed and shaped the story and characters portrayed in Locker. Friedman criticized the inaccuracy of the film's representation of combat, saying, "in real life, EOD techs don't conduct dangerous missions as autonomous three-man teams without communications gear ... Another thing you'll rarely hear in combat is an EOD E-7 suggesting to two or three of his guys that they leave the scene of an explosion in an Iraqi city by saying: 'C'mon, let's split up. Brian Geraghty. Sanborn is distraught by the man's death. The film garnered half a million dollars in its opening weekend in the United Kingdom of August 28 through August 30, 2009,[42] and grossed over a million dollars in the UK, Japan, Spain, and France through March. He later issued a public apology, saying that it was "out of line and not in the spirit of the celebration of cinema that this acknowledgment is". [10][11] The producer Greg Shapiro spoke about security concerns of filming in Jordan, "It was interesting telling people we were going to make the movie in Jordan because the first question everybody asked was about the security situation here. The critics' consensus reads, "A well-acted, intensely shot, action filled war epic, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker is thus far the best of the recent dramatizations of the Iraq War. Headscratchers/The Hurt Locker. 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." [20], The Hurt Locker had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2008, and the film received a 10-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. We tried doing FTP downloads, but at the time, the facilities in Jordan simply couldn't handle it. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]. James confesses to his son there is only one thing he knows he loves. During a raid on a warehouse, James discovers a body he believes is Beckham, in which a bomb has been surgically implanted. Rated 14A. This is shown in its main character, James whose addiction to war leads him to going back to war each time. Bomb disarmament protocol requires a containment area. "[77], In early March 2010, U.S. Army bomb disposal expert Master Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against The Hurt Locker. Show Character. "[49] He eventually ranked it the second-best film of the decade, behind only Synecdoche, New York.[50]. [96], Distribution: Independent film print shortage, Goodwin, Christopher (August 16, 2009). It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The production was unwilling to risk sending undeveloped film through high-security airports where the cans could be opened, X-rayed, or damaged. He is not a hero in a conventional sense. [94], In February 2010, the film's producer Nicolas Chartier emailed a group of Academy Award voters in an attempt to sway them to vote for The Hurt Locker instead of "a $500M film" (referring to Avatar) for the Best Picture award. The Hurt Locker won several Oscars, including directing, editing, sound and sound editing as well as nominations for cinematography and original screenplay. "There were two-by-fours with nails being dropped from two-story buildings that hit me in the helmet, and they were throwing rocks.... We got shot at a few times while we were filming", Renner said. In addition to Bigelow’s Oscar win for… Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, and Ralph Fiennes. Unlike many other action movies that were produced in a room, Hurt Locker portrayed a … [19], Editing on location led to additional complications in post-production. James challenges him to a game of football and takes a liking to him. Staff Sergeant William James: Jeremy Renner. Bigelow cast refugees who had theatrical backgrounds, such as Suhail Dabbach. My only minor complain is the camera work. Turan applauded Boal's "lean and compelling" script and said of Bigelow's direction, "Bigelow and her team bring an awesome ferocity to re-creating the unhinged mania of bomb removal in an alien, culturally unfathomable atmosphere."[53]. "Mackie's back in town", List of accolades received by The Hurt Locker, Washington D.C. 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[8] In addition to the burden of the heat, the bomb suit he had to wear all day weighed 80–100 lb (36–45 kg). [83], On May 12, 2010, Voltage Pictures, the production company behind The Hurt Locker, announced that it would attempt to sue "potentially tens of thousands" of online computer users who downloaded unlicensed copies of the film using the BitTorrent and P2P networks. Theater owners have also complained about distributors "bunching too many movies too close together". After they split up, insurgents capture Eldridge. [8] The film shoot had few of the normal Hollywood perks; nobody on the set got an air-conditioned trailer or a private bathroom. [84][85] On May 28, 2010, it filed a complaint against 5,000 unidentified BitTorrent users in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Voltage announced its intention to demand $1,500 from each defendant to release him or her from the suit. The process took over eight months to complete. He has the cool aplomb, analytical acumen and attention to detail of a great athlete, or a master psychopath, maybe both. [13] Due to import restrictions on military props, the film's special effects artist Richard Stutsman used Chinese fireworks for gunpowder. I just mean the news doesn't actually put photographers in with units that are this elite. Hurt Locker, The: Kill Zone–Characters and Cast. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Richard Corliss of Time magazine also spoke highly of Renner's performance, calling it a highlight of the film. Anthony Mackie. In 2004, Sergeant First Class William James arrives as the new team leader of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit in the Iraq War. [39] Over its first weekend the film grossed $145,352, averaging $36,338 per theater. When Boal was embedded with the squad, he accompanied its members 10 to 15 times a day to watch their tasks, and kept in touch with Bigelow via email about his experiences. We really looked out for each other, and it was a great experience. The Hurt Locker is a war film that is set in Baghdad, Iraq in the midst of the Iraq War in 2004 and fits in the venture and action kind. Lauren Potter as Becky Jackson 6. The following morning, James is approached by Beckham, whom James believed was dead, and James walks by silently. The small-budget film was independently produced and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. "[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. Setting. She cares first about the people, then about the danger. The Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit, currently stationed in Baghdad, comprises US Army Sergeant First Class Will James, Sergeant JT Sanborn, and Specialist Owen Eldridge. They make up an explosives ordnance disposal team (essentially a bomb squad). Tara McKelvey from The American Prospect wrote that the film is pro-U.S. Army propaganda, although it suggests it is anti-war with the opening statement: "War is a drug." The Hurt Locker was released on DVD and Blu-ray in North America on January 12, 2010. The low-budget film follows an elite squad of bomb detonators working in Iraq. He is the main focus of the movie and is hated but respected by almost everyone. "[81] Boal defended himself to the press, saying "the film is a work of fiction inspired by many people's stories. The ISPs were given two weeks to comply with the order. With that knowledge, the strategic use of sound in Kathryn Bigelow’sThe Hurt Locker may be more aptly credited to sound designer Paul N. J. Ottosson, who received two Oscars for his sound work in The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, among other award nominations for works such as … Laconic/The Hurt Locker. "[59] Anne Thompson, also writing for Variety, believed The Hurt Locker to be a contender for Best Picture, particularly based on the unique subject matter pursued by a female director and on being an exception to other films about the Iraq War, which had performed poorly.[60]. "[57] Entertainment Weekly's film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum gave the film the rare "A" rating, calling it, "an intense, action-driven war pic, a muscular, efficient standout that simultaneously conveys the feeling of combat from within as well as what it looks like on the ground. James, the new tech team leader, arrives on the scene when Bravo Company has just thirty-nine days left on its current deployment. The eye sees differently than the lens, but with multiple focal lengths and a muscular editorial style, the lens can give you that microcosm/macrocosm perspective and that contributes to the feeling of total immersion. You can write a short Description of your favourite Characters or upload some cool Stills. Sanborn. All the departments were struggling to get their job done, none of them were communicating". James' team has a tense encounter with their leader, who reveals they are private military contractors and British mercenaries. Summit Entertainment, the producers of the film, said in early March that they hoped for a quick resolution to the suit. "You know a bomb could go off at any minute, but you never know just when it's going to happen, so the ideas of [Alfred] Hitchcock—about making your audience anxious—were influential for us when we did the editing. After the Super 16mm film was transferred to DVcam at a lab in London, the video dailies were transported by plane back to the Middle East to be imported into the editing system. Claude Levi Strauss Binary Theory a nd Vladimir Propps theory applied to the main characters of 'The Hurt Locker' Staff Sergeant William James Vladimir Propps theory. [78] Sarver said he felt "just a little bit hurt, a little bit felt left out" and cheated out of "financial participation" in the film. The critic also felt that the script showed "signs of artificially straining for character depth. The group comes under fire; when the prisoners attempt to escape in the confusion, the leader of the mercenaries shoots them, as they are valuable dead or alive. Bigelow firmly credits screenwriter Mark Boal for Locker's verisimilitude and accuracy. WMG/The Hurt Locker. He applauded how the suspense was built, calling the film "spellbinding". Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. …was the Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker (2008). "They misjudge how wide they should go. [33] It was the closing night film at Maryland Film Festival 2009, with Bigelow presenting. [38] He was taught to use C4 explosives, learned how to render safe improvised explosive devices, and how to wear a bomb suit. He abandons the man who is then killed when the bomb explodes. 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