In the Valley of Elah (Blu-ray) R
Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 1 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: February 19, 2008
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon & Tommy Lee Jones | |
Performer: | Frances Fisher, Jason Patric, James Franco & Josh Brolin | |
Directed by | Paul Haggis | |
Screenwriting by | Paul Haggis | |
Composition by | Mark Isham | |
Story by | Mark Boal & Paul Haggis | |
Produced by | Paul Haggis, Larry Becsey, Patrick Wachsberger & Darlene Caamano Loquet | |
Director of Photography: | Roger Deakins |
Entertainment Reviews:
4 stars out of 5 -- A personal take on universal injustices, free from preachiness....[I]t's Jones' film to its boots....It's the subtle variations that make him a joy to watch.
Empire
Rating: 4/5 --
Un drama detectivesco conmovedor que termina siendo un alegato contra la guerra más contundente que cualquier discurso pacifista.
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Uruguay Total
[A] lacerating, bone-deep inquiry into the war in Iraq....Tense, urgent, and meditative. -- Grade: A
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 3/4 --
Tommy Lee Jones gives an extraordinary, brilliantly understated performance.
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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
3.5 stars out of 4 -- IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH is a rare blend of emotional content and intelligent material that makes it simultaneously gut-wrenching and thought-provoking.
USA Today
Condescending liberal dreck like In the Valley of Elah is just as awful as a thousand Fox-News commentators
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CinePassion
Rating: 4/5 --
Jones' Oscar-nominated performance is impeccably judged. His low-key turn as a man forced to question everything from the kind of father he was to the nature of the country he fought for could be the contender to give Daniel Day-Lewis a run for his money.
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Times (UK)
Product Description:
Tommy Lee Jones plays Hank Deerfield, a retired military man investigating the mysterious disappearance of his soldier son, Mike, in this somber mystery-drama from director Paul Haggis (CRASH). Charlize Theron is the civilian homicide cop in the small town near the base where Mike recently returned from a term of combat in Iraq. When this unlikely pair ends up investigating the mystery together, they encounter some suspicious covering-up from the army. Deerfield gets access to his son's camera phone which contains startling video footage from combat overseas. Using a muted palette of military browns and greens, Haggis shows the same sharp eye for humanistic detail that served him so well in CRASH, infusing desolate scenes of civilian life--sterile concrete barracks, sleazy strip clubs, homey but empty diners, drugs, fast food joints, and ghostly motels--with vivid detail. Performances are all Oscar-worthy: Jones's craggy, weather-beaten face hiding grief and anguish beneath a steely facade until they threatens to boil over. His mug becomes a symbol for an America with no other choice but to confront its own grave flaws if it's ever to find any answers. Susan Sarandon bring the pain to the surface as the anguished mother waiting at home, and Theron is strong and sure, as a single mother who bravely faces, among other challenges, harassment in the workplace. Josh Brolin is her ex, the chief of police, and Jason Patric and James Franco are among the impassive faces of the military.
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- UPC: 085391189978
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