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It's a bit of a mad theory, but how about this: maybe there's something subconsciously offputting for US audiences — in the same way that virtually every Iraq war drama struggled until American Sniper — about being reminded about the towers and what happened to them.
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Ahead of its arrival on DirecTV in just weeks, Saban Films has released a new trailer and batch of images for director Alexandre Moors» upcoming Iraq War drama The Yellow Birds which stars Jennifer Aniston, Alden Ehrenreich, Tye Sheridan, Toni Collette, Jason Patric, and Jack Huston; take a look here... Against the explosive backdrop of the -LSB-...]
Zero Dark Thirty 2012, 157 minutes, R / Director: Kathryn Bigelow / Writer: Mark Boal / Stars: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Edgar Ramirez, James Gandolfini, Chris Pratt Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video The search for Osama bin Laden seemed as appropriate as any story for director Kathryn Bigelow and producer - screenwriter Mark Boal to tackle after their little Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker held on to win the Best Picture Oscar, defeating among other movies the behemothic blockbuster directed by Bigelow's ex-husband James Cameron.
That's one of the primary focuses of filmmaker Alexandre Moore's Iraq War drama The Yellow Birds.
Ahead of its arrival on DirecTV in just weeks, Saban Films has released a new trailer and batch of images for director Alexandre Moors» upcoming Iraq War drama The Yellow Birds which stars Jennifer Aniston, Alden Ehrenreich, Tye Sheridan, Toni Collette, Jason Patric, and Jack Huston.
As for Hoult, he has Iraq War drama Sand Castle awaiting release and recently finished work as Nikola Tesla in The Current War.
That left Boyhood, Richard Linklater's audacious 12 - years - in - the - making coming - of - age epic, trailing with just six nominations, the same as Clint Eastwood's Iraq war drama American Sniper, which has recently picked up momentum.
Clint Eastwood's real - life Iraq war drama American Sniper has earned the director a nomination at the Directors Guild America awards.
Director Kathryn Bigelow's intense Iraq war drama made the ultimate case for a large box - office haul not predicting Oscar success when it took top honors in 2010 over James Cameron's Avatar and its $ 760 million in domestic gross.
«The Messenger does its best to avoid combat - flashbacks, hectoring politics or other such pitfalls of the thus - far underwhelming genre of Iraq War dramas.
Not exact matches
Moreover, the often bloody drama of the postwar transition to responsive and responsible government in Iraq» a society that suffered for thirty years under the lash of a regime that rivaled those of Pol Pot and Kim Il Sung for viciousness» has guaranteed that the seismic shocks generated by the Iraq War will affect world politics for years, and likely decades, to come.
An Iraq War veteran who just narrowly escaped death in combat struggles with his new post at the Casualty Notification Office while anticipating his upcoming discharge in this military drama starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, and Samantha Morton.
From legendary director Clint Eastwood comes this powerful, Oscar (R)- winning drama that reveals Kyle's penetrating story from his Texas roots to his unparalleled accuracy in war - torn Iraq.
The versatile actor (who dons a much different uniform in The Messenger, an Iraq War — related drama opening here later this month) is the principal reason to see Defendor, an engaging social satire that doesn't quite pay off.
Just another searing drama about the toll the Iraq war is taking on the home front.
«Thank You for Your Service» is a drama about Iraq War veterans trying to get reacclimated to life back home.
The Israeli - born New York filmmaker shares a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination with co-writer Alessandro Camon for The Messenger, Moverman's drama about the people who deliver the bad news of Iraq War casualties to next - of - kin in America.
Director Kimberly Peirce's Stop - Loss, a drama about the consequences of the Iraq War, may be the best of its kind to date; along with co-writer Mark Richard, Pierce does an awful lot right.
While this is certainly a message that few would find fault with, with better films about the experience of combat vets returning home, setting the film up in the Iraq War and then delivering manipulative and mawkish drama where realistic portrayals should be isn't the way to go about it.
Dramas about returning Iraq war veterans haven't received nearly so warm a welcome.
It's billed as the hangout - flick master's first proper road movie, a 2003 - set drama about three Vietnam veterans who reunite after 30 years after one of them loses a son in the Iraq War.
A Marine's Story (Unrated) «Don't ask - don't tell» drama based on actual events in the life of a returning Iraq War veteran (Dreya Weber) who encounters intolerance in her conservative hometown when the local yokels learn that she was forced to retire from the military for same - sex conduct unbecoming an officer.
Jason Hall's directorial debut, Thank You for Your Service, is a drama about three soldiers returning from the Iraq War and their difficulties adjusting to civilian life.
The drama about an Iraq War hero on a victory tour of the heartland is meant to be an immersive experience.
Other drama picks were the space fantasy «Avatar,» the Iraq War tale «The Hurt Locker,» the World War II saga «Inglourious Basterds» and the Harlem drama «Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.»
Two wars, Vietnam and Iraq, intersect in memory and grief in «Last Flag Flying,» a drama that gets considerable mileage out of its three outstanding leads.
The stripped - down war drama «The Wall» opens with American snipers Aaron Taylor - Johnson and John Cena on duty in Iraq circa 2007, staking out a patch of desert eerily littered with the victims of an unseen enemy shooter.
The Hurt Locker, the intense war drama about explosives experts in Iraq, took top honors in the 13th annual Online Film Critics Society Awards, winning Best Picture against fellow nominees Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air.
If you're looking for a drama that captures some present - day sentiment on the ongoing Iraq War and examines the painful after - effects of military service, check out Paul Haggis» disarming In the Valley of Elah.
Riveting fact - based drama about a Vietnam war veteran (Tommy Lee Jones) who goes on a quest to find his soldier son, who disappeared after returning stateside from a tour of duty in Iraq.
British World War Two biopic «The Imitation Game» garnered eight nominations, including best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, while Iraq war portrait «American Sniper» and Golden Globe winner for best drama, «Boyhood,» each earned sWar Two biopic «The Imitation Game» garnered eight nominations, including best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, while Iraq war portrait «American Sniper» and Golden Globe winner for best drama, «Boyhood,» each earned swar portrait «American Sniper» and Golden Globe winner for best drama, «Boyhood,» each earned six.
Written and directed by Paul Haggis (more...) Riveting fact - based drama about a Vietnam war veteran (Tommy Lee Jones) who goes on a quest to find his soldier son, who disappeared after returning stateside from a tour of duty in Iraq.
«The Hurt Locker»: Jeremy Renner stars on this Oscar - winning drama which follows an an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal staff as they are trying to continue to exist towards insurgents and the tension of conflict.
Why He's About to Break Out: Alwyn has the title role in Ang Lee's new drama, which is based on Ben Fountain's best - selling novel about a teenage Iraq war hero.
(An aversion to Iraq discussion was supported by fellow war - themed films, like the Redford / Cruise drama Lions for Lambs, also floundering.)
ollowing the barrage of post-9 / 11 war movies released during the tail end of 2007, the last thing we needed was another drama about U.S. soldiers coming home from Iraq.
It unfolds as a crime investigation drama but in the process, speaks volumes on the effect that war, specifically Iraq, has on young men.
The exhibition explores our society's alienation from the real, demonstrated most recently by Over There, a new television drama chronicling the war in Iraq as it continues to rage.