Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it. Jacket: "Mike Deerfield returns to the U.S. after his tour in Iraq and abruptly goes missing. His father Hank (Tommy Lee Jones), a spit-and-polish ex-MP from the Vietnam era, goes looking for him. What he finds goes to the heart of American combat experiences in the Iraq conflict.
[This is] a probing and powerful look at a nation and the young soldiers it sends into battle. Hank's quest lays bare a tangled web of cover-up, murder, mystery and profound revelation about the personal costs of war."
Wikipedia: "Although the story has been fictionalized and the names and location have been changed, the plot hews very closely to the story of Richard Davis, an Iraq War veteran murdered upon his return home in 2003. Richard Davis's father Lanny Davis, a former military police officer who mounted his own investigation into the crime like the Jones character, commented, "It's a strong movie and a good movie. And it's going to make a lot of people think." [1]
A non-fiction book about the actual murder case, by author Cilla McCain, titled Murder in Baker Company: The Forgotten Soldier is slated for publication. A documentary based on McCain's research is also scheduled to begin production in January 2008 and will be funded in part by director Paul Haggis.[2]"
Note: The Valley of Elah is where David fights the giant, Goliath, a story Hank tells the son of Charlize Theron's character.
You don't have to agree with this war, but you do have to watch this film. The Academy Award-winning cast give a convincing and thought provoking performance. This is one of the best films dealing with the aftermath of war.
The last scene is very indicative of our current state of affairs.
I'll be watching this one a few times.
[This is] a probing and powerful look at a nation and the young soldiers it sends into battle. Hank's quest lays bare a tangled web of cover-up, murder, mystery and profound revelation about the personal costs of war."
Wikipedia: "Although the story has been fictionalized and the names and location have been changed, the plot hews very closely to the story of Richard Davis, an Iraq War veteran murdered upon his return home in 2003. Richard Davis's father Lanny Davis, a former military police officer who mounted his own investigation into the crime like the Jones character, commented, "It's a strong movie and a good movie. And it's going to make a lot of people think." [1]
A non-fiction book about the actual murder case, by author Cilla McCain, titled Murder in Baker Company: The Forgotten Soldier is slated for publication. A documentary based on McCain's research is also scheduled to begin production in January 2008 and will be funded in part by director Paul Haggis.[2]"
Note: The Valley of Elah is where David fights the giant, Goliath, a story Hank tells the son of Charlize Theron's character.
You don't have to agree with this war, but you do have to watch this film. The Academy Award-winning cast give a convincing and thought provoking performance. This is one of the best films dealing with the aftermath of war.
The last scene is very indicative of our current state of affairs.
I'll be watching this one a few times.
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