The Messenger | |
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Directed by | Oren Moverman |
Written by | Alessandro Camon Oren Moverman |
Produced by | Mark Gordon Lawrence Inglee Zach Miller |
Starring | Ben Foster Woody Harrelson Samantha Morton Jena Malone |
Cinematography | Bobby Bukowski |
Edited by | Alexander Hall |
Music by | Nathan Larson |
Distributed by | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6.5-10 million[1][2] |
Box office | $1.5 million[1] |
The Messenger is a 2009 war drama film starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Steve Buscemi, and Jena Malone. It is the directorial debut of Oren Moverman, who also wrote the screenplay with Alessandro Camon. The film follows a pair of United States Army casualty notification officers and the effects of their difficult work on their personal lives and each other.
The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was in competition at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay and the Berlinale Peace Film Award '09. The film received first prize for the 2009 Deauville American Film Festival. The film has also received four Independent Spirit Award nominations (including one win), a Golden Globe nomination, and two Oscar nominations.
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