Stop loss (film)

Movie
German title	Stop loss
Original title	Stop loss
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2008
length	112 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Kimberly Peirce
script	Mark Richard , ; Kimberly Peirce
production	Gregory Goodman , ; Kimberly Peirce, ; Mark Roybal , ; Scott Rudin
music	John Powell
camera	Chris Menges
cut	Claire Simpson
occupation
	Ryan Phillippe : Brandon King; Joseph Gordon-Levitt : Tommy Burgess; Rob Brown : Isaac Butler; Channing Tatum : Steve Shriver; Victor Rasuk : Rico Rodriguez; Terry Quay : Al Colson; Matthew Scott Wilcox : Harvey; Connett Brewer : Curtis; Timothy Olyphant : Lt. Col. Boot Miller; Josef Sommer : Senator Orton Worrell; Linda Emond : Ida King; Ciarán Hinds : Roy King; Mamie Gummer : Jeanie; Abbie Cornish : Michelle; Alex Frost : Shorty;

Stop loss is an American war drama from the year 2008 . Kimberly Peirce directed and co-wrote the script with Mark Richard .

action

Brandon King returns to Brazos, Texas after serving in the Iraq War . He is awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star by a Senator for his work. His family and friend Steve Shriver, who also served in the Iraq war, help him settle in.

King is drafted again to be sent to Iraq , a practice of multiple deployments known as stop-loss . However, he escapes and travels with his girlfriend Michelle to Washington, DC to ask the senator, who once presented the awards to King, to stand up for him. On the way they talk to some veterans of the Iraq war.

Reviews

Joe Leydon wrote on March 14, 2008 in Variety magazine that the film was "wildly inconsistent" - sometimes sincere and sometimes artificial. The characters are drawn vividly, but they often appear stiff and stereotypical. Phillippe seems credible, but Ciarán Hinds, who plays his father, is "criminally underemployed" . One should expect only a short duration of the cinema screenings.

background

The film was inspired by the experiences of Kimberly Peirce's brother in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as by the reports of the soldiers about the stop-loss policy . He was primarily in Austin and in various other places in Texas , in Santa Clarita ( California ) and in Morocco turned.

The world premiere took place on March 13, 2008 at the South by Southwest Music and Film Festival . The widespread release in US theaters will start on March 28, 2008.

Awards

Abbie Cornish received the Australian Film Institute's Breakthrough Award in June 2008 for her role as Michelle together with Mia Wasikowska ( In Treatment ) . In the same year, the film was nominated in two categories ("Choice Movie: Drama", "Choice Movie Actor: Drama" - Ryan Phillippe and Channing Tatum) for the Teen Choice Award .

DVD release

In Germany, the DVD for the film was released by Paramount Home Entertainment on August 28, 2008.

Web links

Stop loss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Stop loss at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for stop loss . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2008 (PDF; test number: 114 529 DVD).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Joe Leydon: Stop-Loss. In: Variety. March 14, 2008, accessed November 5, 2019 .
↑ Filming locations for Stop Loss, accessed March 22, 2008
↑ cf. Australians in Film's (AiF) 2008 Breakthrough Awards Honor Abbie Cornish and Mia Wasikowska . Business Wire May 28, 2008, Los Angeles 10:15 AM GMT

[FSK-1] Release certificate for stop loss . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2008 (PDF; test number: 114 529 DVD).

[:0-2] Joe Leydon: Stop-Loss. In: Variety. March 14, 2008, accessed November 5, 2019 .

[3] Filming locations for Stop Loss, accessed March 22, 2008

[4] . Australians in Film's (AiF) 2008 Breakthrough Awards Honor Abbie Cornish and Mia Wasikowska . Business Wire May 28, 2008, Los Angeles 10:15 AM GMT