The Messenger - The last message
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| German title | The Messenger - The last message |
| Original title | The Messenger |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Oren Moverman |
| script |
Alessandro Camon , Oren Moverman |
| production |
Mark Gordon Lawrence Inglee Zach Miller |
| music | Nathan Larson |
| camera | Bobby Bukowski |
| cut | Alexander Hall |
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The Messenger is a 2009 American drama film starring Ben Foster , Woody Harrelson , Jena Malone and Samantha Morton . It is the directorial debut of Oren Moverman , who also co-wrote the script.
The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was also in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival 2009 , where it won the Silver Bear for the screenplay and the Peace Film Prize . The film also won first place at the American Film Festival and received four nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards . He also received an award and a nomination at the 2009 Golden Globe Awards and two nominations at the 2010 Academy Awards .
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Will Montgomery, a Staff Sergeant of the US Army who comes from Iraq war home is the one casualty notification service assigned, that is, he has to relatives of soldiers injury or death messages convey. He is partnered with Captain Tony Stone. Montgomery later develops feelings for Olivia Pitterson in the course of his work, to whom he brings the news of her husband's death.
production
The Messenger is the directorial debut of Israeli screenwriter and former journalist Oren Moverman . Although Sydney Pollack , Roger Michell, and Ben Affleck were inclined to make the film, the conversation petered out and the producers eventually asked Moverman if he would like to direct the project. The film team worked closely with the US Army and Walter Reed Medical Center to gain experience on military life. Lieutenant Colonel Paul Sinor was at their side as a technical advisor.
criticism
“A soldier has to spend the last few months of his service on the 'home front' during the Iraq war and accompany a supervisor in delivering death reports to his bereaved relatives. A painfully intense examination of the collateral damage of the war as well as the convincing psychogram of two soldiers who cannot find their way back to peaceful normalcy even beyond the crisis area. The excellently played film meticulously traces the emotional damage and, in spatial poetics that reflects alienation, haunted the image of an identity crisis in which the 'war on terror' plunged the USA. "
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In the US , The Messenger was initially only shown in four cinemas and grossed just under 45,000 dollars on the first weekend. By May 2010, the film grossed over a million dollars domestically; overseas sales of more than $ 300,000 were achieved. The cost of producing the film was $ 6.5 million.
Web links
- The Messenger - The last message in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Messenger - The last message at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Messenger - Film of the Month June 2010 at kinofenster.de, ed. from the Federal Agency for Civic Education and Vision Cinema .
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Messenger - The Last Message . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 023 K).
- ^ Todd McCarthy: More star power at Sundance , Variety . December 4, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/3279
- ↑ Awards of the Berlinale 2009 , accessed on April 29, 2017.
- ↑ As of July 2010.
