The Messenger
The Scars of War Will Last Forever.
The Messenger (2009)
Timing:
1:53 (113 min)
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6.912/10
7380
7380
7.1/10
38000
38000
Country
Production
Genre
Drama, Romance
Budget
$6 500 000
Revenue
$1 521 261
Director
Actors
Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Samantha Morton, Steve Buscemi, Dale Soules, Stevie Ray Dallimore, Michael Chernus, Yaya DaCosta
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Oren Moverman, Alessandro Camon
Producer
Mark Gordon, Benjamin Goldhirsh, Lawrence Inglee, Zach Miller, David Whealy, Bryan Zuriff
Operator
Bobby Bukowski
Composer
Nathan Larson
Artist
Audition
Laura Rosenthal, Ali Farrell
Editing
Alex Hall
All team (22)
All team (22)
Short description
Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.
What's left behind the scenes
- At various points in the early stages of the project's production, the director's chair was held by Sydney Pollack, Roger Michell, and Ben Affleck. After each of them declined the job for various reasons, producers unexpectedly offered the opportunity to direct the film to one of the scriptwriters, Oren Moverman.
- The scene of a conversation between Ben Foster and Samantha Morton in the kitchen lasted eight minutes and was filmed in one continuous shot. At certain points, director and one of the screenwriters Oren Moverman allowed the actors to improvise.
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