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The Hurt Locker ()


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During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

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Staff Sergeant William James
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Sergeant JT Sanborn
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Specialist Owen Eldridge
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Sergeant Matt Thompson
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Contractor Team Leader
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Colonel Reed
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Connie James
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Colonel John Cambridge
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Black Suit Man (as Suhail Al-Dabbach)
Christopher Sayegh ...
Beckham
Nabil Koni ...
Professor Nabil
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Contractor Charlie
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Contractor Jimmy
Feisal Sadoun ...
Contractor Feisal
Barrie Rice ...
Contractor Chris
Imad Dadudi ...
Iraqi Police Captain at UN (as Imad Daoudi)
Erin Gann ...
Mortuary Affairs Officer
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Sergeant Carter
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Sergeant Foster
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Soldier at Intersection (as Kristoffer Winter)
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Guard at Camp Liberty Market
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Guard at Liberty Gate
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Iraqi Translator (as a different name)
Hasan Darwish ...
DVD Merchant
Wasfi Amour ...
Insurgent in the Stairwell
Nibras Qassem ...
Nabil's Wife
Ben Thomas ...
US Army Medic
Nader Tarawneh ...
Insurgent Sniper
Anas Wellman ...
Soldier at UN (as Anas 'Tipsy' Wellman)
Omar Mario ...
Butcher
Fleming Campbell ...
Soldier at Airfield
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Behar ...
D.O.D Military Middle Eastern Language Translator (uncredited)
Tommy Dallace ...
U.S. Sniper (uncredited)
Jeffrey Feingold ...
Soldier (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
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First Sergeant (uncredited)
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Soldier's Daughter (uncredited)
Joseph Martinus ...
Soldier (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Yousef Shweihat ...
Insurgent Sniper (uncredited)

Directed by

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Kathryn Bigelow

Written by

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Mark Boal ... (written by)

Produced by

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Kathryn Bigelow ... producer
Mark Boal ... producer
Nicolas Chartier ... producer
Jenn Lee ... associate producer
Tony Mark ... executive producer
Donall McCusker ... co-producer
Jack Schuster ... associate producer
Greg Shapiro ... producer
Kirk Shaw ... associate producer: Canada

Music by

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Marco Beltrami
Buck Sanders

Cinematography by

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Barry Ackroyd ... director of photography

Editing by

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Chris Innis
Bob Murawski

Editorial Department

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J. Cody Baker ... digital intermediate assistant (as James Cody Baker)
Gilbert Carreras ... color timer
Mike Chiado ... digital intermediate technologist
Jonathan Hoffman ... post production
Thomas Kuo ... digital intermediate film scanner
Rupert Lloyd ... post production assistant
Bruce Lomet ... digital intermediate head of production: Company 3
Jerimiah Morey ... digital intermediate assistant (as Jeremiah Morey)
Stephen Nakamura ... digital film colorist: Company 3
Erik Rogers ... digital intermediate producer: Company 3
Alex Romano ... on-line editor
Stefan Sonnenfeld ... digital intermediate executive producer: Company 3
Nick Timms ... technical operator: Company 3
Ian Turpen ... digital intermediate scanner: Company 3
Sean Valla ... first assistant editor
Jamie Payne ... colorist: dailies (uncredited)
Nuala Sheridan ... colorist: dailies (uncredited)

Casting By

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Mark Bennett

Production Design by

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Karl Júlíusson

Art Direction by

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David Bryan

Set Decoration by

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Amin Charif El Masri ... (as Ameen Al-Masri)

Costume Design by

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George L. Little ... (as George Little)

Makeup Department

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Yelka Gutierrez ... assistant hair designer / assistant makeup designer
Dana Hamel ... key makeup artist: Canada (as Dana Michelle Hamel)
Daniel Parker ... hair designer / makeup designer / prosthetics designer
Robin Pritchard ... prosthetic makeup artist
Elizabeth Rapley ... assistant hair designer / assistant makeup designer
Janice Rhodes ... key hair stylist: Canada
Farah Jadaane ... assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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J. Gibson ... production supervisor
Karima Ladjimi ... production manager
Rob Lycar ... production manager
Tony Mark ... unit production manager
Jack Schuster ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ashley Bell ... third assistant director: Canada
Dale Bredeson ... trainee assistant director: Canada
Lee Cleary ... first assistant director: Canada
Michelle Fitzpatrick ... second assistant director: Canada
Nicolas Harvard ... second assistant director (as Nick Harvard)
Yanal Kassay ... second assistant director (as Yanal Barakat)
David Ticotin ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Rime Al-Jabr ... assistant scenic painter (as Rime Al-Jaber)
Asad ... set dresser
David Inkster ... property master: Canada
Sana'a Jaber ... stand-by assistant art director
Paul Joyal ... production designer: Canada
Karim Kheir ... assistant property master
Marwan Kheir ... construction coordinator
Anees Maani ... Props maker
Mike Malik ... property master
Ibrahim Nadeer ... assistant art director (as Nadeer Ibrahim) / assistant art director
Ian Nothnagel ... set decorator: Canada
Gary Damian Thomas ... storyboard artist (as Gary Thomas)
Spencer West ... on-set dresser: Canada
Zacharia ... set dresser
Samir Zaidan ... key scenic painter
Faris Ziyoud ... stand-by props
Nasser Zoubi ... stand-by property master
Ben Krakowsky ... assistant property master: Canada (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Ray Beckett ... sound mixer
Andrew Bonica ... adr recordist
Simon Bysshe ... boom operator
Joe Cappelletti ... voice director: adr
Richard C. Franklin ... sound effects editor (as Rick Franklin)
Jamie Hardt ... sound effects editor
Kimberly Harris ... dialogue editor
Ryan Juggler ... first assistant sound editor
Michael Kaz ... assistant sound editor
Baha Othman ... SFX Recordist
Paul N.J. Ottosson ... re-recording mixer / sound designer
John Sanacore ... foley editor
Craig Stauffer ... sound mixer: Canada
Robert Troy ... adr editor / dialogue editor
Alex Ullrich ... foley editor
Juniper Watters ... boom operator: Canada
Bernard Weiser ... sound effects editor
Alan Freedman ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Judah Getz ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Chris M. Jacobson ... sound effects pre-dub mixer (uncredited)
Jussi Tegelman ... dialogue pre-dub (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Helmi Anadeen ... special effects technician: Jordan
Blair Foord ... special effects foreman
Ernst Gschwind ... special effects foreman
Rafiq Kamhawi ... special effects purchaser
Colonel Kurdi ... IED advisor: Jordan (as Mohammad Al Kurdi)
Ernst Lanninger ... special effects technician (as Ernst Lanninjer)
Waleed Sbeihat ... special effects technician
Wolf Steiling ... special effects technician
Richard Stutsman ... special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

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R. Edward Black ... visual effects artist
Michael Boggs ... scanning supervisor: Company 3
David Camarena ... data i/o manager
Michael Coronado ... digital dirt remover: Company 3
Changsoo Eun ... cg artist
Mitch Gates ... cgi supervisor
Tom Kendall ... visual effects producer
Dan Lopez ... cg artist
Kurt McKeever ... cg artist
Gavin Miljkovich ... visual effects artist
David Neuberger ... visual effects artist (as Dave Neuberger)
Alex Romano ... visual effects artist: Company 3
Stefan Sonnenfeld ... visual effects executive producer: Company 3
Doug Spilatro ... visual effects artist
Rodrigo Washington ... cg artist / visual effects artist
Benjamin H. Bernard ... visual effects artist (uncredited)
Bob Minshall ... visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Isaac Hamon ... stunt performer
Tony Marsh ... stunt performer (as Antonio Marsh)
Barrie Rice ... stunt co-coordinator
Robert Young ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Dory Aoun ... high speed camera DOP: Third Eye FX
Ed Araquel ... still photographer: Canada
Hosni Al Baqa ... lighting technician
Elie Beaino ... electrician
Husny Bkhaa ... grip
Andrew Capicik ... second assistant camera: "b" camera, Canada (as Andy Capicik)
Chady Chehade ... grip
Glenn Coulman ... second assistant camera
Geoff Dane ... best boy electric: Canada
Firas Dehous ... electrician (as Firas Dihous)
Issam Doury ... electrician
Oliver Driscoll ... first assistant camera
Hammada El Baka ... generator operator
Beisan Elias ... camera assistant
Robert Finnigan ... loader: Canada
Max Glickman ... second assistant camera: second unit
Kris Grunewald ... best boy grip: Canada
Abdel Salam Hajj ... camera production assistant: second unit
Dale H. Jahraus ... camera operator: "b" camera, Canada
Niels Reedtz Johansen ... director of photography: second unit
Elie Karam ... /high speed cam
Russell Kennedy ... first assistant camera: second unit
Mher Keshishian ... key grip
Mouna Khaali ... second assistant camera
Melik Khazzoum ... electrician
Prince Khoury ... grip
Elie Kolko ... lighting technician (creditOnly)
David Lourie ... first assistant camera: "a" camera, Canada
Scott MacDonald ... camera operator: "a" camera
Elie Merhy ... best boy grip (as Elie Merhi)
Matthew Moffat ... gaffer
Bashir Mouawad ... electrician
Duraid Munajim ... camera operator
Tamir Naber ... camera assistant
Yazan Najem ... lighting technician
Osama Namrouqa ... best boy electric
Zeid Nawafleh ... assistant video assist operator
Jonathan Olley ... still photographer
Jules Quesnel ... dolly grip: Canada
Imad Rechiche ... first assistant camera
Sami Sehweil ... video assist operator
Ali Shaheen ... assistant video assist operator
Newton Thomas Sigel ... director of photography: Canada (as Tom Sigel)
Bassel Slayebe ... electrician
Robin A. Smith ... b camera 1st assistant: Canada (as Robin Smith)
Jeremy Spofford ... second assistant camera: "a" camera, Canada
Jim Swanson ... gaffer: Canada
Ahmad Takari ... assistant video assist operator
Tom Taylor ... second assistant camera (as Thomas Taylor)
Dave Walker ... key grip: Canada (as Dave 'Bucket' Walker)
Russell Webber ... camera assistant
Stewart Whelan ... first assistant camera
Michael Wallbank ... grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Adel Akkad ... casting assisstant: Jordan
Lara Atalla ... casting: Jordan
Laura Toplass ... casting: Canada (as Laura Brooke Toplass)
George Naouri ... casting assisstant: Jordan (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Melissa Binder ... costume ager / key textile artist/dyer
Phaedra Dahdaleh ... on-set costumer
Rick de Souza ... set costumer
Karma Hijjawi ... costume assistant / costume buyer
Daniel J. Lester ... assistant costume designer (as Daniel Lester-Hanadi)
Mohamed Mahseeri ... wardrobe assistant
Moira Anne Meyer ... costume supervisor (as Moira Meyer)
Vicky Mulholland ... costume designer: Canada / costume designer: North American unit
Fadi Omeish ... on-set costumer
Sara Rakhshandeh ... set costume supervisor (as Sara Rakhshandef)
Abdo Rayyan ... costume assistant / wardrobe assistant (as Abed Al Fatah Rayan)
Cathy Darby ... assistant costume designer (uncredited)
Hanadi Khurma ... costume assistant (uncredited)
Kai Siperko ... costume truck supervisor (uncredited)

Location Management

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Ali Al Khalaileh ... location assistant
Kayed Haitham ... assistant location manager (as Haitham Kayed)
Jamie Lake ... location manager: Canada
Sharif Majali ... location manager
Moh'd Nawafleh ... location assistant (as Mohamed 'Gaba' Nawafleh)
Campbell Sweeny ... location scout: Canada
Fawaz Zoubi ... location manager
Michael Farias ... assistant location manager (uncredited)
Bader Helal ... location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Yorgos Adamis ... musician: voice and ethnic instruments
Marco Beltrami ... score producer
John Bissell ... music supervisor
Tom Brown ... music preparation
Sarah Ferguson ... music coordinator
Endre Granat ... musician: violin
Karen Han ... soloist: erhu
John Kurlander ... scoring mixer
Julie Pearce ... music editor
Victor Pesavento ... music preparation
Peter Rotter ... music contractor
Buck Sanders ... musician: guitar
Naomi Sato ... music preparation
Andrew Shulman ... musician: cello
Michael Valerio ... musician: bass (as Mike Valerio)
Marco Beltrami ... score conductor (uncredited)
William Boston ... additional orchestrations (uncredited)
The Hollywood Studio Symphony ... music performed by (uncredited)
John Kurlander ... scoring recordist (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Aslaug Konradsdottir ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Dean Fitzpatrick ... transportation coordinator: Canada
Mahdi Nawafleh ... transportation manager

Additional Crew

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Marwan Abadi ... military liaison: Jordan
Bader Alami ... production assistant
Yousef Abed Alnabi ... technical consultant
Ashraf Asa'ad ... second unit coordinator
Adam 'Ahmad' Atawneh ... production assistant (as Ahmad Atawneh)
Karen Austin ... production accountant: Canada
Jason Bachmann ... production assistant
Andrea Ball ... assistant to Mr. Chartier
Carles Berot ... marketing and creative services
Christopher Stetson Boal ... electronic press kit (as Chris Boal)
Doran Chandler ... legal counsel: Roberts & Stahl, Canada
John Charles ... software manager: Sony DAC
Deborah J. Chesebro ... production accountant (as Debbie Chesebro)
James Clifford ... military advisor (as CSM James Clifford USA/EOD Retired)
Imad Dadudi ... travel coordinator
Zeid Darwazeh ... production runner
George David ... film commission
Christian de Gallegos ... international distribution
Amer Dweik ... epk assistant (as Amer Al Dweik)
Ziad Faraj ... production runner
Erik Feig ... production executive
David Fencl ... weapons specialist
Micah Gardener ... production coordinator: Canada
Bassel Ghandour ... production assistant
Theresa Guntli ... production assistant
Omar Habibb ... assistant: Mr. Boal
K.K. Hareb ... weapons assistant (as Khalil Harb)
Alia Hatough ... day player
Majd Hijjawi ... production secretary
Mark D. Houston ... first assistant accountant (as Mark Houston)
Darren Howard ... security captain: Canada
Setenay Ishak ... extras coordinator
Mohamed Jawad ... production assistant
Fuad Khalil ... production consultant
Breanne Laplante ... business affairs manager (as Breanne Hartley) / business affairs: Canada (as Breanne Hartley)
Jackie Lee ... vice president of feature sales: Company 3
Chuck Marshall ... international servicing: Backroom International
Issa Matalka ... publicist: Jordan
Shannon McA'Nulty ... business affairs: Canada
Jim McKeown ... production coordinator: Canada
David Morris ... runner: UK
Debbie Petersen ... second assistant accountant
Debbie Peterson ... assistant accountant
Raya Qaraein ... production assistant
Nin Rai ... caterer: Triffles, Canada
Barrie Rice ... security / technical consultant
Sam Sako Jr. ... adr
Fadi Saraf ... craft service
Lara Sawalha ... assistant: Mr. Mark
Omar Sawalha ... production assistant
Issa Sawaqed ... assistant production coordinator
Rodolfo Scali ... craft service: Canada / first aid: Canada
Michael Schaefer ... production executive
J.R. Scott ... assistant: Ms. Bigelow (as John R. Scott)
Ana Oparnica Sebal ... script supervisor: Canada (as Ana Sebal)
Yahia Shaheen ... production assistant (as Yahya Shaheen)
Adam M. Stone ... product placement coordinator: Stone Management
Cat Stone ... product placement coordinator: Stone Management
Chris Surber ... robot technician
Leah Tanafranca ... payroll accountant: Canada
Charles Taylor ... military equipment
Ben Thomas ... technical consultant
Matt Thompson ... additional voices (as Matthew Thompson) / technical consultant (as Matthew Thompson)
Lilian Umurungi ... business affairs assistant
Adam D. Wright ... distribution executive
Sharyn Yau ... publicity and marketing
Tarek Al-Jundi ... production assistant (uncredited)
Carles Berot ... dubbing supervisor (uncredited)
Gilbert Carreras ... laboratory timer (uncredited)
Yasmine Hanani ... additional voices (uncredited)
Eric Kops ... publicist (uncredited)
Regan B. Pederson ... legal intern (uncredited)
Sam Sako ... adr loop group (uncredited)
Robert Troy ... combined continuity script: JR Media Services (uncredited)

Thanks

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Abdullah II King Of Jordan ... special thanks (as His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan)
Princess Rym Al Ali ... special thanks (as Her Royal Highness Princess Rym Al Ali)
Prince Ali Al Hussein ... special thanks (as His Royal Highness Prince Ali Al Hussein)
Bonnie Bernstein ... the producers wish to thank
Paul C. Cabellon ... special thanks
Timoor Ghazi Daghistani ... special thanks (as His Excellency Ambassador Timoor Ghazi Daghistani)
George David ... special thanks
Nadine de Barros ... special thanks (as Nadine DeBarros)
John K. Duncan ... special thanks
John Earey ... special thanks
Kool Marder ... special thanks
Prince Hussein Nasser Mirza ... special thanks (as His Royal Highness Prince Hussein Nasser Mirza)
Robert Offer ... the producers wish to thank
Elizabeth Rial ... thanks
Feisal Sadoun ... special thanks
Fadi Saraf ... special thanks
Meghan Silverman ... the producers wish to thank
Jason Spire ... the producers wish to thank
Don Steele ... special thanks
Nader Tarawneh ... special thanks
Sally Willcox ... the producers wish to thank

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat, behaving as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever. Written by BWR Public Relations

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Taglines You'll know when you're in it. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Hurt Locker (Japan, English title)
  • Démineurs (France)
  • Tödliches Kommando (Germany)
  • Tödliches Kommando - The Hurt Locker (Germany)
  • En tierra hostil (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 131 min
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Box Office

Budget $15,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $145,352, 28 Jun 2009
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $49,876,984

Did You Know?

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Trivia Filmed in the country of Jordan. Access was denied for a week of filming at a U.S. Military Base in Kuwait. See more »
Goofs One character says an Iraqi with a video camera is preparing a clip for YouTube. The scene takes place in 2004. YouTube was created in 2005. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Episode #5.104 (2010). See more »
Soundtracks Fear (Is Big Business) See more »
Crazy Credits There are no opening credits, not even a title. See more »
Quotes Staff Sergeant William James: [Speaking to his son] You love playing with that. You love playing with all your stuffed animals. You love your mommy, your daddy, your nature pajamas. You love everything, don't ya? Yeah. But you know what, buddy? As you get older... some of the things that you love might not seem so special anymore, you know? Like your Jack-in-a-Box. Maybe you'll realize it's just a piece of tin and a stuffed animal, but the older you get, the fewer things you really love, and by the time you get to my age, maybe it's only one or two things. With me, I think it's one.
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