The Hurt Locker by routine civilian life. James confesses to his son that there is only one thing that he knows he loves. He starts another tour of duty, serving with Delta Company, a U.S. Army EOD unit on its 365-day rotation. The small-budget film was independently produced and directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a U.S. Army EOD team in Iraq. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in Italy during 2008. After being
The Set-Up (1949 film) Wise used three cameras to capture the action: one focused on the ring in its entirety; one on the fighters; and a third, hand-held device to catch details such as a glove connecting with a body. When the film was released "The New York Times" reviewed the drama and lauded the picture's screenplay and the realistic depiction of the boxing "milieu"; they wrote: Jefferson Hunter, in a summer 2008 essay for "The Hudson Review", said: Wins Nominated The Set-Up (1949 film) The Set-Up is a 1949 American film noir boxing drama directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Ryan and