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
No Country for Old Men (film) Men" became the biggest box-office hit for the Coens to date, until it was surpassed by "True Grit" in 2010. "No Country for Old Men" is the third-lowest-grossing Oscar winner, only surpassing "Crash" (2005) and "The Hurt Locker" (2009). "The final balance sheet was a $74 million gross" domestically. "Miramax" employed its typical 'gradual-release' strategy: it was "released in November... was initially given a limited release... and... benefited from the nomination and the win, with weekend grosses picking up after each." By contrast, the previous year's winner, "The Departed" was a "Best Picture winner with the time series chart that