The Hurt Locker ceremony, it won six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Bigelow (the first woman to win this award), and Best Original Screenplay for Boal. "The Hurt Locker" is based on accounts of Mark Boal, a freelance journalist who was embedded with an American bomb squad in the war in Iraq for two weeks in 2004. The director Kathryn Bigelow was familiar with Boal's work before his experiences, having adapted one of his "Playboy" articles as the short-lived television series "The Inside" in 2002. When Boal was embedded with the squad, he accompanied its members 10 to 15 times a
The Yellow Handkerchief (2008 film) The Yellow Handkerchief (2008 film) The Yellow Handkerchief is a 2008 American independent drama film. The film is a remake of the 1977 Japanese classic of the same name "The Yellow Handkerchief" (幸福の黄色いハンカチ "Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi", lit. "The yellow handkerchief of happiness") directed by Yoji Yamada. Set in present-day southern United States, "The Yellow Handkerchief" stars William Hurt as Brett Hanson, an ex-convict who embarks on a road trip straight out of prison. Hanson hitches a ride with two troubled teens, Martine (Kristen Stewart), 15, and Gordy (Eddie Redmayne), 19, traversing post-Hurricane Katrina Louisiana in an attempt to reach