In The Valley of Elah

– A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's d..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and One Minute
Release Year:
2007
In the Valley of Elah (2007)

A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

In the Valley of Elah (2007) - Trailer

Release Date:

28 Sep 2007

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Paul Haggis

Writer:

Paul Haggis (screenplay), Mark Boal (story), Paul Haggis (story)

Main Actors:

Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon

Plot:

In Monroe, Tennessee, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfield pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank seems to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him?

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 17 nominations.

Gross profit:

$6,585,535

Production:

Warner Independent Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
Metacritic:
65%