Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The messenger [videorecording] / Oscilloscope Laboratores & Omnilab Media Group present ; in association with Sherezade Film Development Co., Ltd. and BZ Entertainment ; a Mark Gordon Company/Good Worldwide production ; produced by Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee, Zach Miller ; written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman ; directed by Oren Moverman.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : Oscilloscope Pictures, 2010.

Description:

1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Partnered with hard-line officer Tony Stone, Sgt. Will Montgomery is a battle-scarred war hero home from Iraq and newly assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. He faces this formidable mission while seeking comfort and healing back on the home front when he falls for the wife of a fallen soldier.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA Rating: R; for language and some sexual content/nudity.

Subjects:

Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Veterans -- Drama.

Veterans -- Drama.

War widows -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Feature films.

Other Author:

Harrelson, Woody.

Foster, Ben, 1980-

Morton, Samantha.

Malone, Jena, 1984-

Buscemi, Steve, 1957-

Moverman, Oren.

Camon, Alessandro.

Oscilloscope Pictures.

Omnilab Media (Firm)

Notes:

DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.

Special features: Notification (documentary); audio commentary with Oren Moverman, Lawrence Inglee, Ben Foster, and Woody Harrelson; Going Home: Reflections from the set; Variety screening series Q&A; The Messenger shooting script; exclusive essay by Anthony Swofford.

Nathan Larson, original music ; Alex Hall, editor ; Bobby Bukowski, director of photography.

Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Steve Buscemi.

DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround and stereo.

In English, with optional subtitles in English.

Publisher Number:

OSC-018

Other Number:

535814157

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

264884

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Messenge

Medium:

[videorecording]