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In The Valley Of Elah [2008]
starring: Charlize Theron, Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Josh Brolin, James Franco
directed by: Paul Haggis

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5055201802507
Format: PAL
Label: Optimum Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Optimum Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: May 26, 2008
Running Time: 121 minutes
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Sales Rank: 616

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Notch up another great role for Tommy Lee Jones here, as his starring performance in the lead of In The Valley Of Elah is a further acting performance of real merit. And this from the man who has already recently added the equally excellent No Country For Old Men to his CV.

In The Valley Of Elah, however, is a very different beast. It’s the new film from writer/director Paul Haggis, he who previously brought us Oscar-winner Crash, and Jones stars as Hank Deerfield, a man who decides to take matters into his own hands when he finds out that his son has disappeared. However, what complicates matters is that Deerfield’s son is a soldier on leave, and the military are proving to be little help in getting to the bottom of the mystery.

Yet there’s far more to In The Valley Of Elah than that, even though its narrative is interesting and surprising. No, there are real layers of drama here, and none more obvious than those surrounding Jones’ character (the lead actor, incidentally, snagged a richly-deserved Oscar nomination for his work here). He’s an understated, yet brilliant, creation, and one quite wonderfully brought to life. In conjunction with Susan Sarandon as his wife, and Charlize Theron as the detective he enlists the help of, In The Valley Of Elah emerges as one of the most unfairly overlooked films of recent times, and one that’s ripe for discovery on DVD. A superb piece of work. --Jon Foster

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- War...whats it good for ? Absolutely nothing .
Anyone who has seen director Paul Haggis Oscar winning movie Crash [2004] [2005] ( a worthy but heavy handed drama on race relations for those that haven't seen it) would be forgiven for expecting more of the same from In The Valley Of Elah. However writer and director Haggis has delivered a far more subtle examination of war and it's effects on those who have to fight them. In this he is helped considerably by terrific performances from a stellar cast.
Retired army officer Hank Deerfield ( Tommy Lee Jones) receives a phone call to tell him that his son recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq has gone AWOL from his army base. Leaving his wife Joan (Susan Sarandon) behind this stoical man sets off in his pick up to see if he can ... Read More:

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- The effects of war
Hank Deerfield (played by Tommy Lee Jones) is a retired veteran and military police officer searching for his son who has gone AWOL. Detective Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron) becomes interested in the case and starts helping Hank outside of her job. When Hank's son's body is found, the search suddenly turns into a search for the murderer.

Tommy Lee Jones gives one of his best performances as a relentless, humourless driven father, who has not been the best father, but doesn't rest until he finds the closure he desperately needs on the matter of the murder of his son.

Susan Sarandon was totally underused in the part of Hanks wife, but the little we are shown of her is riveting.

Charlize Theron plays down ... Read More:

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- "a real grown up movie"
There are plenty of reviews regarding this fabulous film so I'll keep it short. Proof that real grown up movies are still made in the west. Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron are superb. Buy it!!

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- Excellent. Bleak, but excellent
So first off, ignore the cover. Tommy Lee Jones with the torch and Charlize Theron with her gun drawn underneath the words AN INTENSE THRILLER rather implies a lot of chases, gunplay and other shenanigans. Without giving anything away, there is one chase. Charlize Theron does have a gun and TLJ a torch (although I'm not sure if he ever turns it on). But I'm already getting distracted.

As you can see from the other reviews, TLJ plays a retired solider, who is told that his son has gone missing, shortly after returning from Iraq. He then spends the rest of the film single mindedly battling to find out what happened to him, with no help from the Army. After initial reluctance, he is helped by Charlize Theron and they piece together ... Read More:

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- A pleasant surprise
The 2007 film written and directed by Paul Haggis, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, and Susan Sarandon was an unexpected treat to good acting, tension and resoultion. How good films should be made! Tommy Lee Jones is superb and every wrinkle of his faces betrays volumes of emotions that want to shout out over the needless loss of a son.

In The Valley of Elah is based on actual events. The plot explores themes of the Iraq war, abuse of prisoners and PTSD following active combat.

The film portrays a father's hunt for his son's killers. Here is where the Biblical allusion starts. The Valley of Elah was the location of the battle between David and Goliath in the war between the Philistines and Israelis - a clue to the ... Read More:

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