USA,
2008, 131 min
(Alternative: 126 min)
Directed by:
Kathryn BigelowScreenplay:
Mark BoalCinematography:
Barry AckroydCast:
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly, Christian Camargo, Sam Spruell, Kate Mines (more)VOD (6)
Plots(1)
War is a drug. Nobody knows that better than Staff Sergeant James, head of an elite squad of soldiers tasked with disarming bombs in the heat of combat. To do this nerve-shredding job, it’s not enough to be the best: you have to thrive in a zone where the margin of error is zero, think as diabolically as a bomb-maker, and somehow survive with your body and soul intact. (Lionsgate UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2010 - Greg Shapiro, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier (Best Motion Picture of the Year)
- 2010 - Kathryn Bigelow (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 2010 - Mark Boal (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2010 - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis (Best Achievement in Film Editing)
- 2010 - Best Sound Mixing
- 2010 - Best Sound Editing
- 2010 - Jeremy Renner (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 2010 - Barry Ackroyd (Best Achievement in Cinematography)
- 2010 - Buck Sanders, Marco Beltrami (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2009 - Jeremy Renner (Best Male Lead)
- 2009 - Anthony Mackie (Best Supporting Male)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2010 - Best Film
- 2010 - Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director)
- 2010 - Mark Boal (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2010 - Barry Ackroyd (Best Cinematography)
- 2010 - Best Editing
- 2010 - Best Sound
- 2010 - Jeremy Renner (Best Leading Actor)
- 2010 - Best Special Visual Effects
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2009 - Best Foreign Independent
Amanda Awards
- 2010 - Kathryn Bigelow (Best Foreign Language Film)
Golden Globes
- 2010 - Best Motion Picture – Drama
- 2010 - Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director)
- 2010 - Mark Boal (Best Screenplay)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2010 - Best Picture
- 2010 - Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director)
- 2010 - Jeremy Renner (Best Actor)
- 2010 - Mark Boal (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2010 - Barry Ackroyd (Best Cinematography)
- 2010 - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis (Best Editing)
- 2010 - Best Sound
- 2010 - Best Action Movie
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2009 - Best Film
- 2009 - Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director)
- 2009 - Barry Ackroyd (Best Cinematography)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2009 - Best Film
- 2009 - Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director)
- 2009 - Jeremy Renner (Best Actor)
The Saturn Awards
- 2010 - Best Action/Adventure Film
- 2010 - Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director)
Venice Film Festival
- 2008 - Kathryn Bigelow (Golden Lion for Best Film)