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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering action against a producer of “The Hurt Locker” who sent multiple e-mails urging academy members to vote for his movie in the ...
In "The Hurt Locker," however, it's what doesn't blow up that counts, because its main characters constantly struggle to save, not sacrifice, lives. Except, perhaps, their own.
Before "The Hurt Locker," however, Bigelow had taken a seven-year break from feature filmmaking (after 2002's "K-19: The Widowmaker") and was best known for fan favorites like "Point Break" and ...
The ‘Hurt Locker’ team is also now being sued by Jeffrey Sarver, an army sergeant who alleges that the film’s main character, played by Jeremy Renner, was largely based on Sarver’s own ...
But when you make something like ‘The Hurt Locker,’ it’s very, very organic.” If he’d created something that sounded unique for “Locker,” it wouldn’t have worked, he adds ...
In “The Hurt Locker,” she lets the guys do all the swaggering, and the approach works. What’s more, in any sequence involving gunfire, she makes sure you always know where one character is ...
For those voters, “The Hurt Locker” became the clear way to strike a little blow against the Academy’s blatant moves toward populism. 6. It had an irresistible storyline. The battle of the exes?
Late last week, ‘The Hurt Locker’ producer Nicolas Chartier sent an e-mail to a group of peers and friends, at least some of whom are members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ...
“Hurt Locker” screenwriter Mark Boal, who won the Oscar for original screenplay, thanked Bigelow, calling her an “extraordinary and visionary filmmaker,” and dedicated his Oscar win to the ...
"Hurt Locker" screenwriter Mark Boal, who won the Oscar for original screenplay, thanked Bigelow, calling her an "extraordinary and visionary filmmaker," and dedicated his Oscar win to the troops ...
In a history-making night for Hollywood, Summit Entertainment's "The Hurt Locker" dismantled the competition at Sunday's 82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony.
On the “Hurt Locker” side, the writers branch has 382 members, while the actors branch is by far the Academy’s largest, with 1,205. So Kathryn Bigelow’s film comes out with a big lead ...