The Scars of War Will Last Forever.
Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.
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Earnest, contemporary, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Ben FosterWill Montgomery
- Woody HarrelsonTony Stone
- Jena MaloneKelly
- Eamonn WalkerStuart Dorsett
- Samantha MortonOlivia Pitterson
- Steve BuscemiDale Martin
- Dale SoulesCashier
- Stevie Ray DallimoreKelly's Father
- Michael ChernusAlan
- Yaya DaCostaMonica Washington
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- Oren MovermanDirector
- Alessandro CamonWriter
- Oren MovermanWriter
- Bobby BukowskiDirector of Photography
- Nathan LarsonOriginal Music Composer
- Alex HallEditor
- Lawrence IngleeProducer
- Zach MillerProducer
- Mark GordonProducer
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