Movies / The Messenger (2009)
Runtime: 113 min
Countries: USA
In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband's death, Will's emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.Featuring tour-de-force performances from Foster, Harrelson and Morton, and a brilliant directorial debut by Oren Moverman, THE MESSENGER brings us into the inner lives of these outwardly steely heroes to reveal their fragility with compassion and dignity.
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Oren Moverman | ... |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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Alessandro Camon | (written by) & |
Oren Moverman | (written by) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Nathan Larson | (original music by) |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Alexander Hall | (as Alex Hall) |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Bobby Bukowski | (director of photography) |
Actors (38) | Credit |
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Angel Caban | Mr. Vasquez |
Ben Foster | Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery |
Brendan Sexton III | Recruiter Olson |
Brian Adam DeJesus | Teenager #1 (as Brian DeJesus) |
Carl Anthony Payne II | Pitterson's Father (as Carl Payne) |
Dale Soules | Cashier |
Donna Ross | Soldiers Friend (uncredited) |
Eamonn Walker | Colonel Stuart Dorsett |
Fernando Lara | Soldiers Friend (uncredited) |
Fiona Dourif | Returning Soldier's Wife |
Francine Bianco Tax | Reception Pianist (uncredited) |
Francis A. Adams | Firing Party Team Leader |
Gaius Charles | Recruiter Brown |
Halley Feiffer | Marla Cohen |
Jahmir Duran-Abreau | Matt Pitterson |
Jena Malone | Kelly |
Jeremy Strong | Returning Soldier |
J. Salome Martinez | Captain Garcia (as J. Salome Martinez Jr.) |
Karen Summerton | Flirty Girl (uncredited) |
Kevin Hagan | Mr. Flanigan |
Lindsay Michelle Nader | Claire |
Lisa Joyce | Emily |
Marceline Hugot | Mrs. Flanigan |
Merritt Wever | Lara |
Michael Chernus | Alan |
Paul Diomede | Motorcycle Cop |
Peter Francis James | Dr. Grosso |
Peter Friedman | Mr. Cohen |
Portia | Mrs. Burrell |
Robert Feeley | Vietnam Veteran (uncredited) |
Samantha Morton | Olivia Pitterson |
Sara Jane Blazo | Kelly's Mom (uncredited) |
Steve Antonucci | Soldier (uncredited) |
Steve Buscemi | Dale Martin |
Stevie Ray Dallimore | Kelly's Father |
T.J. Allen | Teenager #2 |
Woody Harrelson | Captain Tony Stone |
Yaya DaCosta | Monica Washington (as Yaya Dacosta) |