In the Valley of Elah
Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it.
Overview
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
- Budget
- $23,000,000
- Revenue
- $29,541,790
- Production
- Warner Independent Pictures, NALA Films, Summit Entertainment, Samuels Media, Blackfriars Bridge Films
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Cast
Tommy Lee Jones
Hank Deerfield
Charlize Theron
Detective Emily Sanders
Susan Sarandon
Joan Deerfield
Frances Fisher
Evie
James Franco
Sergeant Carnelli
Jonathan Tucker
Mike Deerfield
Jason Patric
Lieutenant Kirklander
Josh Brolin
Chief Buchwald
Wes Chatham
Corporal Penning
Jake McLaughlin
Specialist Gordon Bonner
Mehcad Brooks
Specialist Ennis Long
Wayne Duvall
Detective Nugent
Brent Briscoe
Detective Hodge
Barry Corbin
Arnold Bickman
Greg Serano
Detective Manny Nunez
Zoe Kazan
Angie
Brent Sexton
Lt. Burke
Devin Brochu
David Sanders
Glenn Taranto
Detective Wayne
Roman Arabia
Private Robert Ortiez
Crew
- Director
- Paul Haggis
- Writers
- Paul Haggis,Mark Boal
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
- Composer
- Mark Isham
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Kenneth Axel Carlsson
December 30, 2014
A soldier disappears after he has come back from Iraq. His father, Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones), is alerted and sets off in the hopes of finding his son. He soon finds out that his son was actually killed, brutally you might say, his body cut up and burned. The evidence lead in no real directions, but it soon becomes apparent that his army bodies are lying, also, the images that Hank recovers from his son's phone, seem to suggest that something happened in Iraq. To say anything more would…
CinemaSerf
March 17, 2025
When “Hank” (Tommy Lee Jones) gets a call to say that his soldier son “Mike” has gone awol shortly after his return to the USA from Iraq, he sets off to track him down. Initially, he hits a wall of indifference from investigators but then an hacked-up body is discovered and quickly identified as the missing man. Together with police officer “Sanders” (Charlize Theron) - who is, herself, having to prove her worth in a chauvinist department of clods, they decide it’s best to work together on a cas…