The Messenger (2009)

Cast and Crew

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Director

Oren Moverman

Producer

Mark Gordon, Zach Miller, Lawrence Inglee, Benjamin Goldhirsh

Screenwriter

Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman

Starring

• Ben Foster
• Woody Harrelson as Captain Tony Stone
• Samantha Morton as Olivia Pitterson
• Jena Malone as Kelly
• Eamonn Walker as Colonel Stuart Dorsett
• J.D. Daniels

Movie Story

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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 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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