The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker is about a US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team in Iraq who face various challenges, including failing to defuse a bomb with a robot, dealing with guilt and personal demons, and ultimately having to abandon a man with a suicide bomb strapped to him. The Hurt Locker is a 2009 American English-language Drama History film starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse and Matt Ward. Voltage Pictures in association with Grosvenor Park Media, Film Capital Europe Funds, First Light Productions and Kingsgate Films. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro. The Hurt Locker is written by Mark Boal and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Summit Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Hurt Locker was released on 9th April 2010 and takes a screen time of 131 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Hurt Locker was made on a budget of $15 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $49 million. Cinematography was done by Barry Ackroyd and editing by Chris Innis and Bob Murawski. The music was composed by Marco Beltrami along with Buck Sanders. At the 2010 Oscar Awards It won 6 awards including: Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Sound Mixing and Best Achievement in Sound Editing. At the 2010 BAFTA Awards It also won an award for Best Director.