{"id":6374,"date":"2009-08-21T00:35:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T23:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=6374"},"modified":"2009-11-25T20:02:05","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T20:02:05","slug":"interview-kathryn-bigelow-and-mark-boal-on-the-hurt-locker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/08\/21\/interview-kathryn-bigelow-and-mark-boal-on-the-hurt-locker\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal on The Hurt Locker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hurt Locker<\/a><\/strong> is a new film which tells the story of a United States Army bomb squad in Baghdad<\/a> during the Iraq War<\/a> during 2004.<\/p>\n

The script was written by Mark Boal<\/a>, based on his experiences as a embedded journalist in Iraq and directed by Kathryn Bigelow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It stars Jeremy Renner<\/a> as the team leader of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal<\/a> (EOD) unit and Anthony Mackie<\/a> and Brian Geraghty<\/a> as the troops assigned to cover him whilst he defuses the bombs that litter the city.<\/p>\n

Ralph Fiennes<\/a>, Guy Pearce<\/a> and David Morse<\/a> all feature in key supporting roles and the film was shot by cinematographer Barry Ackroyd<\/a>, who also worked on United 93<\/a> and various Ken Loach<\/a> films over the years.<\/p>\n

After premi\u00e8ring at the Venice film festival last September<\/a> the film has achieved enormous critical acclaim<\/a> and is a likely contender at the Oscars next year.<\/p>\n

I recently spoke to Kathryn Bigelow<\/strong> and Mark Boal<\/strong> in London about the film and you can listen to the interview here:<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/filmdetail.receptionmedia.com\/Kathryn_Bigelow_and_Mark_Boal_on_The_Hurt_Locker.mp3]\n

You can download this\u00a0interview\u00a0as a podcast via iTunes by\u00a0clicking here<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Hurt Locker<\/em><\/strong> is out at UK cinemas from Friday 28th August<\/em><\/p>\n

> Download this interview as an MP3 by clicking here<\/a>
\n> Official UK site for The Hurt Locker<\/a>
\n> Kathryn Bigelow<\/a> and Mark Boal<\/a> at the IMDb
\n> Read more reviews of The Hurt Locker<\/a> at Metacritic
\n> Find out more about the Iraq War<\/a> at Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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