The Messenger Articles

Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson in The Messenger There were quite a few surprises among the nominees for the St. Louis Film Critics Association 2009 Awards. I mean, Kim So Yong's Treeless Mountain for best foreign language film? Jeff Stilson's Good Hair for best documentary? Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Oren Moverman (The Messenger) for best director? Patton Oswald (Big Fan) and Ben Foster (The [...]

2009 AFI Awards 2009 AFI Awards: Dec. 13, 2009   Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton in Precious   AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR (in alphabetical order) CORALINE THE HANGOVER THE HURT LOCKER THE MESSENGER PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE A SERIOUS MAN A SINGLE MAN SUGAR UP UP IN THE AIR   AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR (in alphabetical order) THE BIG [...]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer The Detroit Film Critics Society has announced its list of 2009 nominees. Those competing for the best picture award are Marc Webb's sleeper hit (500) Days of Summer, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker, Quentin Tarantino's anti-Nazi fantasy Inglourious Basterds, Pete Docter's animated Up, and Jason Reitman's socially conscious Up in the Air. All [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnm885kLggY[/youtube] Directed by Oren Moverman, and written by Moverman and Alessandro Camon, The Messenger stars Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton and Jena Malone. The film chronicles the emotional struggles of an American soldier after he becomes involved with the widow of a fallen officer. The Messenger won both the Silver Bear for best screenplay and the Peace Award at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, [...]