Movie
The Messenger
Overview
Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-11-13
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Oscilloscope
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ben Foster as Will Montgomery
- Woody Harrelson as Tony Stone
- Jena Malone as Kelly
- Eamonn Walker as Stuart Dorsett
- Samantha Morton as Olivia Pitterson
- Steve Buscemi as Dale Martin
- Dale Soules as Cashier
- Stevie Ray Dallimore as Kelly's Father
- Michael Chernus as Alan
- Yaya DaCosta as Monica Washington
- Marceline Hugot as Mrs. Flanigan
- Lindsay Michelle Nader as Claire
Crew
- Oren Moverman - Director
- Alessandro Camon - Writer
- Oren Moverman - Writer
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