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<html> <head> <title>In the Valley of Elah</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> In the Valley of Elah (1-Sep-2007) <img src="t.in-the-valley-of-elah-1.jpg" height=220 width=149 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right> Director: <a href="/people/576/000162090/">Paul Haggis</a>Writers: Mark Boal; <a href="/people/576/000162090/">Paul Haggis</a>Music by: Mark IshamProducers: Patrick Wachsberger; Steven Samuels; Darlene Caama駉 Loquet; <a href="/people/576/000162090/">Paul Haggis</a>; Laurence BecseyKeywords: <a href="/lists/800/000083551/">Drama</a><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"></div>An ex-military investigator attempts to uncover a mystery behind the disappearance of his soldier son. ABSTRACT Hank Deerfield, war veteran and present-day truck hauler based in Tennessee, receives word that son Mike has gone missing at Fort Rudd in New Mexico after returning from a tour of duty in Iraq, reported as Absent Without Official Leave. Mystified, Hank -- a former military investigator -- sets out to New Mexico in search of answers, working alongside sympathetic detective Emily Sanders to separate fact from fiction and uncover depressing truths about war's devastating impact on the human condition. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/334/000032238/">Randall Adams</a></td> <td><center>Victim</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-2010</tt></td> <td>Innocent man in The Thin Blue Line</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/542/000062356/">Brent Briscoe</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>A Simple Plan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/395/000057224/">Josh Brolin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>No Country for Old Men</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/422/000346381/">Mehcad Brooks</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Terrence King on Necessary Roughness</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/476/000049329/">Barry Corbin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/199/000108872/">Frances Fisher</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>House of Sand and Fog</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/188/000026110/">James Franco</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1978</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Freaks and Geeks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/043/000132644/">Rick Gonzalez</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-1979</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Coach Carter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/530/000022464/">Tommy Lee Jones</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Men in Black</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000354115/">Zoe Kazan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Me and Orson Welles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/911/000022845/">Jason Patric</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Lost Boys</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/762/000024690/">Susan Sarandon</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Louise in Thelma and Louise</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/688/000347644/">Brent Sexton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Stan Larsen on The Killing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000173388/">Jennifer Siebel</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wife of Gavin Newsom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/146/000026068/">Charlize Theron</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1975</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Monster</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/344/000130951/">Jonathan Tucker</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1982</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Black Donnellys</td> </tr> </table> CAST<table border=0><tr><td><a href="/people/530/000022464/">Tommy Lee Jones</a></td><td>   ...   Hank Deerfield</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/146/000026068/">Charlize Theron</a></td><td>   ...   Det. Emily Sanders</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/188/000026110/">James Franco</a></td><td>   ...   Sgt. Dan Carnelli</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/344/000130951/">Jonathan Tucker</a></td><td>   ...   Mike Deerfield</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/199/000108872/">Frances Fisher</a></td><td>   ...   Evie</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/395/000057224/">Josh Brolin</a></td><td>   ...   Chief Buchwald</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td>Wes Chatham</td><td>   ...   Cpl. Steve Penning</td></tr><tr><td>Jake McLaughlin</td><td>   ...   Spc. Gordon Bonner</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/422/000346381/">Mehcad Brooks</a></td><td>   ...   Spc. Ennis Long</td></tr><tr><td>Wayne Duvall</td><td>   ...   Det. Nugent</td></tr><tr><td>Victor Wolf</td><td>   ...   Pvt. Robert Ortiez</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/043/000132644/">Rick Gonzalez</a></td><td>   ...   Phone Technician</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/542/000062356/">Brent Briscoe</a></td><td>   ...   Det. Hodge</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/688/000347644/">Brent Sexton</a></td><td>   ...   Lt. Burke</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2>and</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/762/000024690/">Susan Sarandon</a></td><td>   ...   Joan Deerfield</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/911/000022845/">Jason Patric</a></td><td>   ...   Lt. Kirklander</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/476/000049329/">Barry Corbin</a></td><td>   ...   Arnold Bickman</td></tr><tr><td>Greg Serrano</td><td>   ...   Det. Manny Nunez</td></tr><tr><td>Devin Brochu</td><td>   ...   David Sanders</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/180/000354115/">Zoe Kazan</a></td><td>   ...   Angie</td></tr><tr><td>Glenn Taranto</td><td>   ...   Det. Wayne</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/907/000173388/">Jennifer Siebel</a></td><td>   ...   Jodie</td></tr><tr><td>Joseph Bertot</td><td>   ...   School Janitor</td></tr><tr><td>Loren Haynes</td><td>   ...   Police Photographer</td></tr><tr><td>Babak Tafti</td><td>   ...   Iraqi Prisoner</td></tr><tr><td>Sean Huze</td><td>   ...   Capt. Jim Osher</td></tr><tr><td>Jack Merrill</td><td>   ...   Medical Examiner</td></tr><tr><td>Kathy Lamkin</td><td>   ...   Chicken Shack Manager</td></tr><tr><td>David Doty</td><td>   ...   Truck Parts Salesman</td></tr><tr><td>Pab Schwendimann</td><td>   ...   Pussy's Bouncer</td></tr><tr><td>Josh Meyer</td><td>   ...   Joseph R. Millard</td></tr><tr><td>Arron Shiver</td><td>   ...   Cop</td></tr><tr><td>Jo Harvey Allen</td><td>   ...   Jo Anne</td></tr><tr><td>Chris Browning</td><td>   ...   Checker Box Bartender</td></tr><tr><td>David House</td><td>   ...   Morgue Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Matt Page</td><td>   ...   Guard</td></tr><tr><td>Pierre Barrera</td><td>   ...   TD's Bartender</td></tr><tr><td>Mike Hatfield</td><td>   ...   Jo Anne's Husband</td></tr><tr><td>James Haggis</td><td>   ...   Soccer Ball Player</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/334/000032238/">Randall Adams</a></td><td>   ...   New Recruit</td></tr><tr><td>Hans Steckly</td><td>   ...   Cpl. Steckly</td></tr></table>REVIEWS<table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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