Crash writer and director
Paul Haggis is in talks with
Tommy Lee Jones and
Charlize Theron to star in his next movie
The Garden of Elah (formely titled In The Valley of Elah). The movie is based on a written article found in Playboy magazine titled "Death and Dishonor" which was quickly picked up by Warner Brothers to be made into a feature. More info from
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"Jones will play a career soldier whose son mysteriously goes AWOL, shortly after returning to the U.S. from the front lines in Iraq. Theron will play a local police detective who helps him get to the bottom of the soldier's disappearance". Strangely enough I saw
Steven Spielberg's first feature
Duel yesterday which was also based on an article written in Playboy magazine. Funny where movie ideas come from. I didn't mind Crash but I still can't get over how that movie won the best picture oscar over
Cinderella Man and especially
Walk the Line. Yes his movies carry important and serious messages but it just seems so contrived and relentless that by the movie's end I'm sick of what his message is. source -
variety,
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