The Hurt Locker

• Box Office: “Hurt Locker” Huge!

  Published on: June 28, 2009

  By: Peter Knegt
  indieWIRE

  Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” bowed in four theaters this weekend and according to estimates, it took in a huge $144,000 gross. That makes for a $36,000 average for the Summit Entertainment release, topping the opening of recent films like “Whatever Works” and “Away We Go” to become the second biggest limited debut of 2009, behind only “Sunshine Cleaning.” This is particularly impressive considering that, unlike those three examples, “Locker” is not a comedy and does not feature any well-known stars.  It’s also set amidst the Iraq war, which has spelt box office death for essentially any other film. But it seems fantastic reviews and a plot that focuses less directly on the political or social themes of the war and more on a deadly game of urban combat, has helped “Locker” kick the losing streak, at least so far.

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• Director Kathryn Bigelow talks 'Hurt Locker'

  Published on: June 26, 2009

  Charlie Rose

  This weekend the critics acclaimed a new action movie — a story of men and robots at war against a group of machines that could destroy part of the planet. That film was The Hurt Locker, about U.S. soldiers defusing bombs in Baghdad. It opened at just four theaters in New York City and Los Angeles and earned $144,000, for a robust screen average of $36,000.

  Charlie Rose got a chance to talk to The Hurt Locker Director Kathryn Bigelow about her new film.

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• 'Hurt Locker' pits men against bombs

  Published on: June 9, 2009

  The great director Alfred Hitchcock used to describe the distinction between surprise and suspense in terms of a bomb placed underneath a table.

  If two people sit at the table and the bomb suddenly goes off, Hitchcock explained, that's surprise. But if an audience watches the bomb get placed under the table, and the people at the table have an innocuous conversation, and the bomb is set to go off in a few minutes, and time ticks away while the audience fidgets -- that, said Hitchcock, is suspense.

  "The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow had plenty of both to work with.

  "The Hurt Locker," which opens in limited release June 26 and wider throughout July, concerns a Baghdad-based American bomb disposal unit in the Iraq war. It's the job of the unit, and particularly Staff Sgt. William James (Jeremy Renner), to find and defuse the bombs set around the city, a constant battle during the film's 2003-04 time frame.

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