The Hurt Locker
You don't have to be a hero to do this job. But it helps.
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
- Director
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Worldwide
- $49M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
16 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
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The record
Awards
8 wins · 9 nominations
Academy Awards
6 wins · 9 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Picture
BAFTA Awards
1 win
- WinnerBAFTA Award for Best Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Hurt Locker returned 3.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $49M
- Release date
- Oct 10, 2008
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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