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- The screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a U.S. Army EOD team in Iraq.
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Jul 22, 2009 · After spending time in 2004 as an embedded journalist in Iraq, Playboy writer Mark Boal turned his experiences and observations into a fictionalized character study of three bomb technicians in...
The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce.
July 10, 2009. In 2004, the journalist Mark Boal spent two weeks in Baghdad, embedded with the members of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (E.O.D.) unit. Boal’s reporting led to the screenplay...
Boal went on to write an original screenplay, titled The Hurt Locker, about a fictional set of characters and events based on his interviews and observations in Iraq. He was also a producer for the 2009 film adaptation set in Iraq, about a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) bomb squad.
Dec 21, 2009 · As a journalist, Boal reported from the front lines in Iraq, and his screenplay for The Hurt Locker was based in part on the time he spent with an elite bomb-disposal unit.
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Feb 11, 2010 · Feb. 11, 2010 12 AM PT. In 2004, investigative journalist Mark Boal persuaded Playboy magazine to send him to Iraq for a story about the “practical reality” of the war. He was embedded with a...
Feb 20, 2010 · Boal himself stepped into screenwriting (and producing) with “The Hurt Locker,” which explores the devastating affect of repeated exposure to high-intensity combat situations on the members...
