Home of the Brave (2006) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	December 15, 2006 (LA/NY) May 11, 2007 (Limited)
On DVD:	October 23, 2007
Genre:	Drama, War
Director:	Irwin Winkler
Writer:	Mark Friedman
Cast:	Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Christina Ricci, Chad Michael Murray, Curtis Jackson, Brian Presley
Studio:	MGM
Running Time:	106 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for war violence and language

From Academy Award-winner Irwin Winkler comes "Home of the Brave," the story of four American soldiers nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq. Shortly after learning their unit will soon return home, they are sent on one final humanitarian mission to bring medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village.

The unit is ambushed and takes heavy losses. The surviving troops suffer both physical and psychological injuries. Now, as they return to the United...

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The oddly concoted cast of Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Christina Ricci, Brian Presley, Chad Michael Murray and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson make up the ensemble drama Home of the Brave, a movie that looks at how soldiers have to deal with adjusting to normal life after returning from the Iraq War. Most modern war flicks have hit theaters with an astounding thud, and Home of the Brave was given a particularly cruel limited release; it's $12 million budget went to waste on pennies in revenue.

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