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The Messenger

Release Date:November 13, 2009

Running Time:113 min

Genres:Drama, Romance

Director

Cast

Ben Foster Woody Harrelson Jena Malone Eamonn Walker Samantha Morton Steve Buscemi Dale Soules Stevie Ray Dallimore Michael Chernus Yaya DaCosta Marceline Hugot Lindsay Michelle Nader

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.

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