Tuesday, February 24, 2015

7 of the 10 War Films in The Yocum Library Collection

1.Zero dark thirty
Boal, Mark., Ellison, Megan., Bigelow, Kathryn., Chastain, Jessica,, Pratt, Chris,, Edgerton, Joel,, Clarke, Jason,
Chronicles the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden following the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of Navy SEAL Team 6.
Film - Military

2.In the valley of Elah
Haggis, Paul., Boal, Mark., Jones, Tommy Lee,, Theron, Charlize., Patric, Jason., Sarandon, Susan,, Franco, James,, Corbin, Barry,, Brolin, Josh.,
Hank, a retired Sergeant with the Military Police, receives a call informing him that his youngest son, Mike, has gone AWOL.
Film - Military

3. Restrepo
one platoon, one valley, one year
Junger, Sebastian., Hetherington, Tim., National Geographic Entertainment
This documentary chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.
Film - Military

4. Jarhead
Mendes, Sam., Gyllenhaal, Jake,, MacDonald, Scott., Sarsgaard, Peter.,Foxx, Jamie., Vargas, Jacob., Deakins, Roger A.,, Newman, Thomas,,Swofford, Anthony., Universal Pictures (Firm)
Follows "Swoff, a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a…
Film - Military

5. The hurt locker
Bigelow, Kathryn., Boal, Mark., Chartier, Nicolas., Shapiro, Greg., Renner, Jeremy., Mackie, Anthony,, Geraghty, Brian., Lilly, Evangeline,, Camargo, Christian., Fiennes, Ralph., Morse, David,, Pearce, Guy,, Beltrami, Marco.,Sanders, Buck.
US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit…
Film - Military
Film Course Reserve

6. Lone survivor
Berg, Peter,, Wahlberg, Mark,, Foster, Ben,, Hirsch, Emile,, Bana, Eric,, Kitsch, Taylor,, Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), Emmett Furla Films.
The story of four Navy SEALs sent on an ill-fated covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative. They are ambushed by enemy…
Film - Military

7. Black Hawk down
Bruckheimer, Jerry., Scott, Ridley., Nolan, Ken.,Hartnett, Josh,, McGregor, Ewan,, Sizemore, Tom,,Bana, Eric,, Fichtner, William., Bremner, Ewen.,Shepard, Sam,, Idziak, Slawomir., Scalia, Pietro,,Zimmer, Hans., Revolution Studios., Jerry Bruckheimer Films., Scott Free Productions.,Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission…
Film - Military