In the Valley of Elah on HD DVD - Official HD DVD Site

In the Valley of Elah

Combo Format

HD DVD and DVD versions on one disc

Release Date

03/11/08

Genre:

Mystery, Drama

Starring:

Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco

Directed By:

Paul Haggis

Studio:

Warner Home Video

Rated:

Why Own it on HD DVD

Dolby TrueHD audio intensifies the intimate conversations of a family dealing with the disappearance of their son, an Iraq war veteran, upon his return to U.S. soil, while high definition video lends a heartrending depth to the merciless landscape of the American West. Academy Award®-winning director Paul Haggis’ (Crash) second film features a superb ensemble cast, plus special features that include a making-of documentary, a featurette on the theme of post-traumatic stress disorder and an additional scene not shown in theaters.

In the Valley of Elah: Documentary
In the Valley of Elah: After Iraq
Director Paul Haggis combines elements of fiction and reality into the making of In the Valley of Elah.
In the Valley of Elah: Coming Home
An exploration in the theme of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Additional Scene

“TRIUMPHANT!”—Richard Schickel, TIME
Mike Deerfield returns to the U.S. after his tour of duty in Iraq and abruptly goes missing. His father Hank, a spit-and-polish ex-MP from the Vietnam era, goes looking for him. What he finds goes to the convulsive heart of American combat experiences in the Iraqi conflict. Academy Award®-winning Crash filmmaker Paul Haggis teams with Oscar®-winning actors Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon in a probing, powerful, fact-based look at fathers and sons…and at a nation and the young soldiers it sends into battle. Jones plays Hank, whose quest lays bare a tangled web of cover-up, murder, mystery and profound revelation about the personal costs of war.