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The Messenger

The Messenger

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 13, 2009

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

67%

Original Title

The Messenger

Production Companies

Oscilloscope

Director

Oren Moverman

Budget

$6,500,000

Revenue

$1,595,417

Description

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.