Since the start of the year, "The Hurt Locker, " which tells the story of an elite squad of bomb disposal experts in Iraq, has picked up numerous critics awards.
Mancunian Barry Ackroyd has one of The Hurt Locker's nine nominations for cinematography.
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Which is why Hollywood was all atwitter last Tuesday when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences failed to name the eligible producers on two of the 10 Best Picture nominees: The Hurt Locker and The Blind Side.
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The Obama administration, it seems, has granted an unusual amount of access to the team behind The Hurt Locker (writer Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow) for an upcoming campaign-season film about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.
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At Comic-Con Downey took the stage and introduced Mark Ruffalo as The Incredible Hulk, Jeremy Renner (from The Hurt Locker) as Hawkeye and the relatively unknown stars of the upcoming films Thor and Captain America.
Avatar, the highest grossing movie of all time on an unadjusted basis, and the war film The Hurt Locker each earned nine nominations including nods for best director pitting former married couple James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow against one another.
"The Hurt Locker" looks at the whole condition of war and endeavor and -- like they say -- war is human abrasion.
"That's a misrepresentation of the film, " said the Hurt Locker film-maker.
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Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal - who won Oscars in 2010 for The Hurt Locker - said last month the film depicted "a variety of controversial practices and intelligence methods".
"The Kathryn Bigelow" effect was coined by some industry observers who believed that her win for "The Hurt Locker, " the first Oscar for a woman director, would open doors of opportunity for females behind the camera.
"The Hurt Locker's" BAFTA success adds further momentum to Bigelow's chances of making history by picking up a best director Oscar -- although BAFTA voters often go their own way and choose different winners to their American counterparts.
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