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The Valley Of Elah Analysis
In the Valley of Elah is an entertaining American film whose movie story focuses on investigation on the death of a military member. In this movie, we can see a tough American military dad research skills outweigh local detective police. Besides following the back story of the war in Iraq, most of the characters are military men and local police officers. The terrific casting at military base, and the wonderful acting along with perfect production design make the movie more authentic and realistic. This movie starts with a call from a military base to an old veteran that his son is missing from his base. The old military veteran, Tommy lee Jones, as Hank Deerfield drives to a military base to find out where his beloved son, Mike
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