The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker is a critically acclaimed and independently made 2008 American war film about an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are being targeted by insurgents with booby traps, remote control detonations and ambushes. The lowest-grossing film to have been awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, it is also the first (and to date only) winner with a female director. The writer drew on his experience during embeded access to provide an authentic background for the production, although army procedures were portrayed with artistic licence. The The Hurt Locker shows soldiers' varying psychological reactions to the stress of combat, which though intolerable to some, is addictive to others. The story unfolds after a master sergeant is killed by an insurgent trap and an apparently calm veteran is brought in to head the squad. His comrades suspect that their new team leader is being driven to take terrifying risks.

Production

The small budget film was was independently produced and directed by Kathryn Bigelow and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a U.S. Army EOD team in Iraq. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty.

Hurt Locker (musical)

Hurt Locker The Musical is a fictional musical in the 2014 Broadway premiere production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In the Broadway performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch the musical opens with Hedwig explaining that the musical only ran for a single night before closing during intermission, and that she has convinced a producer to let her perform in what would otherwise be an empty stage. Fake Playbills for the musical are used as props and are found scattered on the floor of the Belasco Theatre and contains advertisements for other fake musicals based on feature films such as Gravity on Ice, Container Store: The Musical, The Entire Bible, and SoulCycle on Broadway. The Playbills, which describe the musical as having "explosions, negligible storytelling, camouflage and tits", also state that the musical's cast included actors such as Taye Diggs (who would go on to play the role of Hedwig in the summer of 2015) and that the music was written by Metallica and Stephen R. Schwartz, which is the real name of "Hedwig" songwriter Stephen Trask.

Hurt Locker (song)

"Hurt Locker " is a song by American rapper Xzibit. One part in the song also contains a short sample of Beastie Boys's 1992 hit single "So What'cha Want".

Music video

A music video was released on June 17. The single was released on iTunes on June 22. The main sample of the song is taken from the instrumental introduction of rock band Boston's 1976 song "Foreplay/Long Time."