In the Valley of Elah is Academy Award-winning writer/director Paul Haggis’s follow-up to Crash. The drama follows Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones), a former military MP whose son goes missing upon his return from Iraq, and costars Susan Sarandon as his wife and Charlize Theron as the detective in charge of his case.
“I got to know [writer/director] Paul [Haggis] while I was nominated for North Country. We were doing the award circle; he was doing it for Crash. And the two of us were, like, the only losers in an alley smoking cigarettes, and he told me about this project,” recounts Theron. “We kind of kept running into each other and he kept talking about …

From writer/drector Paul Haggis (Crash, 2005) comes a mystery about a father in search of his missing son. A David and Goliath theme and an underlying message about the military presence in Iraq provide a good backdrop for this narrative. The screenplay was inspired by Mark Boal’s Playboy magazine article, “Death and Dishonor”.
Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones), a retired military police officer from the Vietnam war, his wife, Joan (Susan Sarandon), and civilian police detective Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron), a single mother struggling to raise a young son, are the major characters in the film. The story begins when Hank’s second son (his first son David was killed in the military) Mike (Jonathan Tucker) has …

Hollywood.com has a video of interviews with Charlize, Paul Haggis, Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones and scenes from the film. Click here to watch now.

MoviesOnline sat down last weekend with Paul Haggis at the Los Angeles press day for his new film, “In the Valley of Elah,” which he wrote, directed, and produced. The suspense drama tells the story of a father’s (Tommy Lee Jones) search for his missing son, a soldier who is reported AWOL after recently returning from Iraq. Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron also star. Haggis wrote two Best Film Oscar winners back-to-back: “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) and “Crash” (2005). For “Crash,” Haggis won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, though the film also received an additional four nominations, including one for Haggis’ direction. “Crash” reaped numerous awards during its year of release …

You may have already seen this info over at Charlize Baby, but I thought I’d post it here too, just in case you missed it. Collider.com has posted 4 clips from the film on their site (click here to view) and ExtraTV.com has posted an interview clip (click here to view) with Charlize where she dispels all those rumors that have been flying around that she and Stuart are engaged.
Tona and I have also added some photos of Charlize at the ‘In the Valley of Elah’ photocall on the 26th.

I finally had a chance to catch up on some scanning this weekend, so keep your eyes peeled for many more scans over the next few days. For now though, I’ve uploaded the following scans:
Entertainment Weekly – August 24, 2007
Esquire – September 2007 (Sexiest Woman Alive Part 3)

The official ‘In the Valley of Elah’ site has finally been launched and contains the film synopsis, trailer and stills from the film. Click here or on on the image below to be directed to the site and have a look around.

The trailer for ‘In the Valley of Elah’ is now available online and can be viewed below or here at MSN Movies.

‘In the Valley of Elah’ is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September. More information will be provided as it becomes available.
Click below to read an article about Paul Haggis and the film. Please note that it is in Italian and I don’t currently have a translation of it available.
Thanks to Riikka for the info and article.