SgtJim
01-03-2012, 08:16 AM
a must see film, trailer is above the texts
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12161
A Film By Danfung Dennis
**WINNER IDA Awards – Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award**
**NOMINEE – Gotham Independent Film Awards – Best Documentary**
**NOMINEE – British Independent Film Awards – Best Documentary**
**NOMINEE – Cinema Eye Honors – Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Production, Best Debut Feature**
**WINNER World Cinema Grand Jury Award Documentary – Sundance Film Festival 2011**
**WINNER World Cinema Cinematography Award– Sundance Film Festival 2011**
**WINNER World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary – Sundance Film Festival 2011**
**WINNER World Cinema Cinematography Award– Sundance Film Festival 2011**
**WINNER – Best Film of the Documentary Competition — Moscow Int’l Film Festival**
**WINNER Harrell Award for Best Documentary- Camden International Film Festival 2011**
Release Date: October 5 at Film Forum in NYC, October 14 at Laemmle Monica in LA
Running Time: 88 minutes
Rating: Unrated
Language: English and Pashtu with English subtitles
Official Webstie: hellandbackagain.com (http://www.hellandbackagain.com/); docurama.com
Photos Available at:hellandbackagain.com
Marines of Echo Company 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Sergeant Nathan Harris
Ashley Harris
Lieutenant ColonelChristian Cabaniss
Captain Eric Meador
Lieutenant Edward Hubbard
Chaplain Terry Roberts
Staff Sergeant Doug Webb
Lieutenant CommanderRobert Gaines
Lieutenant CommanderMatthew Swibe
Sergeant Chris MacDonald
SYNOPSIS
From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate, visceral portrait of one man’s personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife, Ashley. Masterfully contrasting the intensity of the frontline with the unsettling normalcy of home, HELL AND BACK AGAIN lays bare the true cost of war.
LONG SYNOPSIS
In 2009, U.S. Marines launched a major helicopter assault on a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. Within hours of being dropped deep behind enemy lines, 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris’s unit (US Marines Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment) is attacked from all sides. Cut off and surrounded, the Marines fight a ghostlike enemy and experience immense hostility from displaced villagers caught in the middle.
Embedded in Echo Company during the assault, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis captures the frontline action with visceral immediacy. When Sergeant Harris returns home to North Carolina after a life-threatening injury in battle, the film evolves from stunning war reportage to the story of one man’s personal apocalypse. With the love and support of his wife, Ashley, Harris struggles to overcome the difficulties of transitioning back to civilian life.
In immense physical pain, Sergeant Harris grows addicted to his medication. His agony deepens as he attempts to reconcile the gulf between his experience of war and the terrifying normalcy of life at home. The two realities seamlessly intertwine to communicate both the extraordinary drama of war and, for a generation of soldiers, the no less difficult experience of returning home.
An unprecedented exploration of the moving image and a film of uncommon intimacy, HELL AND BACK AGAIN comes full circle as it lays bare the true cost of war.
http://vimeo.com/29165748
PLAY DATES COMING SOON
January 6 The Magic Lantern (http://www.magiclanternspokane.com/); Spokane, WA
January 6 MFA Boston (http://www.mfa.org/); Boston, MA
January 6 Ross Media Arts Center (http://www.theross.org/); Lincoln, NE
January 12 Mountaintop Film Festival (http://www.mountaintopfilmfestival.com/); Waitsfield, VT
January 15 Colonial Theatre; Phoenixville, PA
January 16 Mountaintop Film Festival (http://www.mountaintopfilmfestival.com/); Waitsfield, VT
January 19 Mountaintop Film Festival (http://www.mountaintopfilmfestival.com/); Waitsfield, VT
January 22 Peace & Justice Center special screening at Merrill Roxy Theater (http://merrilltheatres.net/); Burlington, VT
January 25 Full Frame Winter Series (http://www.fullframefest.org/events.php); Durham, NC
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12161
A Film By Danfung Dennis
**WINNER IDA Awards – Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award**
**NOMINEE – Gotham Independent Film Awards – Best Documentary**
**NOMINEE – British Independent Film Awards – Best Documentary**
**NOMINEE – Cinema Eye Honors – Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Production, Best Debut Feature**
**WINNER World Cinema Grand Jury Award Documentary – Sundance Film Festival 2011**
**WINNER World Cinema Cinematography Award– Sundance Film Festival 2011**
**WINNER World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary – Sundance Film Festival 2011**
**WINNER World Cinema Cinematography Award– Sundance Film Festival 2011**
**WINNER – Best Film of the Documentary Competition — Moscow Int’l Film Festival**
**WINNER Harrell Award for Best Documentary- Camden International Film Festival 2011**
Release Date: October 5 at Film Forum in NYC, October 14 at Laemmle Monica in LA
Running Time: 88 minutes
Rating: Unrated
Language: English and Pashtu with English subtitles
Official Webstie: hellandbackagain.com (http://www.hellandbackagain.com/); docurama.com
Photos Available at:hellandbackagain.com
Marines of Echo Company 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Sergeant Nathan Harris
Ashley Harris
Lieutenant ColonelChristian Cabaniss
Captain Eric Meador
Lieutenant Edward Hubbard
Chaplain Terry Roberts
Staff Sergeant Doug Webb
Lieutenant CommanderRobert Gaines
Lieutenant CommanderMatthew Swibe
Sergeant Chris MacDonald
SYNOPSIS
From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate, visceral portrait of one man’s personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife, Ashley. Masterfully contrasting the intensity of the frontline with the unsettling normalcy of home, HELL AND BACK AGAIN lays bare the true cost of war.
LONG SYNOPSIS
In 2009, U.S. Marines launched a major helicopter assault on a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. Within hours of being dropped deep behind enemy lines, 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris’s unit (US Marines Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment) is attacked from all sides. Cut off and surrounded, the Marines fight a ghostlike enemy and experience immense hostility from displaced villagers caught in the middle.
Embedded in Echo Company during the assault, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis captures the frontline action with visceral immediacy. When Sergeant Harris returns home to North Carolina after a life-threatening injury in battle, the film evolves from stunning war reportage to the story of one man’s personal apocalypse. With the love and support of his wife, Ashley, Harris struggles to overcome the difficulties of transitioning back to civilian life.
In immense physical pain, Sergeant Harris grows addicted to his medication. His agony deepens as he attempts to reconcile the gulf between his experience of war and the terrifying normalcy of life at home. The two realities seamlessly intertwine to communicate both the extraordinary drama of war and, for a generation of soldiers, the no less difficult experience of returning home.
An unprecedented exploration of the moving image and a film of uncommon intimacy, HELL AND BACK AGAIN comes full circle as it lays bare the true cost of war.
http://vimeo.com/29165748
PLAY DATES COMING SOON
January 6 The Magic Lantern (http://www.magiclanternspokane.com/); Spokane, WA
January 6 MFA Boston (http://www.mfa.org/); Boston, MA
January 6 Ross Media Arts Center (http://www.theross.org/); Lincoln, NE
January 12 Mountaintop Film Festival (http://www.mountaintopfilmfestival.com/); Waitsfield, VT
January 15 Colonial Theatre; Phoenixville, PA
January 16 Mountaintop Film Festival (http://www.mountaintopfilmfestival.com/); Waitsfield, VT
January 19 Mountaintop Film Festival (http://www.mountaintopfilmfestival.com/); Waitsfield, VT
January 22 Peace & Justice Center special screening at Merrill Roxy Theater (http://merrilltheatres.net/); Burlington, VT
January 25 Full Frame Winter Series (http://www.fullframefest.org/events.php); Durham, NC