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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #70 Stop Loss

Published on January 29, 2008

Director: Kimberly Peirce
Writer:Mark Richard and Peirce
Producers: Gregory Goodman (I Heart Huckabees), Mark Roybal (Shaft), Scott Rudin (The Darjeeling Limited ) and Peirce
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

The Gist: Written by Peirce and Mark Richard, this is about the controversial statute now used by the U.S. Defense Dept. to extend soldiers’ combat time. The story centers on a soldier (Phillippe) who returns home to Texas and is called to duty again in Iraq through the military’s “stop-loss” procedure. The soldier then refuses to return to battle.

Fact: Like Tamara Jenkins who came out with The Savages last year we’ve been waiting a long time for ths one. Peirce hasn’t directed a film since 1999’s Boys Don’t Cry.

See It:
I know what you are thinking….”not another Iraq war themed film”. Generally I share that opinon but I’m feeling that this might be a lot more ‘political’ than previous other film examples in 07′.

Release Date/Status?: Paramount Pictures postponed the release of this film – it may serve them right. In theaters March 28th.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).