The Hunting Party (2007)

The Weinstein Company
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Rating: R
Release Date: Sep 14, 2007
Running Time: 104 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue Serbo-Croatian and English
Country Of Origin: United States
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TV news reporter Simon Hunt and cameraman Duck have worked in the world's hottest war zones: from Bosnia to Iraq, from Somalia to El Salvador. Together they have dodged bullets, filed incisive reports and collected Emmy awards. Then one terrible day in a Bosnian village everything changes. During a live broadcast on national television, Simon has a meltdown. After that, Duck is promoted and Simon just disappears. Five years later Duck returns to Sarajevo with rookie reporter Benjamin to cover the fifth anniversary of the end of the war. Simon shows up, a ghost from the past, with the promise of a world exclusive. He convinces Duck that he knows the whereabouts of Bosnia's most wanted war criminal, "The Fox" Armed with only spurious information Simon, Duck and Benjamin embark on a dark and dangerous mission that takes them deep into hostile territory. It's the scoop of a lifetime but will they live to report it?
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Srdjan
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Franklin Harris
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The Hunting Party combines just the right amount of dark humor and war-is-hell mentality to show what happens when war journalists take matters into their own hands.

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We've seen movies about news correspondents struggling in the world's hottest war zones before, but The Hunting Party, inspired by a true story, gives a unique point of view on war and its aftermath, as seen through the eyes of TV news reporter Simon Hunt (Richard Gere) and his loyal cameraman, Duck (Terrence Howard). These… Continued