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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis stories: 4 news summaries

 Director 
 Haggis Quits 
 Scientology 
 Over Prop 8 

Crash auteur shames church with letter denouncing gay marriage stance

Oct 26, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oscar-winning writer-director Paul Haggis dealt a stunning blow to Scientology when his recent resignation letter went public. Haggis, writer of Crash and Million Dollar Baby, left Scientology after 35 years thanks to the church’s backing of California’s Proposition 8, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Haggis... More »

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entertainment • gay marriage • Scientology • celebrity • Paul Haggis • Proposition 8 • religious beliefs • Paul Haggis scientology

 Iraq Films Get Army's Attention  

Film liaisons offer help; some directors see spin

Jul 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - War films can help shape public perception, and the Army is trying to guide moviemakers away from negative portrayals of the Iraq conflict like the ones that dominated films about Vietnam. Army liaisons to Hollywood offer equipment, expertise—and script alterations that some filmmakers see as spin. The LA Times... More »

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Iraq • film • US military • US Army • film director • Vietnam War • Brian De Palma • Paul Haggis • Redacted • film studio • Iraq war • Iraq war movies • anti-war movies

'Elah' Bares Iraq Rage, Sorrow

Critics hail 'lacerating' murder probe that lays bare social scars

Sep 14, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - "In The Valley of Elah," a murder mystery with an Iraq war vet veteran as the victim, is “a raw, angry, earnest attempt to grasp the moral consequences of the war,” writes A.O. Scott of the Times. He's one of several critics who hail the... More »

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veterans • film • Paul Haggis • Tommy Lee Jones • Iraq war • movies

Iraq War Pics Win Fans at Venice Festival

De Palma's Redacted and Jones vehicle Elah generate critical buzz

Sep 5, 07 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Films about the Iraq war are hits at the Venice Film Festival, Reuters reports. One critic calls Brian De Palma's Redacted, about the rape of an Iraqi girl by US soldiers, "truly a blow to the stomach." Others tout In the Valley of Elah, starring Tommy Lee... More »

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film • Venice Film Festival • Brian De Palma • Paul Haggis • Tommy Lee Jones • Iraq war • movies

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