Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

Episode 76: The Hurt Locker (2009)

Released 16 December 2020

For this episode, we watched The Hurt Locker, written by Mark Boal (won) and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (won). The stars were Jeremy Renner (nominated), Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse and Guy Pearce. In total it was nominated in nine categories and it also won for its editing, sound mixing and sound editing.

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