In the Valley of Elah is a 2007 English-language Crime Drama motion picture directed by Paul Haggis and produced by Patrick Wachsberger, Steven Samuels, Darlene Caama O Loquet, Paul Haggis and Laurence Becsey under the banner of NALA Films in collaboration with Samuels Media and Blackfriars Bridge. In Monroe, Tennes, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfield pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank ms to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him? Written by. In the valley of elah features Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Frances Fisher, Susan Sarandon, Jason Patric, James Franco and Wil Willis. The screenplay is written by Paul Haggis. The music was composed by Mark Isham. Cinematography was done by Roger Deakins and editing by Jo Francis. The film has a running time of 121 minutes. It was released on 20th December 2007. In the Valley of Elah was made on a budget of $23 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $29 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Warner Independent Pictures.