Article: Masterful Tommy Lee

Article: Paul Haggis, the Director Success Didn't Spoil
The Washington Post;  September 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Paul Haggis, Academy Award winner, wants...involves pest control. So Paul Haggis says, "Oh, do you need help...niceness. Decency overload. Paul Haggis, what are you trying to...and follows a father -- Tommy Lee Jones -- on his lump-in...went into his success. Says ...

Article: Frances Fisher and Wes Chatham (Showtime's "Barbershop") have joined the cast of Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah," starring Charlize Theron and Tommy Lee Jones.(Players)(Brief article)
Daily Variety;  December 7, 2006 ;     39 words ...Frances Fisher and Wes Chatham (Showtime's Barbershop ) have joined the cast of Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah, starring Charlize Theron and Tommy Lee Jones. Chatham plays a soldier, Fisher a waitress at a strip joint. Pic is lensing in New Mexico.

Article: Warners arm tends 'Garden'.(The Garden of Elah)(Warner Bros. contracts with Paul Haggis, Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron for new movie)(Brief article)
Daily Variety;  September 22, 2006 ;     216 words ...Paul Haggis--who'd been expected to follow Crash with an adaptation of Richard Clarke...expose Against A Enemies --is changing course. He's in talks to next direct Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron in The Garden of Elah, eyeing a late-year start...

Article: In The Valley of Elah SLOW-BURNER: Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon. (2hrs 1min), Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, Director: Paul Haggis.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  January 25, 2008 ;     380 words ......about the shades of morality in a war zone. Writer-director Paul Haggis, who famously led Crash to a shock Best Picture victory at...gruff father, retired military police officer Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones) travels to Fort Rudd to investigate. While Hank's wife...

Article: Don't mess with Tommy Lee Jones.
AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);  September 20, 2007 ;     557 words ...Byline: Phil Villarreal Sep. 20--Tommy Lee Jones could stare holes through a lead wall. When the...and his father Lanny's investigation. Writer/director Paul Haggis won Oscars for his Million Dollar Baby and Crash screenplays...disturbing content, language and some sexuality/nudity. --Cast: ...

Article: Taking on the US Goliath ; Tommy Lee Jones is intensely moving as a father investigating the death of his soldier son in Paul Haggis's film, which dares to criticise the Iraq war
Evening Standard - London;  January 24, 2008 ;     462 words ......droves. Let's hope we Brits are more curious. Oscar-winner Paul Haggis's followup to Crash offers what is in many ways a predictable "journey" for its retired army hero Hank (Tommy Lee Jones) but where it winds up is genuinely shocking. It would...

Article: Jason Patric.(cast for Paul Haggis new movie "In the Valley of Elah")(Brief article)
Daily Variety;  November 2, 2006 ;     59 words ...Jason Patric ( The Alamo ) will join Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron in Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah, which will be distributed domestically by Warner Independent Pictures. The drama begins filming Dec. 4...

Article: If I don't have fun making a movie, I know the audience will think it's a flop as well; Hollywood tough guy Tommy Lee Jones wasn't scared to play chicken for his latest role, discovers JOHN MILLAR.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 24, 1998 ;     583 words ...Hollywood superstar Tommy Lee Jones admits his craggy looks have...The Fugitive. So when we first see Tommy Lee he has a gun in feathered hand, as...the top of the chicken suit. Since Tommy Lee has a reputation for being difficult...

Article: Paul Haggis' movies ponder the imponderable: The writer-director of difficult movies, such as 'In the Valley of Elah,' asks hard questions.
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  September 25, 2007 ;     653 words ...Byline: Roger Moore Sep. 25--Paul Haggis had been writing for TV and the movies...There's a missing Iraq vet whose ex-MP dad (Tommy Lee Jones) is looking for him. The dad's...through the eyes of the ex-MP father (Tommy Lee Jones) looking for the truth, over there...

Article: TOMMY LEE JONES SHINES IN 'ELAH'.(What's Happening)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 14, 2007 ;     314 words ...Byline: SEAN AXMAKER Special to the P-I Paul Haggis doesn't lack for ambition. He tackled no less than the state...his storytelling more honed. And it doesn't hurt to have Tommy Lee Jones driving the film with a beautifully realized performance...

Article: Charlize Theron and Tommy Lee Jones going to 'The Garden of Elah'
The Hindustan Times;  September 23, 2006 ;     111 words ......brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, Sept 23 -- 'Crash' director Paul Haggis is in talks to direct fellow Oscar winners Charlize Theron and Tommy Lee Jones in a new drama called 'The Garden of Elah'. In the movie, Jones will play...

Article: There's so much more to Tommy than Men in Black; Star interview: Tommy Lee Jones.(Features)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  January 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ...TOMMY Lee Jones, like the screen characters...casualty of the Iraq War in Paul Haggis's searing In The Valley Of...special effects blockbusters, Tommy Lee maintains he isn't making...communities apart at the seams. Tommy Lee's sheriff longs for a quieter...servicemen home. ...

Article: Nothing personal for Tommy Lee; to the cinema.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  January 11, 2008 ;     516 words ...Byline: By ROBIN WALKER TOMMY Lee Jones, like the screen characters...casualty of the Iraq War in Paul Haggis's searing In The Valley Of...special effects blockbusters, Tommy Lee maintains he isn't making...communities apart at the seams. Tommy Lee's sheriff longs for a ...

Article: Peacock's 'Tommy Lee' passes entrance exam.(Peacock Films' Tommy Lee Goes to College)(Brief Article)
Daily Variety;  August 18, 2005 ;     291 words ...NBC's Tommy Lee Goes to College recorded passable grades...Brother 6 on CBS among young adults. Tommy Lee certainly performed better than most...According to Nielsen, the 9 o'clock preem of Tommy Lee Goes to College, in which the rocker...