Based on a true story adapted for the screen by Kimberly Peirce (who directed Boys Don't Cry),
Stop-Loss centers on decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe), a soldier who makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty and is called to duty again in Iraq through the military's "stop-loss" procedure. Brandon tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his loving family, and his best friend, Steve (Channing Tatum), who served with Brandon in Iraq. Director Kimberly Peirce cast some of today's brightest young actors, Channing Tatum, Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Victor Rasuk and Abbie Cornish. The film is scheduled to be released at the end of March 2008.
Peirce recently rejoined her cast, all of them dressed in this season's most versatile color, gray, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, with photographer Matt Jones for
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