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  • Patricia Bauer
    Pat Bauer graduated from Ripon College in 1977 with a double major in Spanish and Theatre. She spent most of the next 42 years working as a copy editor and editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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Invalidated site: ScholarWorks at GVSU - Cinematic Realism in Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" (PDF). Nov 06, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - 'Hurt Locker' Creators On Explosive New Thriller. Sep 12, 2026
Add new Web site: CBC News - The Hurt Locker. Dec 13, 2025
Add new Web site: ScholarWorks at GVSU - Cinematic Realism in Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" (PDF). Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: St Andrews Research Repository - Embodiment in the war film: Paradise Now and The Hurt Locker (PDF). Mar 21, 2025
Added cross-reference to Anthony Mackie and restructured article. Oct 18, 2024
Links added. Aug 06, 2024
Add new Web site: American Film Institute - The Hurt Locker (2009). Nov 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - The Hurt Locker. Jun 30, 2023
Added cross-reference. May 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Hurt Locker (2008). May 12, 2023
Add new Web site: AllMovie - The Hurt Locker (2008). Apr 01, 2023
Media added. Jun 07, 2021
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008). Sep 26, 2019
New article added. Oct 25, 2017
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