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Boal's 2004 article "Death and Dishonor", about the 2003 murder of veteran Richard T. Davis after his return to the United States, was published in Playboy magazine. It inspired writer/director Paul Haggis , who adapted it for his fictional screenplay as the film In the Valley of Elah , which he also directed.
- January 23, 1973 (age 50), New York City, U.S.
- Oberlin College (1995)
- Journalist, screenwriter, film producer
- Christopher Stetson Boal (half-brother)
www.playboy.com. EDITOR'S NOTE. In the May 2004 issue, Playboy published Death and Dishonor by Mark Boal, an article that followed a retired Army Staff Sergeant as he searched for his missing son, an active soldier and veteran of tours in Bosnia and Iraq.
Feb 20, 2010 · Feb. 20, 2010 12 AM PT. Mark Boal’s experience as a journalist in Iraq yielded “Death and Dishonor,” a 2004 feature for “Playboy” about a veteran who was murdered by fellow soldiers...
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Jun 14, 2013 · “Death and Dishonor,” a 2004 feature in Playboy, was about an Iraq veteran who was murdered upon his return to the United States. The article inspired the 2007 film In the Valley of Elah,...
Nov 1, 2009 · There was an earlier Iraq movie, In the Valley of Elah (2007), adapted from a Mark Boal essay titled "Death and Dishonor." * The filmmaker didn’t need to go to Jordan for that one; it’s about the homecoming of a group of soldiers and the murder of a fellow soldier by one of them.
The screenplay was inspired by journalist Mark Boal's "Death and Dishonor", an article about the murder case published in Playboy magazine in 2004. It portrays a military father's search for his son and, after his body is found, subsequent hunt for his son's killers.
In May 2004, Playboy magazine published an article entitled “Death and Dishonor” by Mark Boal, chronicling the efforts of Retired Army Staff Sergeant Lanny Davis in his search for his son, Specialist Richard Davis, who was reported AWOL by the Army.
