Information
| Year: | 2009 |
| Rating: | 7.3(5270) |
| Listed in: | Drama, War |
| Directed by: | Ross Katz |
| Actors: | Kevin Bacon Tom Aldredge Nicholas Art Tom Bloom Guy Boyd Blanche Baker |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Ross Katz | |
| Actors | |
| Kevin Bacon | as LtCol Mike Strobl |
| Tom Aldredge | as Charlie Fitts |
| Nicholas Art | as Nate Strobl |
| Tom Bloom | as Navy Chaplain |
| Guy Boyd | as Gary Hargrove |
| James Castanien | as Robert Orndoff |
| Gordon Clapp | as Tom Garrett |
| Mike Colter | as MGySgt Demetry |
| Henry Coy | as Marine Driver |
| Joel de la Fuente | as Ticketing Agent |
| Tate Ellington | as A.V. Scott |
| Noah Fleiss | as Army Sergeant |
| Julian Gamble | as Jeff Mack |
| Enver Gjokaj | as Corporal Arenz |
| Brendan Griffin | as Major Thompson |
| Adam Hayes | as Dover Team Leader |
| Danny Hoch | as TSA Agent |
| Tom Kemp | as Business Man |
| John Bedford Lloyd | as General Kruger |
| John Magaro | as Rich Brewer |
| Matthew Morrison | as Robert Rouse |
| Maximilian Osinski | as Sgt. Neuman |
| Wolé Parks | as Major Schott |
| Del Pentecost | as Minneapolis Cargo Handler |
| Dominic Colon | as Minneapolis Cargo Handler |
| Victor Slezak | as Sgt Mulcahy |
| Felix Solis | as Philly Cargo Worker |
| William Wise | as Larry Hertzog |
| Tom Wopat | as John Phelps |
| Sherman Alpert | as Funeral Attendee |
| James P. Anderson | as Mortician's Assistant |
| Gerald Blakey | as VFW Member at Funeral |
| Andrew Stephen Bradley | as Funeral Attendee |
| David Campbell | as Funeral Attendee |
| Kevin Cannon | as VFW Veteran |
| Michael Ciesla | as Army Escort Cleary |
| Chris Cullen | as Funeral Attendee |
| Joe Cummings | as Marine Pallbearer |
| Ryan Curtis | as Funeral Attendee |
| George DelFarno | as Funeral Attendee |
| Mike Doyle | |
| Ryan Dutcher | as Funeral Attendee |
| Phil E. Eichinger | as Marine Officer |
| Richard Essig | as Funeral goer |
| Logan Fry | as Rancher at Funeral |
| Gabriel Furman | as Marine |
| Les Gardonyi | as Funeral Attendee |
| Frank Hansen | as Uniformed Sentry |
| Don Finklea Jr | as Honor Guard/Air Force Member |
| Steven J. Klaszky | as Funeral Attendee |
| John Launder | as MCL Funeral Attendee |
| Sean Marrinan | as VFW Honor Guard |
| Scott Napolitano | as Funeral Attendee |
| Phil Newsom | as Gurney Pusher |
| Joel Ney | as Chance Phelps' Classmate |
| Chance Phelps | |
| Ray Reynolds | as Funeral Attendee |
| Kevin Rosenfield | as Funeral Attendee |
| D. Justyn Ryan | as Flight Attendant |
| Lenny Safko | as Funeral Attendee |
| Tim Schuebel | as Vfw veteran |
| Karim Sioud | as Marine |
| Bob Socci | as Marine Retiree at Funeral |
| Mitchell Speert | as Air Force Veteran |
| Bud Stafford | as MCL Quartermaster - Funeral Attendee |
| C.J. Szalankiewicz | as Boy in Car |
| Jared Uhrich | as Marine Pallbearer |
| Frederick Volz II | as Marine Escort Volz |
| Blake Young-Fountain | as Soldier |
| Actresses | |
| Blanche Baker | as Chris Phelps |
| Liza Colón-Zayas | as Ticketing Agent |
| Ann Dowd | as Gretchen |
| Ruby Jerins | as Olivia Strobl |
| Christina Rouner | as Tall Flight Attendant |
| Sarah Thompson | as Annie |
| Paige Turco | as Stacey Strobl |
| Sharon Washington | as Mortuary Technician |
| Julie White | as Colonel Karen Bell |
| Emily Wickersham | as Kelley Phelps |
| Alana Cadiz | as Funeral Attendee |
| Carla-Rae | as Native American Woman at Funeral |
| Judah Devoreaux | as Leiutenant |
| Erica Dilanjian | as Funeral Attendee |
| Cheryl Laviola | as Funeral Attendee |
| Kara Laviola | as Funeral Attendee |
| Patricia Nicastro | as Funeral Attendee |
| Jennifer Oleniczak | as Funeral Attendee |
| Catherine Pierce | as Woman at the airport |
| Sue Sadik | as Funeral Attendee |
| Kristen Schiano | as Funeral Attendee |
| Missy Yager | as Michelle |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Plot: | In April, 2004, casualties mount in Iraq. At Quantico, choices focus on increasing troop strength or only replacing casualties. Lt. Col. Mike Strobl crunches numbers. Stung by his superior's rejection of his recommendation because he lacks recent combat experience, Strobl volunteers for escort duty, accompanying the remains Pfc. Chance Phelps, killed at 19. From Dover to Philadelphia by hearse, from there to Minneapolis and on to Billings by plane, and then by car to Phelps' Wyoming home - person after person pays respects. Kind words, small gifts, and gratitude are given Strobl to deliver to the family on this soul-searching journey. What are his own discoveries? |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Take The Highway" Written by Toy Caldwell Performed by The Marshall Tucker Band By Arrangement with Natural Energy Lab "In My Own Way" Written by Toy Caldwell Performed by The Marshall Tucker Band By Arrangement with Natural Energy Lab |
Goofs
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Continuity: During the scene on the nighttime tarmac where the two escorts meet the camera cuts back and forth between the marine and the soldier. In one of the cuts the Air Assault badge on the sergeants left breast pocket flap jumps from centered (which is correct) to right justified (which is not). When the camera cuts back to him it is realigned. Continuity: While riding in the transport vehicle from the mortuary center to the Philly airport Lt. Col Strobl's seat belt shoulder strap moves in between shots while speaking with the driver. You see his silver oak leaf, then it is covered, and then you see it again. Revealing mistakes: When asked to verify the remains, the camera jumps back in forth to the tagging of the remains which shows two completely different ID tags. Fact errors: They show the fallen soldier being loaded into and out of a NWA DC-9, but the aircraft shown landing in Billings, MT is an AirBus 319. Fact errors: The hearse from Billings to Dubois shows county plate 7 which is Goshen county on the east side of the state. Dubois is in Fremont county 10. Fact errors: The US and Infantry insignia brass were improperly aligned on the Army's Sgt class A uniform. Revealing mistakes: When Lt Col Strobl arrives at his motel room in Wyoming before the funeral, the information sheet on the table concerning the services has a misspelling: Cemetary (should be Cemetery). Revealing mistakes: In the parking lot where the funeral is to take place, Lt. Col. Strobl is driving a vehicle with a Montana "57 county" license plate. There are no 57 county plates in Montana as the state only has 56 counties. GEOG: While at Dover AFB getting his assignment, they tell the Colonel they will depart from Philadelphia International airport. The exterior and interior shots are not that of said airport. GEOG: The flight into Billings, MT was filmed at the airport in Bozeman, MT. Continuity: Early in the movie during the scene where the flag-draped coffins arrive on the plane, there is a camera shot of the back loading ramp opening from inside the aircraft. If you watch closely you will notice the ramp is already wet with foot prints as it opens while the soldiers are waiting in the nighttime rain to transfer the coffins. This obviously wasn't the first take, since it makes you aware of the rain outside even before the door opens. Continuity: The coffin is loaded into a Northwest Airlines DC-9 in Philadelphia, but the plane shown landing in Minneapolis is a Boeing 747. When it's time to unload the coffin in Minneapolis, the plane is again an DC-9. The next day, the coffin is loaded into an MD-80 for the flight to Billings, Montana, but the plane that lands in Billings is a NWA Airbus A319. Again, when the coffin is unloaded in the cargo area at the Billings airport for the trip by hearse to Wyoming, it is removed from an DC-9. NWA does operate all three aircraft types, but they were not shown consistently in the movie. Fact errors: When LtCol Strobl is reading the list of prior incidents in the lobby of the mortuary, one of the incidents is listed as having occurred at "Nellis AFB, NY". Nellis Air Force Base is in Nevada, not New York. CHAR: When Lt Col Strobl arrives at his motel room in Wyoming before the funeral, the information sheet on the table concerning the services uses the wrong word (Internment) regarding the burial. Internment means imprisonment. The correct word would be interment. Fact errors: Military protocol says the casket will be loaded or carried feet first. During one of the scenes where they are loading the C-17 one of the caskets is being loaded with the blue of the American flag loaded first. The blue of the flag is always draped over the head/shoulder indicating the head is being loaded first. CHAR: The commands "Present Arms" and "Order Arms" would not have been used unless the escorts were actually under arms. The correct commands would have been "Hand Salute" and "Ready, Two," and would have always been given by the senior enlisted man present (not by LCOL Strobl). |
Quotes
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Korean War Vet: You are his witness now. Without a witness, they just disappear. LtCol Mike Strobl: [Noticing Annie had typed "HOT soldier" into her phone] Actually, it's Marine. LtCol Mike Strobl: If I'm not over there, what am I? Those guys, guys like Chance... they're Marines. Charlie Fitts: And you think you're not? Want to be with your family every night - you think you have to justify that? You'd better stop right there, sir. You've brought Chance home. You're his witness now. Without a witness, they just disappear. [First Line] LtCol Mike Strobl: Once per quarter we'll give you a run down on battalion and squadron level readiness and today's briefing will focus on First Marine Division. [Last Line] LtCol Mike Strobl: Hey, Hi I'm home. Come here. Group Hug. How you guys doing? |
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