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Finally, a Hollywood movie about veterans that we can all get behind
Sister Toldjah —
As we all know, for years Hollywood has had this obsession with trying to make the American military and the wars it has fought into nothing more than chest-thumping rage machines who maim and kill innocents indiscriminately (remember Brian De Palma? ‘Nuff said).
Kevin at Pundit Review has news about an upcoming HBO movie that will make you break out the Kleenex box as well as fill your heart with even more pride for our brave, honorable men and women in uniform. Here’s the trailer: ...
Taking Chance
Weekly Standard Blog —
In 2003, my friend Matt Burden of the military blog Blackfive published a remarkable, deeply moving account of Marine LtCol M.R. Strobl's escort of a fallen Marine's remains from Iraq. The blog posting eventually found a spot in Matt's definitive book on military blogging, The Blog of War, and has now been made into an HBO original movie. HBO movies and miniseries tend to be superbly written, crafted, and produced -- it appears that Taking Chance will be no exception. Here's the trailer: ...
Guard Of Honor - With Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
WSJ:
By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ
It was impossible to imagine, beforehand, all the ways a film like “Taking Chance” (Saturday, 8-9:30 p.m. EST, on HBO) could work its power. There are no conflicts, no warring sides, no mysteries of character — the usual stuff of drama. The story’s outcome is clear from the beginning. Yet it’s no less clear that “Taking Chance” is not only high drama, but a kind that is, in the most literal way, breathtaking — watching parts of it can make breathing an effort, and those parts come at every turn. It’s no less obvious that this film, about a ...
Taking Chance on HBO Tonight
Say Anything —
I hadn’t been paying this too much attention, since I haven’t bothered to hook up to cable or satellite since relocating to California, but I understand that this film does justice to the story. If you have HBO, you might want to tune in tonight.
Hat tip Blackfive
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Chance Phelps: Taking Chance
Blue Star Chronicles —
Chance Phelps was 19-years-old when he was killed in combat operations just outside of Baghdad, Iraq on April 9, 2004. Lt. Col. Michael Strobl volunteered to escort PFC Phelps home to their common hometown, Dubois, Wyoming. An HBO movie has been made of Lt. Col. Strobl’s account of his experience, Taking Chance. Read the full text of Strobl’s article below, see photos and a video of the Taking Chance movie trailer. ...
Took A Chance On "Taking Chance"
JammieWearingFool —
and left my comments over at Blackfive's place in the hopes that the Phelps family will see them. If you have HBO I can wholeheartedly recommend that you watch this movie, with generous amounts of Kleenex handy. But this is more then a movie about the sacrifice of a Marine, it is the story of America. The America we don't see on our televisions, but the one in which we all live. Too much of the attention in the media is to that 5% that manage to make asses out of themselves and therefore get more then their amount of attention. While it is the story about the honor and respect that is shown to the fallen by the military, a much bigger part of the movie ...
