"Taking Chance"

[LA Ute]

Don't know if anyone's posted on this yet. My family and I watched this 78-minute HBO movie last night. It's terrific, the true story of a Marine Lieutenant Colonel (Kevin Bacon) who volunteers, for personal reasons, to escort a fallen Marine's body home from Iraq. There's much less dialogue than in most movies, and some excellent storytelling techniques. It's very moving, not a polemic of any kind. People on any sides of the war debate will find it moving and insight-provoking. My wife, my two kids (one age 12) were riveted throughout.


In other words, I loved it.

[SteelBlue]

Don't know if anyone's posted on this yet. My family and I watched this 78-minute HBO movie last night. It's terrific, the true story of a Marine Lieutenant Colonel (Kevin Bacon) who volunteers, for personal reasons, to escort a fallen Marine's body home from Iraq. There's much less dialogue than in most movies, and some excellent storytelling techniques. It's very moving, not a polemic of any kind. People on any sides of the war debate will find it moving and insight-provoking. My wife, my two kids (one age 12) were riveted throughout.


In other words, I loved it.

I've never even heard of it. Thank you for the heads up, I plan to see it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Yes, we have talked about it:

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showthread.php?t=2355

The wife and I both thought it was very good.

[LA Ute]

I've never even heard of it. Thank you for the heads up, I plan to see it.

We just grabbed it at a Blockbuster on impulse. Here's the trailer:

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[Surfah]

We just grabbed it at a Blockbuster on impulse.

Whoa. You still go to Blockbuster? I didn't even know they were still in business. Seems like all of them around me are empty with For Lease signs in the windows.

[LA Ute]

Whoa. You still go to Blockbuster? I didn't even know they were still in business. Seems like all of them around me are empty with For Lease signs in the windows.

I was in Salt Lake and there was one right there on 400 South and about 600 East, so we pulled in. It seemed pretty busy. There's a big one here in L.A. too. They seem to be doing fine, but there aren't as many of them anymore.

[Goatnapper'96]

Don't know if anyone's posted on this yet. My family and I watched this 78-minute HBO movie last night. It's terrific, the true story of a Marine Lieutenant Colonel (Kevin Bacon) who volunteers, for personal reasons, to escort a fallen Marine's body home from Iraq. There's much less dialogue than in most movies, and some excellent storytelling techniques. It's very moving, not a polemic of any kind. People on any sides of the war debate will find it moving and insight-provoking. My wife, my two kids (one age 12) were riveted throughout.


In other words, I loved it.

He wrote up the experience as part of his filing of some DOD form as part of his military duty for escorting the deceased Marine. I read parts at our community 4th of July event a few years ago. The story made my cry the night I read it and it made me cry when I watched the HBO movie.