There are usually a few iraq war based films that always show. While this is not a long movie 90 mins, it tells a story that i think should not be missed. Kevin norwood bacon born july 8, 1958 is an american actor and musician. Screen actors guild awards, outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries for taking chance golden globe, best performance by an actor in a limited series or motion picture made for television for taking chance 2009. Taking chance tv listings, tv schedule and episode guide. Kevin bacon this is one hbo movie that should be watched by all based on reallife events, lt. Kevin bacon taking chance body of fallen marine home new. Taking chance is an incredible picture starring kevin bacon that tells the true story of lieutenant colonel michael strobl who volunteered to escort the remains of chance phelps, a marine killed.
Taking chance tv listings, tv schedule and episode guide tv. Review of the iraq war movie taking chance by warscholar. Kevin bacon stars as strobl in this profoundly moving hbo films drama that looks at the military rituals for honoring its war dead from the perspective of one fallen soldier named chance phelps. Taking chance by ross katz kevin bacon, paige turco, sarah. Taking chance, based on a true story, deals with a desk jockey marine, lt. Mike strobl kevin bacon volunteers to escort the body of a fallen marine home for the funeral. Michael strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of lance cpl. Kevin bacon puts in a powerful performance, and anyone who is a fan of his will not be disappointed. Kevin bacon stars as strobl in this profoundly moving hbo films drama that looks at the military rituals for honoring its war dead from the perspective of one fallen soldier named chance.
Chance russell phelps july 14, 1984 april 9, 2004 was a private first class posthumously promoted to lance corporal in the united states marine corps. In april 2004, lieutenant colonel michael strobl, usmc, came across the name of 19yearold lance corporal chance phelps, a young marine who had been killed by hostile fire in al anbar province, iraq. Colonel michael strobel, the film stars kevin bacon as the guiltridden marine working a desk job while his buddies risk their lives in iraq. I have seen kevin bacon in a lot of good movies before but i think that this is the best part he has ever playedhe was so perfect and believable in iti could really feel his heart in the part that he played. Colonel michael strobl played by kevin bacon, who escorted the body of a fallen marine, pfc chance phelps posthumously promoted to lance corporal, back to his hometown from the iraq war. Instead, the movie consists entirely of strangers paying their respects to chance in brief and unconvincing ways. Feb 20, 2009 from that essay has come taking chance, an hbo movie saturday starring kevin bacon as strobl and directed by ross katz, whose credits include producing the 2003 film lost in translation. As strobl, kevin bacon scarcely changes expressions throughout the 82minute film. Taking chance extended scene not in the theatrical. Kevin bacon took a chance with taking chance movies. Taking chance ist ein usamerikanisches filmdrama aus dem jahr 2009. Based on a true story, the story follows ltcol mike strobl kevin bacon, a military who volunteered to escort the body of 19yearold marine chance phelps back. Taking chance tv movie 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Taking chance 2008 stream and watch online moviefone.
This movie was out of my norm because i usually pick movies that make me laughcomedies, but i am glad that i watched this one tonight. It is based upon the experiences of marine colonel michael strobl cast by kevin bacon, who escorted the body of a fallen marine, pfc chance phelps posthumously promoted to lcpl, back to his hometown from the iraq war. Taking chance on dvd may 19, 2009 starring kevin bacon. Michael strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19yearold. With kevin bacon, tom aldredge, nicholas art, blanche baker. Kevin bacon in a reserved but still engaging and impacting performance but the real hero of the film aside from chance is the cinematography and the people affected by this unknown solider. Its a movie in which one main character is dead and the other main. More recently bacon portrayed the title character and was the series lead of the amazon prime web television series i love dick for which he was nominated for a golden globe award. Michael strobl kevin bacon escorts the body of chance phelps, a young marine who was killed in iraq in 2004, back to his family and final resting. Taking chance 2009 golden globe nominee 1995 best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture the river wild 1994 primetime emmy awards.
Oct 20, 2017 w hite house chief of staff and retired marine gen. Kevin norwood bacon was born on july 8, 1958 in philadelphia, pennsylvania, to ruth hilda holmes, an elementary school teacher, and edmund norwood bacon, a prominent architect who was on the cover of time magazine in november 1964. An incredible tourdeforce performance by kevin bacon, who really captured the essence of a marine devoted to his duties, and also showed a good emotional side not trying to do such. He volunteers for the duty to escort the remains of 19yearold lance corporal chance phelps for reasons that. Kevin bacon took a chance with taking chance sfgate. Watch taking chance online stream full movie directv. Taking chance extended scene not in the theatrical release kevin bacon. Taking chance tv movie 2009 ltcol mike strobl the bellamy brothers. Mike feels guilty for having been trained for war, but avoiding it by taking desk jobs. Taking chance stars kevin bacon in the feature directorial debut of oscarnominated producer ross katz.
Rent taking chance 2008 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Sep 16, 2014 kevin bacon gives a riveting performance as a marine who escorts the casket of a fallen marine back to his hometown. Chance phelps but, noticing theyd been born in the same western town, he requested temporary leave from his duties as a manpowerdeployment analyst at quantico in order to accompany. Michael strobl made his film debut as chip in national lampoons animal house, which led to roles in diner and footloose, the movie that propelled him to stardom. This film was very personal for me, as i grew up in a military family. If it had such things in taking chance it would drag the movie in other direction and anyway thats another story. Our good friends over at slashfilm have discovered the trailer for an upcoming sundance film called taking chance starring kevin bacon.
Mar 19, 2009 taking chance on dvd may 19, 2009 starring kevin bacon. Inspired by the true story of the united states marine who volunteered to escort the remains of a nineteen year old soldier who was killed in iraq to his small hometown in remote wyoming, taking chance stars kevin bacon in the feature directorial debut of oscarnominated producer ross katz. Taking chance starring kevin bacon is another film that i am lucky to have snagged at my job for just five dollars. Feb 21, 2009 the stirring hbo movie taking chance brought tears to my eyes. It shows the reverence, dignity, honor, and respect with which soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan are brought home. Along with the rest of the cast, he manages to make you feel very patriotic, along with a deep sense of respect for our fighting men. Mar 14, 2010 kevin bacon took a chance with taking chance movies. Rent taking chance 2008 starring kevin bacon and tom aldredge on dvd and bluray. John kelly on the movie taking chance and military death time.
Mike strobls firstperson narrative of his voluntary mission escorting the body of a fellow marine killed in iraq. Private chance phelps, from his death in iraq, to a military mortuary, and finally to his hometown. Everything you need to know about taking chance movie 2009. Taking chance is an incredible picture starring kevin bacon that tells the true story of lieutenant colonel michael strobl who volunteered to escort the remains of chance phelps, a marine killed in. Chance phelps but, noticing theyd been born in the same western town, he requested. Watch taking chance starring kevin bacon in this militarywar on directv. Michael strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19yearold marine chance phelps back to his hometown of dubois, wyoming.
By all contemporary standards of filmmaking, taking chance shouldnt work. For one thing, it was a television movie, and bacon. Released december 9th, 2008, taking chance stars kevin bacon, tom aldredge, blanche baker, guy boyd the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 18 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Jun 07, 2015 97 videos play all popular videos taking chance taking chance topic kevin bacon wins a golden globe for taking chance. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Colonel michael strobl who volunteers to escort the body of the late lance corporal chance phelps. He served with 2nd platoon, battery l, 3rd battalion, 11th marine regiment 311, 1st marine division, i marine expeditionary force, during operation iraqi freedom phelps was killed in iraq as the convoy he was escorting came.
Strobl, a desert storm veteran, requested he be assigned for military escort duty to accompany chance s remains to his hometown in wyoming. Kevin bacon has always been one of my favorite movie stars, he deserves an oscar for his performance. For the hbo original film taking chance 2009, bacon won a golden globe award and a screen actors guild award, also receiving a primetime emmy award nomination. Michael strobl, played magnificently by kevin bacon, who volunteers to escort the remains of lance corporal chance phelps. For one thing, it was a television movie, and bacon has shied away from tv, concerned that the. Bacon is also known for taking on darker roles such as that of a sadistic. While this is not a long movie 90 mins, it tells a. Strobl, a desert storm veteran, requested he be assigned for military escort duty to accompany chances remains to his hometown in wyoming. While going through casualty reports he stumbles across the name of a deceased soldier from his hometown of clifton, colorado, and though he never knew him personally, strobel.
Taking chance is a 2009 american historical drama television film directed by ross katz. Kevin bacon full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Conflicted over his decision to request a desk job instead of a combat assignment, lt. Bacon, kevin, turco, paige, art, nicholas, jerins, ruby, fleiss, noah, s, lt col michael s, strobl, lt col michael. Kevin s early training as an actor came from the manning street. Its with an amazing bit of respect that this film tells the story of pfc phelps and all the people he touched before and especially after his death. I expected to watch kevin bacon s character grapple with his responsibility.
Taking chance stars kevin bacon in the feature directorial debut of oscar nominated producer ross katz. Colonel michael strobl played by kevin bacon, who escorted the body of a fallen marine, pfc chance phelps. Taking chance is a 2009 american historical drama film directed by ross katz. His films include musicaldrama film footloose 1984, the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller jfk 1991, the legal drama a few good men 1992, the historical docudrama apollo 1995, and the mystery drama mystic river 2003. Kevin bacon gives a riveting performance as a marine who escorts the casket of a fallen marine back to his hometown.
Michael strobl, an officer who accompanies the body of fallen u. I expected to watch everyone struggle to make sense of a loss, and find ways to cope. Hbo films taking chance kevin bacon, michael strobl. A military officers life is changed after taking an assignment to escort home the body of a 19yearold marine killed in iraq. Kevin bacon stars as a military officer whose life is changed after taking an assignment to escort home the body of a 19yearold marine killed in iraq in this profoundly moving hbo films drama. Feb 20, 2009 by all contemporary standards of filmmaking, taking chance shouldnt work. Chance phelps but, noticing theyd been born in the same western town, he requested temporary leave.
1667 582 21 711 512 1282 614 101 343 240 504 789 120 1594 861 889 1183 592 105 12 482 856 84 1210 1381 315 708 332 4 568 65 616 974 983 345 962