Taking Chance

IMDb link: 1019454
IMDb rating: 7.4 (18,335 votes)
Genres: Drama, War
Director: Kevin Bacon, Ross Katz
Cast: Blanche Baker, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art and others

Release date: 21 Feb 2009
Release year: 2009
Runtime: 77 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: gratitude, military, casket, closed casket, reference to st. christopher, private first class, escort, wyoming, respect, hometown

Plot:

In April, 2004, casualties mount in Iraq. At Quantico, choices focus on increasing troop strength or only replacing casualties. Lt. Col. Michael 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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