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Ross Katz (writer)
Michael Strobl (writer)
Plot:
Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy. Another 11 nominations more
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(46 articles)
2009 Emmy Award Winners Announced
(From FilmJunk. 21 September 2009, 10:22 AM, PDT)
Watching the Emmys
(From CinemaSpy. 21 September 2009, 1:00 AM, PDT)
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Emotional, Moving, Apolitical more (90 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kevin Bacon | ... | LtCol Mike Strobl |
 | Tom Aldredge | ... | Charlie Fitts |
 | Nicholas Art | ... | Nate Strobl (as Nicholas Reese Art) |
 | Blanche Baker | ... | Chris Phelps |
 | Tom Bloom | ... | Navy Chaplain |
 | Guy Boyd | ... | Gary Hargrove |
 | James Castanien | ... | Robert Orndoff |
 | Gordon Clapp | ... | Tom Garrett |
 | Mike Colter | ... | MGySgt Demetry |
| Henry Coy | ... | Marine Driver (as GySgt Henry Coy) |
 | Joel de la Fuente | ... | Ticketing Agent |
 | Liza Colón-Zayas | ... | Ticketing Agent |
| Ann Dowd | ... | Gretchen |
 | Tate Ellington | ... | A.V. Scott |
 | Noah Fleiss | ... | Army Sergeant |
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77 min
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LTCol Mike Strobl, a Desert Storm veteran, says he decided against another combat tour largely because of his young family. But he was conflicted, and joined the many military personnel who volunteered for escort duty as Iraqi war deaths escalated. Strobl's week-long trip accompanying Phelps' body from a Delaware military mortuary to burial in Wyoming provides Taking Chance's poignant emotional context. Strobl shared his 20-page journal of the trip with friends and co-workers, and it eventually spread virally to military blogs and the media. It was quickly green-lit for filming after surfacing at HBO, which has become a major outlet for war-related programming both documentary and dramatized, with miniseries and films such as Generation Kill; Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq; Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery; and Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops From the Battlefields of Iraq. more
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Factual 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. more
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LtCol Mike Strobl: [Noticing Annie had typed "HOT soldier" into her phone] Actually, it's Marine. more
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Featured in The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009) (TV) more
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Where can I see "Taking Chance"?Why was an escort needed to transport Phelps' body?
Is "Taking Chance" based on a novel?
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I saw this movie at a Sundance in the Schools presentation in Ogden,UT. To give you an idea of the power of this film, 600 + high school students were totally silent during this film and erupted in applause at the end. A vivid demonstration of the impact of this tribute to the sacrifice of a 19 years old Marine PFC killed in Iraq. A true story the based on Chance Phelps who was only 1 - 1/2 years out of high school himself. The director, cinematographer, and producer were there to field questions from the students. In response to a question the Director Katz stated he tried to keep this effort apolitical as a tribute to all who have been killed in Iraq and to focus on the respect and dignity afforded the KIA soldiers on their journey home. This is one of the better movies I've seen dealing with the emotional toll of wars on the families and comrades left behind.