Last Flag Flying (2017)

Directed by

Richard Linklater

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 490 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three Vietnam veterans reunite after one of them loses a son in the Iraq War. They travel together to bury the young soldier. Along the way, they confront old memories and unresolved feelings about service and family.

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What happens

Last Flag Flying is a 2017 American war comedy-drama film directed by Richard Linklater with a screenplay by Linklater and Darryl Ponicsan, based upon the latter's 2005 novel of the same name. It stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne as three Vietnam veterans who reunite after one of their sons is killed in the Iraq War. Ponicsan's 2005 novel Last Flag Flying is a sequel to his 1970 novel The Last Detail, which covered the same characters earlier in their lives. For that reason, Last Flag Flying has been described as an unofficial sequel to the earlier novel's 1973 film adaptation, The Last Detail. Principal photography began in Pittsburgh in November 2016. The film had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on September 28, 2017, and was released in the United States by Amazon Studios and Lionsgate on November 3, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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