Memorial Day (2012 film)

Memorial Day is a 2012 war film starring James Cromwell, Jonathan Bennett and John Cromwell, directed by Sam Fischer and written by Marc Conklin.

Memorial Day
Release poster
Release poster
Directed bySam Fischer
Written byMarc Conklin
Produced byCraig Christiansen
StarringJonathan Bennett
James Cromwell
John Cromwell
CinematographyBo Hakala
Edited byBill Rammer
Music byPaul Hartwig
Production
company
Perspective Films
Distributed byImage Entertainment
Release dates
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,200,000

Premise

The film tells the 1993 Memorial Day story of a 13-year-old German American boy, Kyle Vogel (Jackson Bond), who finds his Grandpa Bud's (James Cromwell) World War II footlocker during a game of hide and seek. Kyle strikes a deal with his grandfather to tell the stories behind any three objects he picks out of the footlocker, and the film proceeds to flash back to Bud's combat experience with the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II while also flashing forward to Kyle's future experiences with the 34th Infantry Division, also known as the "Red Bulls," in Iraq.

The three objects that young Kyle picks:

Cast
  • Jonathan Bennett as future SSG Kyle Vogel - Iraq
  • James Cromwell as Grandpa Bud Vogel - 1993
  • John Cromwell as past LT Bud Vogel - WWII
  • Jackson Bond as young Kyle Vogel - 1993
  • Aaron Courteau as Frankie Califano - WWII
  • Sean Dooley as Sgt Jack O'Hara - WWII
  • Mary Kay Fortier-Spalding as Grandma Betty Vogel - 1993

Production

James Cromwell's son, John Cromwell, plays the young LT Bud Vogel of WWII.[2]

References
  1. "2012 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  2. Memorial Day review Archived 2016-05-12 at the Wayback Machine


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