Last Flag Flying is a movie directed by Richard Linklater in 2017 and based on the book of the same name by Darryl Ponicsan, first published in 2005. The movie features Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, J. Quinton Johnson, Yul Vazquez, Deanna Reed-Foster, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc’s son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Doc and his old buddies take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire.
Movie vs Book
Year
2017
Minutes
125
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
Last Flag Flying
Director: Richard Linklater
Country: USA
Year: 2017
Length: 2h5m
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Year
2005
Pages
178
Book Rate
7.92
S: Goodreads
Book
Last Flag Flying
Author: Darryl Ponicsan
Country: USA
First published in: 2005
Length: 178 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.”
SAM RAIMI (Filmmaker)
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