Taking Chance

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Actors: Kevin Bacon , Ann Dowd , Noah Fleiss , Guy Boyd , Tom Aldredge , Blanche Baker , Tate Ellington , Gordon Clapp , Nicholas Art , Tom Bloom , Mike Colter , Liza Colón-Zayas , Joel de la Fuente , Henry Coy , James Castanien

Director: Ross Katz

IMDB Rate: 7.3 out of 10 (4515 votes)

Plot Summary:In April, 2004, casualties mount in Iraq. At Quantico, choices focus on increasing troop strength or only replacing casualties. Lt. Col. Mike Strobl crunches numbers. Stung by his superiors 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?