Dog Tags (2008)

Abandoned by his father and raised by a single mother, Nate Merritt joins the Marines to support his soon-to-be fiancé. While on leave in Palm Springs, Nate meets a seemingly free spirited ... See full summary »

Director:

Damion Dietz

Writer:

Damion Dietz

Stars:

Paul Preiss, Amy Lindsay, Candy Clark

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Preiss	...	Nate Merritt
Amy Lindsay	...	Trish Huddle
Candy Clark	...	Deb Merritt
Hoyt Richards	...	Gene
Robert S. Martin III	...	Recruiter (as Bobby Trey)
Bart Fletcher	...	Andy Forte
Chris Carlisle	...	Chris
Tanner Max Eflinger	...	Party Guest #1
Bobby Zelsdorf	...	Party Guest #2
John Koons	...	Party Guest #3
Grant Harvey	...	Bapps
Matthew Herrmann	...	Boy at Bar #2
Willam Belli	...	Alan
Jason Sechrest	...	Alan's Friend
Josh Payne	...	Pool Boy #1

Storyline

Abandoned by his father and raised by a single mother, Nate Merritt joins the Marines to support his soon-to-be fiancé. While on leave in Palm Springs, Nate meets a seemingly free spirited young gay man, who leads him on a path of discovery--and to the surprising identity of the father he never knew.

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Plot Keywords:

marine | single mother | packing | hugging | u.s. marine corps | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Palm Springs, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Media Entertainment LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Nate: I'm not sure if I should.
Andy: There is no should or suppose to, it's about what's Nate wanna do.

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Soundtracks

"Chain Parade"
Mark Kranjcec, Bryan Wagstaff, Reid Miller, Jeremy Pollack

User Reviews

Where will it lead when these two meet?

Written and directed by Damion Dietz, Dog Tags opens with "Nate" (Paul Preiss) getting ready to head off to the army. We see that he is close to his mom, but not really so close to his girlfriend Trish. At the same time, we meet "Andy" (Bart Fletcher), serious and sad, who isn't sure what he wants to do, and doesn't fit in with his peers. Then we go to flashback, and see how Nate and Andy meet up, and THAT is an interesting story. We learn things about BOTH of them that they themselves hadn't known before. They have both come from extremely dysfunctional home-situations, with major gaps in their family histories. We "flash forward" here and there, and sometimes it takes a minute to figure out what's going on, but overall a good script and good story. Some nudity and sexual situations - definitely not for the kiddies. The only drawback I found was that there are no-subtitles for the hearing impaired. I see there is a director's commentary track, so that might be fun to hear. Impressive first starring role acc to IMDb (is that right??) for Paul Preiss. Fun and tastefully done.