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Last Flag Flying

  • 2017
  • R
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
30K
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Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell, and Bryan Cranston in Last Flag Flying (2017)
Former Navy Corps medic Larry "Doc" Shepherd (Steve Carell) re-unites with ex-Marine Sal Nealon (Bryan Cranston) and Reverend Richard Mueller (Laurence Fishburne) to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
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Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bur... Read allThirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.

  • Director
    • Richard Linklater
  • Writers
    • Richard Linklater
    • Darryl Ponicsan
  • Stars
    • Bryan Cranston
    • Laurence Fishburne
    • Steve Carell
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    30K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Linklater
    • Writers
      • Richard Linklater
      • Darryl Ponicsan
    • Stars
      • Bryan Cranston
      • Laurence Fishburne
      • Steve Carell
    • 181User reviews
    • 187Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 11 nominations total

    Videos10

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    How Did He Die
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    Cell Phones
    Clip 0:47
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    Larry
    Clip 1:00
    Larry
    Last Flag Flying: How Did He Die?
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    Last Flag Flying: How Did He Die?

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    Bryan Cranston
    Bryan Cranston
    • Sal Nealon
    Laurence Fishburne
    Laurence Fishburne
    • Reverend Richard Mueller
    Steve Carell
    Steve Carell
    • Larry 'Doc' Shepherd
    J. Quinton Johnson
    J. Quinton Johnson
    • Washington
    Deanna Reed-Foster
    Deanna Reed-Foster
    • Ruth
    Yul Vazquez
    Yul Vazquez
    • Colonel Wilits
    Graham Wolfe
    Graham Wolfe
    • John Redman
    Jeff Monahan
    Jeff Monahan
    • O'Toole
    Dontez James
    Dontez James
    • DAFB Guard
    Tammy Tsai
    Tammy Tsai
    • Mother (Irene)
    Richard Barlow
    • Angry Father
    Cathy O'Dell
    Cathy O'Dell
    • Grieving Mother
    Jane Mowder
    Jane Mowder
    • Rental Truck Employee
    Richard Robichaux
    Richard Robichaux
    • Anorak
    Jerry Lee Tucker
    Jerry Lee Tucker
    • Raincoat
    Marc Moore
    • Hyped-up Employee
    • (as Marc Moore Jr.)
    Kate Easton
    Kate Easton
    • Phone Shop Clerk
    Cicely Tyson
    Cicely Tyson
    • Mrs. Hightower
    • Director
      • Richard Linklater
    • Writers
      • Richard Linklater
      • Darryl Ponicsan
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Steve Carell consulted with his father, a WWII veteran, to prepare for his role.
    • Goofs
      Incorrectly Regarded as Goof: Age of Steve Carell doesn't match up for Vietnam service. However, the movie takes place in the past. If you presume Steve Carrel is 55 (as he was at the time the film was shot) during the movie's setting of 2003, he would have turned 19 (when he was there as per the "Disneyland" story) in 1967, the height of the US involvement in the war.
    • Quotes

      Larry 'Doc' Shepherd: I'm not going to bury a marine. I'm just going to bury my son.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Bryan Cranston/Stephen Curry/Goldlink feat. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Slow Walk
      Written by Sil Austin and Irving Siders

      Performed by Sil Austin

      Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews181

    Featured review
    8/10

    A great ensemble piece with meaning

    Last Flag Flying (2017)

    A great, low-key mixture of comedy and sadness. The more it went on the more I appreciated the situation, which unfolds like a play, and the ensemble acting, which is sharp. Bryan Cranston steals the show as the outgoing practical bartender veteran, but Laurence Fishburne and Steve Carell are really spot on, too, in deliberately restrained ways. The film is trying to get to something here. At first it seems to be about some guys coming to terms with their time in Viet Nam, and how it compromised them then, with repurcussions ever onward. Then a slow critique of war and of the US approach to war, pretending everyone in uniform is always a hero, and fighting for questionable (or worse) causes. But an important third element grows-the actual meaning these men have for each other. They hadn't seen each other in decades, but their comraderie was almost unbroken because of some deep bond formed in wartime. And when it really comes down to it, even as they reject and hate the government for what they were forced to do, they still understood honor and respect. Including a love of country, somehow. That it's there, despite the flaws. Or something like that. (There are complications, and it would be easy and shameful to oversimplify.) The big point is: see this and give it time to settle in and warm up. The three men are deliberately an odd mix, and there are a couple of scenes that are rather too neatly contrived to make a fast point in the narrative, but overall it makes sense and is moving.
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    • Release date
      • November 3, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Reencuentro
    • Filming locations
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • Amazon Studios
      • Big Indie Pictures
      • Cinetic Media
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $965,481
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $40,558
      • Nov 5, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,872,950
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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