Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous Premise
A boy discovers his grandpa's WWII footlocker. They make a deal: he picks 3 items, grandpa shares their stories. Their parallel war experiences - past and future - reveal how this moment shaped both l…
Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous Premise
A boy discovers his grandpa's WWII footlocker. They make a deal: he picks 3 items, grandpa shares their stories. Their parallel war experiences - past and future - reveal how this moment shaped both lives. Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud's complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle's wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives. —Anonymous The film tells the story of two soldiers from a German American family: Kyle Vogel (Jonathan Bennett) who serves with the 34th Infantry Division in Iraq in 2005 and his grandfather Bud Vogel (James Cromwell) who serves with the 82nd Airborne Division in Western Europe in World War II. They connect on Memorial Day 1993, when the 13-year-old Kyle finds his grandfather's 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 (played by John Cromwell) combat experience, interspersed with Kyle's experiences in Iraq. The three objects that young Kyle picks: A Walther P38 Bud took from an SS officer. A picture of Bud with his friend Sgt. Jack O'Hara (Sean Dooley). A fragment of a Stielhandgranate removed from Bud's back. A picture of Bud with his friend Sgt. Jack O'Hara (Sean Dooley).
Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous Premise
Comedy
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A boy discovers his grandpa's WWII footlocker. They make a deal: he picks 3 items, grandpa shares their stories. Their parallel war experiences - past and future - reveal how this moment shaped both lives.
Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them.
Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud's complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle's wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives.
—Anonymous The film tells the story of two soldiers from a German American family: Kyle Vogel (Jonathan Bennett) who serves with the 34th Infantry Division in Iraq in 2005 and his grandfather Bud Vogel (James Cromwell) who serves with the 82nd Airborne Division in Western Europe in World War II. They connect on Memorial Day 1993, when the 13-year-old Kyle finds his grandfather's 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 (played by John Cromwell) combat experience, interspersed with Kyle's experiences in Iraq.
The three objects that young Kyle picks: A Walther P38 Bud took from an SS officer. A picture of Bud with his friend Sgt. Jack O'Hara (Sean Dooley).
A fragment of a Stielhandgranate removed from Bud's back. A picture of Bud with his friend Sgt. Jack O'Hara (Sean Dooley)..