Reveille

This may be the best movie I have seen ever, long, short, sound, color, it doesn't matter. This is, I think, the best.

Huddleston and McEachin were the ideal choices for the roles, because they both can act with their faces--subtly and convincingly. I don't think either of them has gotten nearly the acclaim he deserves.

Not one word of dialogue--and not one word needed. At first I had to smile at the two old veterans' need to be one up on each other. Then I noted that I myself am not too terribly far away from that place and the smile became wry. Finally, there must have been something wrong with the last few minutes of the film, because my screen got kind of blurry too.

What an awesome film!

Its amazing what can be said, without a word spoken, in just over ten minutes. A Navy veteran (Huddleston) starts his day by posting the colors in his retirement community. Soon, an Army veteran (McEachin) moves in, and they begin a friendly competition to see who can post the flag first, and things escalate from there.

Like "Sleuth", all the action is limited to these two characters, and the bond that develops between them. The ending, though sad, is poignant and appropriate.

Definitely a "ten" if there ever was one! See it here: http://tinyurl.com/zbmm8

A friend of mine directed me to this film on Google video and I downloaded it. Every time I watch it I get choked up, this picture is indeed worth a thousand words. Watching these two old war dogs trying to out do each other is comical and at the same time heart-warming. It is especially poignant for me since my oldest brother went ashore at Omaha Beach and my other brother was on a carrier during WW11. I have searched all over to find the DVD of this to no avail, and it's formated so that I can't make my own DVD. Does anyone know where I can get a commercial version of this? I tried Amazon and no luck, but would like to think that something this great has to be out there somewhere. I would deeply appreciate any leads that you can give me.