Taking Chance

Friday, June 19, 2009

Last night I got a chance to watch the movie 'Taking Chance'. This movie has been suggested multiple times to me because it is based on a man from Dubois and takes place in Wyoming , although it was actually filmed in Montana in a location meant to represent Wyoming. The young man’s name was Chance Phelps. His mother still lives in Riverton and his dad is an artist in Dubois. In fact, last weekend Roni and I went through an art gallery and she pointed out some of his bronze sculptures to me. They were very nice pieces.

The storyline for the movie is that a colonel volunteers to escort the remains of a man killed in action, Chance Phelps, back to Wyoming, so that his family can bury him in their local cemetery. The way people reacted to the colonel and the remains was so powerful that the colonel had to write down what had occurred. This story is about what he wrote because it affected him so strongly. He wanted other enlisted men and civilians to know about the difficult chore he had to perform and how well he was treated when performing that difficult service. This movie is very powerful and I believe will have all of its viewers crying very quickly, especially if they are very patriotic. It is like the movie '8 Seconds' in that there are actual photos of Chance Phelps, and a video of interviews done with his family and the men that fought with him. I would recommend seeing it. It is still a new release at Blockbuster if you want to go and rent it.