Decoration Day
For two boyhood friends, a debt of honor becomes a badge of courage.
A debt of honor becomes a bridge to freedom in this powerful, life-affirming winner of two Golden Globes for Best Drama and Best Actor, James Garner. Judge Albert Sidney (Garner) has retired from the bench and pretty much from life itself, when he's asked to help out his old boyhood friend, Gee Penniwell (Bill Cobbs), who's refusing the government's belated attempt to award him the Medal of Honor. In his attempts to delve deeper into the mystery, Albert Sidney is confronted not only with Gee's bitterness about WWII, but the silent war he and the black man have maintained for almost thirty years. As Albert Sidney and Gee are forced to confront their own personal ghosts from the past, they will learn the true meaning of friendship and find the power of forgiveness in this unforgettable lesson in courage and love.
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A tear-jerker, great plot, well played. - MovieBug
Well acted, not over-played. There are plots within plots in this movie, all dealing generally with how people cope and react to personal crises.
Each of the main characters is living with a personal trauma, and each reacts to it in a different way. The story weaves in and out of how each individual reacts to life and to others they are close to when faced with a personal tragedy. The storyline of a Congressional Medal of Honor being awarded 30 years after the event is merely the catalyst to bring all these separate threads together. A masterfull plotline.
This is a quiet personal drama. You will enjoy it, but bring a kleenex.
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A tear-jerker, great plot, well played. - MovieBug
Well acted, not over-played. There are plots within plots in this movie, all dealing generally with how people cope and react to personal crises.
Each of the main characters is living with a personal trauma, and each reacts to it in a different way. ...