Memorial Day (2012 film)

Memorial Day
Memorial Day
	Release poster
Directed by	Sam Fischer
Written by	Marc Conklin
Produced by	Craig Christiansen
Starring	Jonathan Bennett ; James Cromwell ; John Cromwell
Cinematography	Bo Hakala
Edited by	Bill Rammer
Music by	Paul Hartwig
Production; company	Perspective Films
Distributed by	Image Entertainment
Release dates	April 21, 2012(Minneapolis-St. Paul); May 29, 2012(United States);
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4,200,000

Last updated March 07, 2025

Memorial Day is a 2012 war film starring James Cromwell, Jonathan Bennett and John Cromwell, directed by Sam Fischer and written by Marc Conklin.

Premise

The film tells the 1993 Memorial Day story of a 13-year-old German American boy, Kyle Vogel (Jackson Bond), who finds his Grandpa Bud's (James Cromwell) World War II 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 combat experience with the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II while also flashing forward to Kyle's future experiences with the 34th Infantry Division, also known as the "Red Bulls," in Iraq.

The three objects that young Kyle picks:

Walther P38
Fragmentation from "potato masher" - Stielhandgranate (German for "stick hand grenade")
Picture of Bud with Sgt Jack O'Hara

Cast

Jonathan Bennett as future SSG Kyle Vogel - Iraq
James Cromwell as Grandpa Bud Vogel - 1993
John Cromwell as past LT Bud Vogel - WWII
Jackson Bond as young Kyle Vogel - 1993
Aaron Courteau as Frankie Califano - WWII
Sean Dooley as Sgt Jack O'Hara - WWII
Mary Kay Fortier-Spalding as Grandma Betty Vogel - 1993

Production

James Cromwell's son, John Cromwell, plays the young LT Bud Vogel of WWII.^[2]

References

↑ "2012 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
↑ Memorial Day review Archived 2016-05-12 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Memorial Day at IMDb
Memorial Day at the Internet Movie Firearms Database
Memorial Day at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "2012 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

[2] Memorial Day review Archived 2016-05-12 at the Wayback Machine

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