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2009 television film directed by Ross Katz
Taking Chance historical drama television film directed by Ross Katz , from a screenplay by Michael Strobl and Katz, based on the journal of the same name by Strobl, who also serves as military consultant. Kevin Bacon 's portrayal of Strobl in the film won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie , among other accolades.
Taking Chance premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2009, and aired on HBO in the United States on February 21, 2009. The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. At the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards , it earned ten nominations, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Bacon, and won one for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie .
Plot
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The movie is based on the recollections of U.S. Marine Lt. Col Michael Strobl , a real person, who accompanied the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps , a Marine fatally wounded by gunfire near Baghdad during the Iraq War , from Dover Air Force Base to Dubois, Wyoming in April 2004. He attended both Phelps's funeral and his memorial service, and wrote an essay about the entire experience, the emotions he felt and the people he met. It was published in the blog Blackfive on 23 April 2004 and was circulated widely on the Internet.[1]
Cast
[ edit ] Family members of Chance Phelps attend the Virginia premiere in February 2009. Director Ross Katz speaking before the premiere Kevin Bacon speaking before the premiere Len Amato, president of HBO Films, speaking before the premiere
Critical reception
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Taking Chance received generally favorable reviews. It holds a 76 out of 100 rating on Metacritic .[2] Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 57% rating based on reviews from 7 critics.[3]
One review from The Baltimore Sun [4] USA Today Taking Chance is also precisely the kind of movie that TV should be making."[citation needed On the other end is Slant Magazine [5]
The film was the most-watched HBO original in five years, with over two million viewers on the opening night, and more than 5.5 million on re-airings. Critics often attribute this success to its apolitical nature, not directly depicting nor offering an opinion of the Iraq War .[6]
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote in his 2014 memoir Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War Dover Air Force Base in February 2009.[7] John F. Kelly , who was next to Chance when he was killed and is the father of First Lieutenant Robert Kelly who was killed in action in Afghanistan, recommended that the Washington press corps watch the film in order to understand the solemnity and dignity of the process of returning fallen military service members to their families.[8]
Awards and nominations
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Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s )
Result
Ref.
2009
Humanitas Prize
90 Minute or Longer Network or Syndicated Television
Michael Strobl and Ross Katz
Won
[9]
Online Film & Television Association Awards
Best Motion Picture
Nominated
[10]
Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Kevin Bacon
Nominated
Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Ross Katz
Nominated
Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Michael Strobl and Ross Katz
Nominated
Best Editing in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Nominated
Best New Titles Sequence in a Series, Motion Picture or Miniseries
Nominated
Best Production Design in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Nominated
Best Sound in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Brad Krevoy , Cathy Wischner-Sola, Ross Katz, William Teitler, and Lori Keith Douglas
Nominated
[11]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Kevin Bacon
Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Ross Katz
Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Michael Strobl and Ross Katz
Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie
Dan Leigh, James Donahue, and Ron Von Blomberg
Nominated
Outstanding Main Title Design
Michael Riley, Dru Nget, Dan Meehan, and Bob Swensen
Nominated
Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Marcelo Zarvos
Nominated
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie
Lee Percy and Brian A. Kates
Won
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Rickley Dumm, Frank Gaeta, David Grant, Tim Boggs, Catherine Harper, Chris Moriana, and Johnny Caruso
Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie
T.J. O'Mara and Rick Ash
Nominated
Satellite Awards
Best Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominated
[12]
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Bacon
Nominated
Sundance Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Ross Katz
Nominated
[13]
Television Critics Association Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials
Nominated
[14]
2010
American Cinema Editors Awards
Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television
Lee Percy and Brian A. Kates
Nominated
[15]
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture/Miniseries Television
Alar Kivilo
Won
[16]
Cinema Audio Society Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Miniseries
T.J. O'Mara and Rick Ash
Nominated
[17]
Critics' Choice Awards
Best Picture Made for Television
Won
[18]
Directors Guild of America Awards
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television or Miniseries
Ross Katz
Won
[19]
Golden Globe Awards
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated
[20]
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Kevin Bacon
Won
Producers Guild of America Awards
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
Lori Keith Douglas, Ross Katz, Brad Krevoy, and Cathy Wischner-Sola
Nominated
[21]
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Kevin Bacon
Won
[22]
Writers Guild of America Awards
Long Form – Adaptation
Michael Strobl and Ross Katz
Won
[23]
References
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^ Taking Chance . Rotten Tomatoes
^ Zurawik, David (Feb 21, 2009). "Don't miss HBO's Taking Chance with Kevin Bacon" . The Baltimore Sun
^ Holcomb, Brian (15 February 2009). "Review: Taking Chance" . Slant Magazine . Retrieved 2022-04-01 .
^ "Taking Chance" . Wall Street Journal News Corporation . March 14, 2009. p. 8 . Retrieved 2009-03-14 .
^ Gates, Robert. Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War . (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014). In Chapter 9: New Team, New Agenda, Old Secretary.
^ Shear, Michael D. (2017-10-20). "Kelly Delivers Fervent Defense of Trump Call to Soldier's Widow" . The New York Times . p. A1.
^ "Past Winners & Nominees" . Humanitas Prize . Retrieved June 11, 2022 .
^ "13th Annual TV Awards (2008-09)" . Online Film & Television Association . Retrieved May 15, 2021 .
^ "Taking Chance" . Emmys.com . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 13, 2017 .
^ "2009 Satellite Awards" . Satellite Awards International Press Academy . Retrieved July 10, 2021 .
^ 2009 Sundance Film Festival Archived 2014-04-14 at the Wayback Machine sundance.org
^ "Television Critics Association Awards Celebrate 25th Anniversary" . Television Critics Association . August 1, 2009. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2013 .
^ Finke, Nikki (12 January 2010). "Nominees For Editors' ACE Eddie Awards" . Deadline . Retrieved 12 April 2017 .
^ "Past Nominees & Winners" . American Society of Cinematographers . Retrieved July 13, 2017 .
^ "THE WINNERS AND NOMINEES FOR THE CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING FOR 2009" . www.cinemaaudiosociety.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01.
^ Borys Kit; Gregg Kilday (January 15, 2010). " . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 15, 2010 .
^ "62nd DGA Awards" . Directors Guild of America Awards . Retrieved July 5, 2021 .
^ "Taking Chance – Golden Globes" . HFPA . Retrieved July 5, 2021 .
^ McNary, Dave (January 5, 2010). "PGA unveils nominations" . Variety . Retrieved March 31, 2020 .
^ "The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" . Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
^ "Previous Nominees & Winners: 2009 Awards Winners" . Writers Guild Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-07 .
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