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Honor Flight (2012) Online
Original Title :
Honor Flight
Genre :
Movie / Documentary / History / War
Year :
2012
Directror :
Dan Hayes
Cast :
Bert Brach,Earl Bruss,Joe Dean
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 22min
Rating :
8.4/10

Honor Flight chronicles a community coming together to honor World War II veterans. The film follows a team of Midwest volunteers as they race against the clock to send every local WWII veterans to see the memorials built in their honor.

Honor Flight (2012) Online

Honor Flight is a feature-length documentary that chronicles a community coming together to honor living World War II veterans, one last time. The film follows a devoted team of Midwest volunteers as they race against the clock to send every local WWII veteran to the Washington, D.C. memorials built in their honor. The more they do, the more the cause takes on a life of its own. The film captures Honor Flight from the point of view of the volunteers and veterans, who share their war and life stories along the way. The trip itself is a profound event, filled with surprises and acts of appreciation from a grateful nation. The all-but-forgotten veterans are heroes once again. The vets, volunteers and even complete strangers are often moved to tears by the power of the experience. Throughout the day, veterans begin to share their war stories - sometimes for the first time ever. After the trip, many vets say it was one of the greatest days of their lives. For many, Honor Flight is their ...
Credited cast:
Bert Brach Bert Brach - Himself
Earl Bruss Earl Bruss - Himself
Joe Dean Joe Dean - Himself
Joe Demler Joe Demler - Himself
Steve Deutsch Steve Deutsch - Himself
Donald Esselman Donald Esselman - Himself
Lisa Goglio-Zarczynski Lisa Goglio-Zarczynski - Herself
Mark Grams Mark Grams - Himself
Theodore Gurzynski Theodore Gurzynski - Himself
Raymond Hasey Raymond Hasey - Himself
Sterling Hasey Sterling Hasey - Himself
Bill Holmes Bill Holmes - Himself
Kenneth Holzer Kenneth Holzer - Himself
Ryan Jazak Ryan Jazak - Himself
John Kruzycki John Kruzycki - Himself

More than 30,000 tickets were sold for the premiere held at Miller Park in Milwaukee on August 11th, 2012. This was a new Guinness Book World Record for a movie premiere attendance, beating the previous record which was held for a soccer film in Brazil.


User reviews

Doktilar

Doktilar

I had the great opportunity to view the film " Honor Flights" Dec 7th at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington- DC. This film gave a very good background on the creation of Honor Flights and then featured some well deserving WW11 Vets who shared some of their stories with all their humbleness and humor. I felt proud, with immense emotion and I felt grateful for this GREATEST generation of men and women who when the call came to defend their country for our freedoms- they and their buddies signed up at the front lines- They were unlike any young man of today- they smoked and joked, chased women and wanted a shiny car. They gave everything they had without complaining and lost so much- they came home and moved on with their lives- marrying and having families and happily lived along amongst some terrifying memories. This movie gave these guys a chance to feel like the stars that deserve to shine far brighter than that anyone from Hollywood ever could. This movie gave them a chance to tell some of their stories and to feel special. I highly urge parents to take their children, grandparents to take their grand kids- This movie is a must ! Freedom isn't free and these guys gave it all for ours... Let's show them how grateful we are! I
Zepavitta

Zepavitta

I have watched this film on 11Nov13 at Minute Maid Park as a part of "Astros salute the Veterans" event, http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/community/salute_to_vets.jsp It was shown on a huge screen to thousands who were there, including 100 yr. young WW2 vet, Gary Morris; and our friend Andy Ferguson who is 92 yr. It was truly moving story, filled with lives of real WW2 vets and a small group of people motivated and devoted to help this program realized from a small town of Port Washington, WI. Those vets have been true role model of American soldiers who served, sacrificed, yet returned and quietly went back to start and raised a family, showing them in life what it means to be a true American. They should be our heroes, yet they humbly confessed that the true heroes were those who have died on the fields. I share this sentiment as my own from a different era. May we have lived ours worthy of their sacrifices; and may our children and grandchildren remember and carry on their legacies.

P.S. I was also privileged with watch the film with a good friend who happened to be a Korean War (yes, it was a war not just a conflict as some have insisted.) vet. Without his and others services, I wouldn't be here to express this gratitude.