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Last Flag Flying is a 2017 film by Creator/RichardLinklater. It is a remake of sorts to ''Film/TheLastDetail'' by the acclaimed UsefulNotes/NewHollywood director Creator/HalAshby, though it's officially an adaptatin of novel written by Darryl Ponicsan as an official sequel. Its three characters played by Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/LaurenceFishburne and Creator/BryanCranston are implied to be the same as the three characters in that film though they have different names from their spiritual predecessors, the similar one in the case of Fishburne's character.
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Last Flag Flying is a 2017 film by Creator/RichardLinklater. It is a remake of sorts to ''Film/TheLastDetail'' by the acclaimed UsefulNotes/NewHollywood director Creator/HalAshby, though it's officially an adaptatin adaptation of the same-titled novel written by Darryl Ponicsan as an official sequel.sequel to the latter. Its three characters played by Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/LaurenceFishburne and Creator/BryanCranston are implied to be the same as the three characters in that film though they have different names from their spiritual predecessors, the similar one in the case of Fishburne's character.
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Last Flag Flying is a 2017 film by Creator/RichardLinklater. It is a remake of sorts to ''Film/TheLastDetail'' by the acclaimed UsefulNotes/NewHollywood director Creator/HalAshby. Its three characters played by Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/LaurenceFishburne and Creator/BryanCranston are implied to be the same as the three characters in that film though they have different names from their spiritual predecessors, the similar one in the case of Fishburne's character.
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Last Flag Flying is a 2017 film by Creator/RichardLinklater. It is a remake of sorts to ''Film/TheLastDetail'' by the acclaimed UsefulNotes/NewHollywood director Creator/HalAshby.Creator/HalAshby, though it's officially an adaptatin of novel written by Darryl Ponicsan as an official sequel. Its three characters played by Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/LaurenceFishburne and Creator/BryanCranston are implied to be the same as the three characters in that film though they have different names from their spiritual predecessors, the similar one in the case of Fishburne's character.
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Last Flag Flying is a 2017 film by Creator/RichardLinklater. It is a remake of sorts to ''Film/LastDetail'' ''Film/TheLastDetail'' by the acclaimed UsefulNotes/NewHollywood director Creator/HalAshby. Its three characters played by Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/LaurenceFishburne and Creator/BryanCranston are implied to be the same as the three characters in that film though they have different names from their spiritual predecessors, the similar one in the case of Fishburne's character.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sal. While he’s loud, crude, and insensitive, he clearly cares about his old friends.
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Sal does this constantly.
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* SirSwearsALot: Sal swears far more than Doc and Mueller ever do.
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* CoolOldGuy: All three of the leads.
* CreatorProvincialism: Averted. This is one of the few Richard Linklater films not to be set in Texas.
* CreatorProvincialism: Averted. This is one of the few Richard Linklater films not to be set in Texas.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Despite not having been called it since Vietnam, Doc goes by the nickname with his friends instead of his real name Larry.
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* SemperFi: Sal and Mueller were in the Marine Corps as was Doc's son.
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* TheVietnamVet: All three of the leads.
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** Creator/RichardLinklater has stated that the movie is not really meant to be a sequel to The Last Detail movie and is meant to be a straight up adaptation of the book ''Last Flag Flying''.
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* BrutalHonesty: Played straight and then averted:
** Played straight when Sal forces the Marines to tell Doc the truth about how Doc's son was killed in Iraq (instead of dying in battle, he was getting food and drinks for his fellow soldiers when an Iragi came behind him and shot him in the head).
** However, averted later when the two of them and Mule [[spoiler: meet up with the mother of the Marine they had let die in Vietnam, and decide to go along with the lie she had been told; he had died saving his friends]].
** Played straight when Sal forces the Marines to tell Doc the truth about how Doc's son was killed in Iraq (instead of dying in battle, he was getting food and drinks for his fellow soldiers when an Iragi came behind him and shot him in the head).
** However, averted later when the two of them and Mule [[spoiler: meet up with the mother of the Marine they had let die in Vietnam, and decide to go along with the lie she had been told; he had died saving his friends]].
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In this film three main characters reunite after 30 years as the former film was set in early 70's while this one in 2003. They were all in the navy but since then theyr ways parted.
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In this film three main characters reunite after 30 years as the former film was set in early 70's while this one in 2003. They were all in the navy but since then theyr their ways parted.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: For Larry during her term even though he only served two years instead of three.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: For Larry during her his term even though he only served two years instead of three.
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** Larry Meadows became Larry "Doc" Shepherd
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** Larry Meadows became becomes Larry "Doc" Shepherd
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Last Flag Flying is a 2017 film by Creator/RichardLinklater. It is a remake of sorts to Film/LastDetail ''Film/LastDetail'' by the acclaimed UsefulNotes/NewHollywood director Creator/HalAshby. Its three characters played by Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/LaurenceFishburne and Creator/BryanCranston are implied to be the same as the three characters in that film though they have different names from their spiritual predecessors, the similar one in the case of Fishburne's character.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To Film/LastDetail
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To Film/LastDetail''Film/LastDetail''
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Averted for the last slice of Pizza which is shown lying lonely in the box and then is eaten by Salvatore while Larry refuses.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Averted for the last slice of Pizza pizza which is shown lying lonely in the box and then is eaten by Salvatore while Larry refuses.
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Last Flag Flying is a 2017 film by Creator/RichardLinklater. It is a remake of sorts to Film/LastDetail by the acclaimed UsefulNotes/NewHollywood director Creator/HalAshby. Its three characters played by Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/LaurenceFishburne and Creator/BryanCranston are implied to be the same as the three characters in that film though they have different names from their spiritual predecessors, the similar one in the case of Fishburne's character.
In this film three main characters reunite after 30 years as the former film was set in early 70's while this one in 2003. They were all in the navy but since then theyr ways parted.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: For Larry during her term even though he only served two years instead of three.
* PreacherMan: The character of Lawrence Fishburne turned into that.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To Film/LastDetail
** The character of Otis Young in Last Detail was credited GM1 'Mule' Mulhall while the one played here by Laurence Fishburne is named Richard "Mullah" Mueller.
** Larry Meadows became Larry "Doc" Shepherd
** However Billy Buddusky played by Creator/JackNicholson here becomes Salvatore "Sal" Nealon
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Averted for the last slice of Pizza which is shown lying lonely in the box and then is eaten by Salvatore while Larry refuses.
In this film three main characters reunite after 30 years as the former film was set in early 70's while this one in 2003. They were all in the navy but since then theyr ways parted.
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!! Tropes
* DarkAndTroubledPast: For Larry during her term even though he only served two years instead of three.
* PreacherMan: The character of Lawrence Fishburne turned into that.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To Film/LastDetail
** The character of Otis Young in Last Detail was credited GM1 'Mule' Mulhall while the one played here by Laurence Fishburne is named Richard "Mullah" Mueller.
** Larry Meadows became Larry "Doc" Shepherd
** However Billy Buddusky played by Creator/JackNicholson here becomes Salvatore "Sal" Nealon
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Averted for the last slice of Pizza which is shown lying lonely in the box and then is eaten by Salvatore while Larry refuses.
