In honor of 'Veterans Day'/'Remembrance Day', take a look at director Joseph Sargent's 1998 TV movie "The Wall" and the segment titled "The Badge":
"...there are 58,183 names on the 'Vietnam Veterans Memorial'. The lives they touched tell their stories. This is the story of 3 brave men who never made it home, told in three short, unique segments.
"In 'The Pencil Holder', Edward James Olmos plays a tough 'Colonel' struggling to raise his young son on an American military base surrounded by the brutality of battle.
"In 'The Player', starring Frank Whaley & Michael DeLorenzo, a selfless squad leader must confront a hustler who's getting rich off the spoils of war..."
"In 'The Badge', actress Ruby Dee reveals the pain a grandmother feels as she sends her beloved grandson overseas, then confronted by a long-haired vet (M. Stevens), while searching for her grandson's name on the wall..."
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"...there are 58,183 names on the 'Vietnam Veterans Memorial'. The lives they touched tell their stories. This is the story of 3 brave men who never made it home, told in three short, unique segments.
"In 'The Pencil Holder', Edward James Olmos plays a tough 'Colonel' struggling to raise his young son on an American military base surrounded by the brutality of battle.
"In 'The Player', starring Frank Whaley & Michael DeLorenzo, a selfless squad leader must confront a hustler who's getting rich off the spoils of war..."
"In 'The Badge', actress Ruby Dee reveals the pain a grandmother feels as she sends her beloved grandson overseas, then confronted by a long-haired vet (M. Stevens), while searching for her grandson's name on the wall..."
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- 11/11/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro’s war-set thriller doesn’t unveil its grand conceit until about 20 minutes in, using nearly all of its first act to set up pieces it will inevitably knock back down and introducing character traits it will dismantle during the rest of its mostly interminable runtime. Set in the sprawling desert of North Africa, the film opens three months into Marine Mike Stevens’ (Armie Hammer) latest tour of duty, hiding out on the top of a salt flat along with his best pal Tommy Madison (Tom Cullen, saddled with a “thick-accented Southerner soldier” stereotype that gives him little to work with beyond drawing out his r’s), waiting for a long-promised target.
While it’s clear from the jump that Mike isn’t here to play games — “I’m not here to play games, man,” he actually tells Tommy at one point — the second there’s...
While it’s clear from the jump that Mike isn’t here to play games — “I’m not here to play games, man,” he actually tells Tommy at one point — the second there’s...
- 4/6/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It always seems like Armie Hammer is just inches away from becoming a real A list actor. He is a definite talent, one continually on the rise. It’s just a matter of getting parts befitting that rising star. This week, Hammer has a role to really sink his teeth into with Mine, an almost one man show. It’s probably the best part he’s found since his big breakthrough in The Social Network. This won’t be nearly as big a deal, but it’s a similarly good showcase for his skills. If he keeps this up, some real awards attention will eventually come his way. As you’ll see below, this might even end up being his year… The film is a small scale war tale, closer to a psychological thriller than an epic. For Sargent Mike Stevens (Hammer), a Marine sniper, the dangers are aplenty. There...
- 4/4/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Comedy Central has closed a deal with comedian Ron White for an animated project titled "Hounds."
Meanwhile, Joey Kern ("The Sasquatch Gang") has landed a lead in the network's pilot "Ghosts/Aliens."
Blue Collar Comedy veteran While will voice the lead and co-executive produce "Hounds," with Chris Thompson ("Ladies Man") set to write.
"Hounds" is described as a blue-collar Southern neo-gothic comedy. White will voice Chicken, "a countrified Yoda with a bottle of Jack and a bag of weed, an opinionated Southern philosopher who considers himself the center of the universe." In the show, Chicken mentors his relatives and roommates in an eccentric small town.
White is repped by Apa and MacDonald/Murray Management.
Based on Trey Hamburger's 2008 supernatural comedy novel released in November, "Ghost/Aliens" centers on Hamburger (Kern) and his loyal best friend, Mike Stevens (Keir O'Donnell), two potheads who set out on a quest to expose...
Meanwhile, Joey Kern ("The Sasquatch Gang") has landed a lead in the network's pilot "Ghosts/Aliens."
Blue Collar Comedy veteran While will voice the lead and co-executive produce "Hounds," with Chris Thompson ("Ladies Man") set to write.
"Hounds" is described as a blue-collar Southern neo-gothic comedy. White will voice Chicken, "a countrified Yoda with a bottle of Jack and a bag of weed, an opinionated Southern philosopher who considers himself the center of the universe." In the show, Chicken mentors his relatives and roommates in an eccentric small town.
White is repped by Apa and MacDonald/Murray Management.
Based on Trey Hamburger's 2008 supernatural comedy novel released in November, "Ghost/Aliens" centers on Hamburger (Kern) and his loyal best friend, Mike Stevens (Keir O'Donnell), two potheads who set out on a quest to expose...
- 10/26/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A few months back we reported here about the in-development pilot entitled Ghosts/Aliens set to appear on Comedy Central. We’ve got the scoop on the latest news from this project, which is leading to quite an interesting cast. On board for the upcoming comedy is Nathan Barnatt, Allan Mcleod, Keir O’Donnell, Kaylee DeFer and recently added is Joey Kern. Kern has replaced Jonathan Sadowski in the role of Trey Hamburger, one of the two main characters in this show.
Currently Ghosts/Aliens is in the middle of filming, no word yet on when exactly the pilot will be aired. The series is based upon a book of the same name, centering around two friends Trey Hamburger and his friend Mike Stevens taking part on a crazy pot-induced adventure trying to uncover the truth about the supernatural mysteries that happen amongst them and exposing it to others. The...
Currently Ghosts/Aliens is in the middle of filming, no word yet on when exactly the pilot will be aired. The series is based upon a book of the same name, centering around two friends Trey Hamburger and his friend Mike Stevens taking part on a crazy pot-induced adventure trying to uncover the truth about the supernatural mysteries that happen amongst them and exposing it to others. The...
- 10/3/2009
- by Melissa Molina
- Atomic Popcorn
Let's get supernatural baby
Ghosts/Aliens got themselves more people to join in on their strange and supernatural world. The Comedy Central induced pilot brings along board Keir O’Donnell (Paul Blart: Mall Cop) and Jonathan Sadowski (Friday the 13th Remake). Casted alongside the two are also the likes of Rebecca Wisocky (Funny Money) and Kaylee DeFer (The War At Home). The premise centers on Trey Hamburger (Sadowski) and his best friend Mike Stevens (O’Donnell) taking part on a crazy pot-induced adventure trying to uncover the truth about the supernatural mysteries that happen amongst them and exposing it to others. Along with them in their ongoing search joins Trey’s mother (Wisocky) Deb Hamburger and his friend (DeFer).
The story originally spawned off of a novel of the same title written by Trey Hamburger himself, author also of Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book. If the Comedy Central pilot gets picked up,...
Ghosts/Aliens got themselves more people to join in on their strange and supernatural world. The Comedy Central induced pilot brings along board Keir O’Donnell (Paul Blart: Mall Cop) and Jonathan Sadowski (Friday the 13th Remake). Casted alongside the two are also the likes of Rebecca Wisocky (Funny Money) and Kaylee DeFer (The War At Home). The premise centers on Trey Hamburger (Sadowski) and his best friend Mike Stevens (O’Donnell) taking part on a crazy pot-induced adventure trying to uncover the truth about the supernatural mysteries that happen amongst them and exposing it to others. Along with them in their ongoing search joins Trey’s mother (Wisocky) Deb Hamburger and his friend (DeFer).
The story originally spawned off of a novel of the same title written by Trey Hamburger himself, author also of Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book. If the Comedy Central pilot gets picked up,...
- 6/12/2009
- by Melissa Molina
- Atomic Popcorn
It's been about two months since last we heard anything new concerning the paranormal based comedy in the works from Paramount Vantage based upon Trey Hamburger's supernatural comedy novel Ghosts/Aliens, but now a bit of casting news has come to light!
THR reports this morning that Jonathan Sadowski and Keir O'Donnell have been tapped to star in the series pilot for Comedy Central that also is being developed as a feature film for Viacom sibling Paramount Vantage.
Ghost/Aliens follows the exploits of two stoner friends, Trey Hamburger (Sadowski) and Mike Stevens (O'Donnell), who join together on a pot-inspired quest to uncover the truth about the things that go bump in the night.
Joining the duo in the pilot will be Rebecca Wisocky as Trey's cougar mom Deb Hamburger and Kaylee DeFer as a fellow alien hunter and possible love interest.
The word is that if the pilot does well and becomes a series,...
THR reports this morning that Jonathan Sadowski and Keir O'Donnell have been tapped to star in the series pilot for Comedy Central that also is being developed as a feature film for Viacom sibling Paramount Vantage.
Ghost/Aliens follows the exploits of two stoner friends, Trey Hamburger (Sadowski) and Mike Stevens (O'Donnell), who join together on a pot-inspired quest to uncover the truth about the things that go bump in the night.
Joining the duo in the pilot will be Rebecca Wisocky as Trey's cougar mom Deb Hamburger and Kaylee DeFer as a fellow alien hunter and possible love interest.
The word is that if the pilot does well and becomes a series,...
- 6/11/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Jonathan Sadowski and Keir O'Donnell have been tapped to star in the pilot for "Ghosts/Aliens," a live-action comedy for Comedy Central that also is being developed as a feature for Viacom sibling Paramount Vantage.
Based on Trey Hamburger's supernatural comedy novel released in November, "Ghost/Aliens" centers on Trey Hamburger (Sadowski) and his loyal best friend, Mike Stevens (O'Donnell), two potheads who set out on a quest to expose the truth about the existence of ghosts and aliens.
Also cast in the pilot, penned by Phil Johnston, are Rebecca Wisocky as Trey's volatile single mom Deb Hamburger and Kaylee DeFer ("The War at Home") as a member of Trey's quartet of alien hunters and his possible love interest.
If "Ghost/Aliens" goes to series on Comedy Central, the show's cast also would be attached to star in the potential movie.
Sadowski, recently seen in "Friday the 13th," next co-stars...
Based on Trey Hamburger's supernatural comedy novel released in November, "Ghost/Aliens" centers on Trey Hamburger (Sadowski) and his loyal best friend, Mike Stevens (O'Donnell), two potheads who set out on a quest to expose the truth about the existence of ghosts and aliens.
Also cast in the pilot, penned by Phil Johnston, are Rebecca Wisocky as Trey's volatile single mom Deb Hamburger and Kaylee DeFer ("The War at Home") as a member of Trey's quartet of alien hunters and his possible love interest.
If "Ghost/Aliens" goes to series on Comedy Central, the show's cast also would be attached to star in the potential movie.
Sadowski, recently seen in "Friday the 13th," next co-stars...
- 6/10/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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