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Thanks! DVR-ing it...will watch it later. And big guy that I am, I might have to still fight a tear or two in the eye...
Taking in ‘Taking Chance’Film about former Craig resident killed in Iraq premiers this month
By Joshua Roberts
February 14, 2009Craig — Gretchen Mack, a former Craig resident, had reason to be apprehensive and nervous Dec. 13, 2008, while sitting with friends and family at a home in Dubois, Wyo.
She was about to relive one of the worst moments of her life — the moment she lost her son.
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“It’s going to be like … reliving the whole thing we went through, but hopefully it sends the right message to people,” said [Tonee Gingrich, his grandmother and a Craig resident], who will be joined at the movie by her son, Christopher, and sister, Dollie Frentress, among others. “It’s not just about Chance. … It’s about the love and respect (soldiers killed in action) receive as they travel (home) with an escort.
“It’s not a political message. It’s just a message to our military how much we respect and honor them.”
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HBO contacted Phelps’ family in late 2005 or early 2006 about making a movie based on Strobl’s journal, which also circulated on the Internet.
The family gave filmmakers their blessing, Mack said, with a couple of conditions.
Sticking to Strobl’s narrative was the first, she added.
“And then it was ‘If you can’t stick to the narrative — positive Marine Corps, positive Chance, no political stuff — don’t do it,’” Mack said.
Family members were involved in the film’s process from start to finish, she said.
And that finished product has the approval of Phelps’ family.
“It made perfect sense to me how they did it,” said Mack, adding that the film has received mostly favorable reviews so far from those who have seen it. “There was a few surprises … but I think they got their point across.
Mack said her son would be surprised by the attention he’s receiving today.
“Truthfully, he would just think we’re crazy,” she said. “Then he would be dumbfounded and honored, as well, knowing a senior Marine Corps officer escorted him home, knowing it’s highly unusual.”
Mack said she has grown close to men her son once served with, so much so that “they’re a part of our family now, as is Lt. Col. Strobl.”