Decoration Day

Name: Decoration Day
Genre: Drama
Released: 1990-12-02
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: James Garner, Judith Ivey, Ruby Dee

TV Movie
1990
PG
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

655

YOUR RATING

Drama

A grumpy man must rejoin his community when his godchild gets in trouble and a childhood friend refuses to accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.A grumpy man must rejoin his community when his godchild gets in trouble and a childhood friend refuses to accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.A grumpy man must rejoin his community when his godchild gets in trouble and a childhood friend refuses to accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.

Director
- Robert Markowitz
Writers
- John William Corrington
- Robert W. Lenski
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

655

YOUR RATING

Director
- Robert Markowitz
Writers
- John William Corrington
- Robert W. Lenski
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total

Trivia
Albert Sidney Finch got the Purple Heart for being shot in the back in France in World War II; James Garner received the Purple Heart for being shot in the butt during the Korean War.

Quotes
Rowena, Finch's Housekeeper: Men are boys til you bury them.

Connections
Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

User reviews14

Review

Featured review

9/10

Remarkable by its simplicity

This is one of those quiet movies, where nothing exciting or outlandish happens, and nobody's life is in ruins but it is all the better for it. One of the things I enjoy about James Garner is that he tends not to be in the movies that are all hot air and explosions. The layers of this story are slowly peeled back as the characters grow on the viewer until the viewer finds that they really care! It's well executed, beautifully and with simplicity and it all feels real. I don't care about how scenes are concocted or faked, the end result is a work of beauty and art, and I'm delighted to have had the chance to see it again. Real life is not a blockbuster, and this film captures the genuine friendship that exists between the people and we feel it. wonderful.