Last Man Club
The Last Man Club is a story about four World War II veterans who served together on a B-17 Bomber. After losing touch over the years they each find themselves trapped in life circumstances and are all but compliant to live out their last days in their own “private little hell”. Pete (Barry Corbin) is dying in a Veterans Hospital and it’s his nurse, Ripley (Corbett Tuck) who helps him find the last known address of Eagle (James MacKrell), his Captain and pilot of their beloved B-17.Pete's letter finds Eagle living in his son’s home, stripped of his privileges and housebound. The letter informs him that he is the last man after Pete passes and he must fulfill the oath they had all taken after the war. What Eagle first see's as impossible, he is jarred from his fears when he learns that he will soon be going to a retirement home. Dressed in his reunion military uniform he steals the battery from his son’s car and escapes in his late wife's 1958 Ford Fairlane. At the start of his journey, Eagle meets up with the most unlikely of accomplishes. Romy (Kate French) is an attractive young woman on the run from her abusive gangster boyfriend. Through a series of happenstance Romy becomes Eagle’s unwilling tour guide. As they travel cross country Eagle teaches Romy to respect herself and through Romy’s friendship, Eagle conquers his own limitations, finds vitality and a life worth living. On their way to rescue a dying Pete they locate Will (W. Morgan Sheppard), a decorated war hero who lives in a camper trailer behind a dance hall. The group finds Grady (Richard Riehle), their bombardier, at a rest home in Kansas. They execute a daring escape with Grady only to realize after a safe distance that he suffers from Alzheimer’s.They venture through the backroads of America, in a race to complete their mission, as the police, the FBI, a dangerous gangster and Eagle's family try to figure out this band of geriatric's next move.Festivals Worldfest Houston International Film Festival, Manhattan Film Festival, LifeFest Film Festival, GI Film Festival, Central Florida Film Festival, Action on Film Film FestivalAwards, Grand Prize Remi Award, Houston Independent Film Festival