Buddy has the keys. He spends his nights in the psych hospital using those keys to break into the ward library, where he phones his old service mates and talks about their campaigns in Korea. He has nearly everyone in the unit accounted for, except for Neap. Neap’s not so clear in Buddy’s mind, that why he’s at the bottom of the list. Based on the short story by Charles Portis.
A Korean War vet phones up an old service mate late at night to talk about their time in Fox Company.
An adaptation project for NYU Grad Film, based on the short story by Charles Portis.
Service made its premiere on the Oxford American website in August, 2013. The accompanying interview can be found here.
Cast
Peter McRobbie (Buddy)
Richard Marshall (Neap)
Alix Elias (Neap’s Wife))
Crew
Laura Moss (DP)
Vladimir de Fontenay / Samantha Chamblee (AC’s)
Danielle Lessovitz (Gaffer)
Benjamin Rutkowski (Sound Mixer)
Zachary Schamberg (AD)
Rori Bergman (Casting Director)
Jack Parlante (Production Designer)