Jon Voight has agreed to play Day.
Bud Day’s home was only blocks from my own and I vividly remember the event the day all of our POW’s were released. One long time friend of Day sums it up:
Retired Air Force Col. Bob Gates, who called Day one of his best friends, said “it’s about time” for a movie about the man many call the most decorated veteran alive.
Gates said he’d like to see all the details of Day’s experience as a prisoner of war — from the torture he suffered to his escape. He said images of POWs in Vietnam would put a perspective on the debate over treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
He said Hollywood once portrayed America as a strong and proud country in the days of John Wayne, but is now dominated by “left-wing liberals.” Still, he thinks whoever makes the movie will “do the right thing.”
“We don’t want a Sean Penn or some people like him — they’ve gotta be on the righteous side, on the best side of America,” Gates said.
Luckily it’ll be the patriot like Voight.
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This post was written by bobsikes on February 4, 2010
